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| | name = MG Motor India Private Limited
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| | logo = MG Motor India logo.jpg
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| | type = [[Subsidiary]]
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| | industry = [[Automotive]]
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| | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2017||}}
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| | hq_location_city = [[Gurgaon|Gurugram]], [[Haryana]]
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| | hq_location_country = India
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| | area_served = [[India]]
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| | key_people = Rajeev Chaba<br>{{small|([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Managing director|MD]])}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Modi |first1=Ajay |title=We believe in slow but sure growth in India: MG Motor India's Rajeev Chaba |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/we-believe-in-slow-but-sure-growth-in-india-mg-motor-india-s-rajeev-chaba-118031901154_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date=20 March 2018 | accessdate=12 March 2023}}</ref>
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| | brands = [[MG Motor]]
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| | num_employees = 3,000+ <ref>{{cite news |title=MG Motor India Commences Production of Hector SUV From Gujarat Plant |url=https://www.news18.com/news/auto/mg-motor-india-commences-production-of-hector-suv-from-gujarat-plant-2130153.html |publisher=[[News 18]] |date=6 May 2019}}</ref>
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| | num_employees_year = 2023
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| | parent = [[SAIC Motor]]
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| | website = {{URL|https://www.mgmotor.co.in}}
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| '''MG Motor India Private Limited''' is an automobile manufacturer in India, a subsidiary of [[Shanghai]]-based [[China|Chinese]] automotive manufacturer [[SAIC Motor]] which markets vehicles under the British [[MG Motor|MG]] marque. The subsidiary was setup in the year 2017 and began its sales and manufacturing operations in 2019 with a facility in [[Halol|Halol, Gujarat]]. In January 2023 MG Motor India, in its attempt to support localization, decided to raise capital for funding its expansion in the country by tapping into Indian capital markets and reducing shareholding of parent organization SAIC.
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| == Manufacturing facilities ==
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| MG Motor India operates one manufacturing plant in the country, located in [[Halol]], Gujarat. The plant has a capacity of 80,000 units per year and was previously owned by [[General Motors India]], which halted its sales operations in India at the end of 2017.
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| <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=MG Motor inaugurates first India facility in Gujarat, to roll out first product by 2019|url=http://overdrive.in/news-cars-auto/mg-motor-inaugurates-first-india-facility-in-gujarat-to-roll-out-first-product-by-2019/|access-date=2019-07-20|website=Overdrive|language=en}}</ref> MG Motor India has invested more than {{currency|2000|INR}} crore in revamping the 178 acre facility after its takeover from General Motors.<ref name=":0" />
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| Like in other regions globally, MG cars manufactured and sold in India are designed by SAIC Advanced Design Studios co-located in London and Shanghai (refer to [[SAIC Motor UK|SAIC SMTC]] and [[SAIC-GM-Wuling]]).
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| == Models ==
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| ===ICE vehicles===
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 40%"
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| ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="15%" |Model
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| ! rowspan="2" width="15%" |Indian introduction
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| ! colspan="2" |Current model
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| ! width="15%" |Introduction
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| ! width="15%" |Update ([[Facelift (automotive)|facelift]])
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| |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
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| | colspan="5" |'''[[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]]/[[Crossover (automobile)|crossover]]'''
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| |[[File:2021 MG Astor Sharp 220 Turbo (India) front view.png|alt=|200x200px]]
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| |'''[[MG ZS (crossover)|Astor]]'''
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| |2021
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| |[[File:MG Hector Diesel (India) front view.png|alt=|200x200px]]
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| |'''[[Baojun 530#MG Hector|Hector]]'''
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| |2019
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| |2019
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| |2023
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| |[[File:MG Hector Plus (India) front view (1).png|alt=|200x200px]]
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| |'''[[Baojun 530#MG Hector Plus|Hector Plus]]
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| |2020
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| |2020
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| |2023
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| |[[File:2020 MG Gloster 2.0 Savvy (India) front view.png|alt=|200x200px]]
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| |'''[[Maxus D90|Gloster]]'''
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| |2020
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| |2020
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| |}
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| ===Electric vehicles===
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 40%"
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| ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="15%" |Model
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| ! rowspan="2" width="15%" |Indian introduction
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| ! colspan="2" |Current model
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| ! width="15%" |Introduction
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| ! width="15%" |Update ([[Facelift (automotive)|facelift]])
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| | colspan="5" |'''[[Hatchback]]'''
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| |[[File:Wuling Air EV Longyan 01 2023-01-25.jpg|alt=|199x199px]]
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| |'''[[Wuling Air EV|Comet EV]]'''
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| |2023
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| | colspan="5" |'''[[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]]/[[Crossover (automobile)|crossover]]'''
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| |[[File:MG ZS EV IMG 5512.jpg|alt=|199x199px]]
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| |'''[[MG ZS (crossover)#MG EZS/ZS EV|ZS EV]]'''
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| |2020
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| |2022
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| |}
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| == BRIT Dynamic ==
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| The BRIT Dynamic badge on a MG car is a conformity of the British Automobile Standard carried over from original MG sports cars{{Buzzword inline|date=July 2019}}.{{cn|date=April 2023}} BRIT Dynamic engines are jointly developed and engineered by SAIC SMTC and [[General Motors]]. It was introduced in India first with MG Gloster in 2020 and subsequently with the Astor in November 2021. The badge is conferred above the front wheel arches on either side of top of the line Turbo Automatic (Torque Converter) trims only.
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| == Advertising ==
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| In March 2019, MG Motor India appointed [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as the brand ambassador of the company.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Malyaban |title=MG Motor signs Benedict Cumberbatch as India brand ambassador |url=https://www.livemint.com/auto-news/mg-motor-signs-actor-benedict-cumberbatch-as-india-brand-ambassador-1553096827651.html |publisher=[[Livemint]] |date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> The company made its Indian adverting debut with its advertisement for the MG Hector SUV, which carried the tagline, "India's first internet SUV" and "It's a human Thing".
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| == See also ==
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| {{Portal|Companies|India|Cars}}
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| * [[MG Motor]]
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| * [[SAIC Motor]]
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| * [[MG Motor UK]]
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| == References ==
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| == External links ==
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| * {{URL|https://www.mgmotor.co.in|Official website}}
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