MG Majestor Lands At Rs 40.99 Lakh: Big On Paper, Wrong Badge For Fortuner Money
JSW MG Motor India has launched the MG Majestor, a full-size body-on-frame SUV the carmaker is calling India's first D+ SUV. Prices start at Rs 40.99 lakh ex-showroom for the 4x2 Automatic top trim and go up to Rs 44.99 lakh for the 4x4 Automatic 7-seater. It directly takes on the Toyota Fortuner.
What was announced
JSW MG Motor India has launched the Majestor at Rs 40.99 lakh ex-showroom for the 4x2 Automatic top trim, with the fully-loaded 4x4 Automatic variant priced at Rs 44.99 lakh ex-showroom. The 4x2 version is offered in both 6-seat and 7-seat layouts, while the 4x4 is available only as a 7-seater. MG is positioning it as India's first D+ SUV, sitting above the conventional D-segment full-size SUV space.
MG can out-spec the Fortuner on paper, but at Rs 41 lakh you are buying a badge, and that is where MG still loses.
Power comes from a 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel producing 215.5 PS and 478.5 Nm of torque, paired with an 8-speed automatic gearbox. Buyers choose between 2WD and a proper 4WD setup with off-road hardware. MG claims best-in-class power figures for the segment, which puts it ahead of the Toyota Fortuner's 2.8-litre diesel on output, though the Fortuner remains the benchmark for body-on-frame durability.
The Majestor's most obvious rival is the Toyota Fortuner, which starts at Rs 34.76 lakh ex-showroom. That makes the Majestor roughly Rs 6 lakh more expensive at the entry point, though MG is loading it with size, luxury features and off-road kit to justify the premium. Bookings are open and deliveries begin shortly through MG's expanded retail network.
The Car Jury verdict
The Majestor is bigger, more powerful and more loaded than the Toyota Fortuner on paper, and it should be at Rs 6 lakh more. The problem is the badge. As Arun Panwar puts it bluntly, "Fortuner अब यही कि रिलायबिलिटी जो एक Fortuner की रिलायबिलिटी है वो नहीं दे सकती," and that single sentence captures why MG cannot price a body-on-frame SUV within sniffing distance of a Fortuner and expect resale parity.
MG has earned goodwill with the Windsor EV, but the Hector showed how quickly a feature-rich MG SUV loses value once the segment cools. At Rs 41 lakh, you are paying Fortuner money for an unproven nameplate in a segment where reliability is the product. WAIT for six months of ownership data, or buy the Fortuner.