Compact SUV waiting periods in major cities: Hyundai Creta to Kia Seltos

SUVs are in high demand right now. Everyone now wants to buy a SUV because of the road presence, practicality and high ground clearance they offer. Manufacturers know this and have a SUV in their line-up to increase their sales. Because of the high demand, you would have to wait for few months before your SUV gets delivered. Here, is a city-wise list of the waiting period of the SUVs.

Cities	Creta	Seltos	Scorpio	Duster	S-Cross	Kicks
New Delhi	4-5 months	2-3 months	1 month	1 month	No waiting	No waiting
Bangalore	8-10 months	3 months	1 month	Under a month	1 month	Under a month
Mumbai	4-5 months	4-5 months	1-1.5 months	1 month	No waiting	1 month
Hyderabad	3 months	3-4 months	1 month	No waiting	1.5 month	No waiting
Pune	4-5 months	3-4 months	1-1.5 months	1 month	No waiting	No waiting
Chennai	4-5 months	3 months	1 month	No waiting	1 month	No waiting
Jaipur	4-5 months	5 months	1 month	Under a month	1.5 months	No waiting
Ahmedabad	3-4 months	6 months	1.5 months	2 months	No waiting	No waiting
Kolkata	2-2.5 months	5 months	1 month	1.5-2 months	No waiting	No waiting

As we can see, that the Hyundai Creta is the most popular SUV and is still in the most demand. Due to this, the waiting period of the Creta is also the longest. The minimum waiting period for Creta is 2-2.5 months in Kolkata and it is highest in Banglore where the waiting period is between 8-10 months.

Then there is the Kia Seltos which is the biggest competitor to Creta. It is still in good demand but the waiting period of the Seltos is less when compared to the Creta. The minimum waiting period for Seltos is 2-3 months in New Delhi and the highest waiting period is 6 months in Ahmedabad.

Despite being the oldest, in the segment, the Scorpio is still doing fairly well. As we know, Mahindra is already working on a new generation of the Scorpio which is going to launch next year. The minimum waiting period for the current Scorpio is 1 month for most of the cities. It can go up to 1.5 months for cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

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Duster is also one of the oldest SUVs in the segment. The foreign markets have received the new generation of the Duster but we just got a facelift. The waiting period of the Duster is very less. For some cities, there is no waiting period at all, for other cities you can get the SUV delivered in under a month. However, for some other cities, you would have to wait for a month or two.

Maruti Suzuki’s flagship S-Cross was not received well in the Indian market. It was never able to gather the sales figures that the manufacturer wanted. There is no waiting period for the S-Cross in some cities while for others you would have had to wait for 1 or 1.5 months.

Finally, there is the Nissan Kicks which shares a lot of components with the Renault Duster. You can get the Kicks delivered to you immediately as there is no waiting period in most of the cities. The maximum waiting period for the Kicks is one month.

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