Scoop: MG Astor Base Model Discounts Stretch To Rs. 1.35 Lakh | V3Cars

Jan 26, 2026, 11:47 AM IST
By Mahesh Yadav
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MG Astor base variant’s effective purchase price excluding registration and insurance has gone from Rs. 11.48 lakh in July 2025 to Rs. 8.44 lakh in January 2026 including the available discounts. That’s a massive drop of Rs. 3.04 lakh. This price drop includes only ~Rs. 35,000 in the form of recent GST rate cuts. If not for the price hike of Rs. 14,100 in January 2026, the effective purchase price would have gone even lower to Rs. 8.30 lakh.

Here’s what happened in January 2026:

First, MG started offering an additional Rs. 50,000 in discounts on all variants of the Astor, including the already well-priced base model. This brought the total discounts on Astor to Rs. 85,000 (50k in cash, 20k loyalty and 15k corporate).
Then, MG increased the prices of all Astor variants by Rs. 14,100, which took the starting ex-showroom price of the Astor to Rs. 9.79 lakh.
And recently, we have learned that MG have started offering another Rs. 50,000 discount on all variants of the Astor, including the most affordable Sprint variant. This brings the total discounts on Astor in January 2026 to Rs. 1.35 lakh (1 lakh in cash, 20k loyalty and 15k corporate) thus bringing the effective purchase price to Rs. 8.44 lakh.
1. Rs. 9.79 lakh (ex-showroom price) - Rs. 1.35 lakh (max effective discounts in Jan 2026)

MG Astor Base Variant Features

For this price, you are getting a big and fairly-loaded car with following standard features:

MG ASTOR BASE MODEL STANDARD FEATURES
Safety	Infotainment & Style	Functional
Std. safety features	10.1-inch touchscreen	60-40 split-folding rear seatbacks
LED projector headlamps	Steering-mounted controls	All around body cladding
5x 3-point seatbelts	USB, FM, Bluetooth	3.5-inch MID
2x front side thorax airbags	Wired Android Auto & Apple Carplay	Height-adjustable driver seat
2x curtain airbags	4x speakers	4x adjustable headrests
Day/night inside mirror	LED DRLs	Front armrest w/ storage
Rear washer wiper	Body-coloured door handles w/ chrome accents	Rear armrest w/ cup holders
Rear defogger	16-inch steel wheels	Auto AC w/ rear vents
Electronic stability control (ESC)	Body-coloured outside mirrors	Follow-me-home headlamps
Hill start assist (HSA)	Shark fin antenna	PM 2.5 air purifier
Hill descent control	Black honeycomb grille	Power mirrors
All disc brakes	Soft-touch dashboard	Boot lamp
Rear fog lamp	Fabric upholstery	All power windows
Anti-theft alarm		Driver window 1-touch down
Auto door lock/unlock		2x seatback pockets
Traction control		Steering-wheel modes
		Remote central locking
		Front 12V power socket
		3x USB ports

*Must-have features are highlighted with italics and underline

You could say that the car is much better loaded than many B2-segment SUVs measuring 4 meters or less while carrying an ex-showroom price much higher than Rs. 8.50 lakh.

MG Astor Sprint Missing Features

The only features I might miss here are:

Rear parcel tray: Easy to install post purchase
Cruise control: Forgivable considering the effective price of the car
Power-folding mirrors: Another feature we can manage without considering the asking price
Wheel covers: Easy to install post purchase
Wireless Android Auto and Apple Carplay: Easy to install with aftermarket USB accessory

MG Astor Notable Standard Safety Features

The Astor base variant covers the safety aspects also quite well with features such as:

6 airbags
Rear washer wiper
Rear defogger
Rear fog lamps
HSA
ESC
All disc brakes
LED projector headlamps

V3 Insights & Risks

Firstly, our source claims that these offers are only applicable for the month of January. However, we believe they may spill into February 2026 as well.

Secondly, even after operating in India for 7 years now with having vehicles on sale for well over 6 years in our country, they haven’t figured out how to price a product. The Hector started with a price tag of Rs. 12.48 lakh in 2019 and after lots of swings in price over the year, today it costs Rs. 11.99 lakh. The Hector also wears a fourth face today since it was first introduced in India. That means, it has received 3 facelifts, one roughly every 2 years. If they followed the industry standards, the Hector should have been getting ready for a generation update by now.

The Astor has gone through its share of price ups and downs and considering its effective price today, it costs Rs. 1.21 lakh less than it did when it was first introduced in 2021 while the market was boiling hot. If they are having difficulties selling a good-looking, beautifully-loaded and underpriced car like the Astor, then something has gone terribly wrong.

When you see that a brand is struggling to sell their products and they are forced to cut prices and/or use discounts to move stock, then it’s likely that they are not in a good financial position because such price cuts are not sustainable in the long run. Deep discounts also impact the brand reputation. Hence, the resale value of the car could suffer more than even an overpriced car costing Rs. 8.5 lakh (ex-sh) today. The impact could be worse if the brand has to wrap up their business from India as car owners struggle to maintain their cars while brand service centres gradually disappear.

To learn more about the factors that decide a car’s resale value, consider watching the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyFjcKP3Eno

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