the british automotive brand mg morris garages is finally set to bring its first vehicle in india the company announced the same at an event held in new delhi today the mg hector is expected to come at a starting price of around rs 15 lakh in the country interestingly more than the design and mechanical specifications mg is touting the hector as one of the mosttechnologically advanced connected car with an embedded sim esim in it mg already has a manufacturing facility at halol near vadodara in gujarat which opened in 2017 the company has announced that it would roll out the madeinindia mg hector from this plant itself as far as the product roadmap is concerned the mg hector will go on sale during the second quarter q2 in 2019 the company also confirmed the launch of its pure electric suv in the country later this year this electric suv will most likely be called mg marvel x interestingly the company claims that the electric suv can travel to jaipur from delhi on onefull charge mg claims to have also setup support points with charging facilities on popular routes however the electric suv would be launched in select cities in india both hector and marvel x are expected to feature same tech connectivity features with esim the upcoming mg cars aim at offering a connected mobility experience that would be able to do almost everything that a smartphone can the platform will not just be able to inform drivers about the car health but can also provide passenger health information with an esim in place the mg hector will offer an alwaysconnected experience with navigation apps multimedia and transactions as well this connected car is ipv6 ready and is otaenabled this is similar to getting ota updates on smartphones and mg could push out software features and inform drivers about the health of car parts etc directly the ota mobility is something seen on tesla cars it will have its own operating system and will come with a separate app for android and ios the mg hector is designed to ensure seamless constant connectivity while driving and is equipped for over the air ota functionality making it one of the only vehicles in the world to come integrated with the feature claimed the brand without offering any specifics about the tech features the company said it would reveal more about the internet of cars soon