Me too, I laughed when the Chinese bought MG just for the badge, who's laughing now, they have done a good job keeping the brand alive with a reinvention, something we did not do when we owned the label.
When are the manufacturers going to realize that we need physical buttons? If for no other reason, for safety. Having to navigate a touch screen while driving is ludicrous! People are going to get hurt or even die!
I long for those big buttons & knobs on the radio, in those days it was illegal to have a screen where the driver could see it. Safety laws went out through greed.
@@markmozza nice one. I’ve a 3 door Audi S3 but will be looking to upgrade within the next 12 months to something bigger and more spacious. Preferably electric and these are looking good. Would be great if they brought out an MG5 XPower with similar power to the MG4 XPower 😅
@@ianyates8483 ive spend 140.35 this year on electric, i charge at my work place for FREE in the day. I have never needed to charge at home. I have gotten 275 miles out of the car thats suppose to only do 250 MAX. Will never look back
Done the same with the Skoda Superb; much rather have earlier versions of the mark 3 just because of this. Reliance on touchscreens is a mistake until cars become fully self-drive (not any time soon in the UK)
I started out looking at Hyundai/KIA models, but I simply don't see any way that I can justify those prices, especially when MG offer the 4 and 5 at these prices. I'd already dismissed the VW iD3 not only because of the continuing problems with the electronics, but because an iD3 specced at a similar level to these alternatives (both Hyundai/KIA and MG) comes out at 48K Euros! So MG4 or 5? I'm still not sure; 1 offers lower price/smaller size, the other larger, higher price. I suspect that the ultra long range 4 that is due out next year will probably be the one. But in both cases, it is the addition of towing capacity that is the clincher for me.
The price gone higher mainly because of the GBP rate down almost 20% against USD for the last 13 months. Otherwise this car should the same price as previous version. I am tempting to get this MG5 or the upcoming BYD atto3 for family car
Yes, it is nicer. However, the price increase is significant... I bought my mg5 exclusive for £26k, the trophy is £7.5k more now. Although I'd like v2l and towing capability, and yes, it looks better, given the choice I'd still pay £7.5k less and take my one.
Hi Doug. that was a much better and balanced review, until you were spinning the wheels. Why oh Why would an MG5 owner turn off the traction control???
In germany the old version never was available, i got mine "that" version car 4 weeks ago and am really happy with it. There is a smaller battery available in germany that is LFP technology that i got because i preferred that over the nmh one for several reasons and it's a shame you don't have it in Brittain! Anyway, there are a couple of things in the interior of the old version i think are better by a lot. Climacontrol and compartments in the drivers reach are missing and not for the better.
MG still hasn't bothered to supply a tailgate with the correct screw hole placing for the UK number plate shape.. It's just penny pinching covering up the square type screw hole placing with a black olastic strip below the number plate.
Improved, like Kia Niro, but - as with that - there wasn’t much wrong with original, for the ‘bargain’ price! I think I still favour the Kia, but this MG definitely closes the gap, and you’d have to at least consider it if you’re buying in say £30-40k price range.
I think it looks great - conventional and boring rather than standing out. But that's a good thing in an EV. Looks ok in the inside too. Wish it was a next gen version though.
@@chrishyde1216 MG4... But my point was theres so much better cars out there for 31k. You would be mental choosing this over a pre reg Golf 1.5 at 27k... Thats a 4k saving and a vastly superior car in everyway.
Because it absolutely batters range. It's why there's very few electric estates. Battery raises floor and kills boot space and the variable weight screws up range. Or at least that's what I've heard multiple times. Explains a lot. Who wants a car that you can't rely on the range of?
Because there are no variable gear ratios in EV. In a gas car, you (or the computer) simply downshift when you need to drag a heavier load, and the power required will be almost linearly correlated with the added weight and resistance. Not the same for EV. Once you get out of the optimal weight / resistance range the efficiency will drop dramatically
@@kevintang5473 ah right that would make sense. I guessed it was a quirk of EV. Hence why massive trucks and SUVs are possible but estates are problematic. At least with current battery technology.
I don’t get these justifications. Give the towing capacity and let the buyer decide how to deal with it; if the capacity isn’t there in the first place then it’s game over. Also the charging stations need to allow for some people towing, without the need to unhitch. Otherwise EVs are great for towing, with lots of torque and quiet on site.
"NEW MG5 review - best electric car ever?" Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline [or RUclips title] that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
How many accidents are going to be caused by drivers looking away from the road at their screen, prodding the display until it responds, just because they want to turn down the heating? With buttons, you can memorise where they are, reach out and adjust without looking away from the road at all.
30k for a car in a country where the average take home wage is about £2k a month is still extremely expensive. I guess I won't be joining the electric car revolution any time soon.
Ditto but thenost of us cannot afford any new car that's why my trusty stead was bought 3 years old as willy first EV when used prices become more realistic, honestly moans about ev prices are mute, in time new and used prices will come down just be patient and stop moaning, a better future is on the way...
A new VW gold TDI is £36,000+ a new Ford Focus Titanium is still more money than the MG5. Add in the serviceing and savings on running costs.. buying an MG5 is a total no brainer. P.s in 22 months my std range MG5 has done 80670 fault free miles and for that milage has cost me only £570 in servicing (tyres aside) my brake pads when it was last serviced were only 15% used. So they should last a good 200,000 miles. Battery is still at 100% state of health. If you do low milage a leased MG5 will save you a fortune due to their very high resale value.
I think the older one looked better on the outside. There’s a ‘cheapness’ look to the front of it now. The interior looks nicer, but a lack of physical buttons is a real let down. It’s bizarre to think that car manufacturers are allowed to fit what are effectively iPad screens into cars nowadays, yet it’s against the law to use an iPhone whilst driving.
You think the old one looked better? Its purely subjective but I think your the first person I've ever heard say that. The old one looked like a cheap passat. I think this one looks good.
I thought the old one was OK but the new one looks more elegant, but looks are hardly worth debating as we all have different tastes and everybody has a valid view. The killer feature compared to other EVs is that it's an estate. Putting looks aside, and noting that the mechanicals are the same, the reasons to buy the latest version are the roof rails now being usable with 75kg, the ability to tow 500kg, the remote app, the slicker infotainment (?), and I think the headlights are now LED. I'd have try the old and new and decide if the latter is worth spending more.
Looks better than the previous very boring version but in between the new front and rear it does rather look much the same. Why do they spoil the rear with a stupid strip of plastic stuck under the number plate?
Not sure about parting with £30000 for a car like this which I reckon would have poor resale value. Looking at your other video comparing petrol / electric the electric BMW was more expensive to run.
@@fanfeck2844 all the teslas at 3yes with 23k batter replacement gigs. And people with EVs. Just them. 90% of all cars are financed in the UK anyway. So just I suppose all that.
Yes. Try watching the James & Kate RUclips channel. James on there has recently done a video walk-around of one of his company's MG5's which has covered 70k miles in just 18 Months. The only failure has been the latch on the charging flap. The original front tyres lasted 41k miles, and the brake pads and discs look set to see 100k miles.
Good review, apart from the stupid wheelspinning thing for which you have to turn off the traction control - but why on earth would you do that? Stupid. So there are no traction issues unless you turn traction control off. Well duh. Come on What Car, you can do better.
I cannot wait for their review of the magical front wheel drive car which does not lose traction when launching from a dirt road with steering lock applied.
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Having so much functions in the screen it really takes from the whole experience and makes these cars fatiguing to use. I drive a VW id3 and it's a disaster, I'll never get a car again that has so much controlled from the screen.
James from the James & Kate RUclips channel recently did a video over-view of one of his company's MG5's. It had covered 70k miles in just 18 Months, as an EV servicing vehicle for Cleveleys Electric Vehicles in Gloucestershire. No shopping or commuting involved there. And the battery still registered 96% SOH (state of health) at 70k miles...
@@Brian-om2hh Yeah but with a range of less than 200 miles per full charge that's a long time for the car to be sat idle charging and how many donuts and Costa coffees did they go through? lol.
Why oh why could MG not use the MG4 steering wheel and stalks? There is no plausible reason why they couldn't and it would have improved the cabin even further.
I am stil waiting for the electric car that can charge up in 30 minutes, drive the same distance as my old Škoda Fabia 1.9SDI (970km) and costs under 20 000€. More the car manufacturers and EU push more electricity, assistants that we dont want even into cars, the less I am inclined to buy a new car. For the price of a Tesla I can buy Chrylser Pacifica 3.6 V6.
@@vizmortlock That's pretty much the response I anticipated. The clever used EV buyer will ask for a battery SOH (state of health) check, which is carried out via the car's diagnostic socket, and provides a print-out of the battery's state of health in percentage terms. Clearly, you knew nothing of this.
@@Brian-om2hh and don't want to. The political and activist relentless push to electric (and future taxes) I abhorr. So enjoy your what you want and leave the rest of us to enjoy what we do. I also like to own not rent or subscribe to things so that makes me cleverer than you methinks (if you want to trade insults). I suggest you drop the conversation and focus on life.
Apparently one in five cars sold is Electric which i find amazing. For me they need far more development because they are so unpractible. For example if im stuck in traffic on a cold winter's day i want to have the heater on without worrying about running out of fuel. They do serve a purpose in large cities if your not venturing to far from home. I know of at least 3 people who are thoroughly frustrated with their electric car and can't wait to get rid of them.
Oh dear Keith. A typical electric car has a battery of large enough capacity to run a HOUSE for 3 to 4 days. You could sit in a queue of traffic for week with the heater on, and you still wouldn't flatten the battery! I find it truly astounding these silly perceptions are still doing the rounds...... Have you ever actually been stuck in a queue of traffic for hours in thick snow Keith?
What all channels keep quiet are that lithium batteries will die in around 10years or fasterdepend on mileage and new ones will costs as half new car but your car would not be new car and of course price of electricity on chargers are pretty close to fuel prices but you don't recharge fast as fuel
Personally I wouldn't buy a new battery pack. I'd have my existing one refurbished for a fraction of the cost of replacing it, but that's just me. I rarely use public chargers, but if I did, I would subscribe to the charge network I wanted to use, because this can reduce the cost by up to 50%. My local charge network charges 45p per kwh if you subscribe. Charging at home on an off-peak tariff costs around a 7th of the cost of using petrol..... I pay 10p per kwh, and have 6 hours per night at that price.
@@Brian-om2hh if you refirbished then it would not take long too to die again ,45p are bloody expensive too and you must subsribe!1 basically if you dont drive so much then why do you bother to buy &pay so much for electric car anyway
@@Mr11ESSE111 I charge at home around 98% of the time, on my Octopus Intelligent off-peak tariff, which has just decreased in price, from 10p per kwh to 7.5p per kwh. I have 6 hours per night at that price. Even if I need to use more costly public charging (say) 8 times a year, then pales into insignificance when the much reduced cost of home charging is so reasonable the rest of the time.....
Please Please Please stop comparing MG electric cars to petrol and desiel cars. Driving an electric car is totally different I know I have one, is there an electric estate car out there other than the Mg to compare the MG5 too. Please get a grip. Like for like electric cars only please
What's the best-looking cheap electric car?? 🤔
Ora Cat
Peugeot e208
Mg zs ev black
The video quality from What car looks cheap, fix this please. Dont upscale, post native 4k res video.
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This so looks so much better inside and out,a fantastic update,I'd consider one of these now.
Me too, I laughed when the Chinese bought MG just for the badge, who's laughing now, they have done a good job keeping the brand alive with a reinvention, something we did not do when we owned the label.
I have the Pre Facelift, amazing car. I would never look back
When are the manufacturers going to realize that we need physical buttons? If for no other reason, for safety. Having to navigate a touch screen while driving is ludicrous! People are going to get hurt or even die!
I imagine it must just be cheaper to have it on the touchscreen? Because buttons are so much better for the driver
@@devanman7920 bingo
It is bonkers, I agree.
Touch screen ok in car but touch screen phone illegal. Logical or am I missing something
I long for those big buttons & knobs on the radio, in those days it was illegal to have a screen where the driver could see it. Safety laws went out through greed.
Better looking than the old one and the cockpit looks cleaner.
Great video. Clear information covering exactly what you need to know. No daft drag races or speed tests.
I have the pre-facelift, amazing car. My first EV, didnt know what to expect but i would never look back now!
Still enjoying it?
@@Justcc9 Loving it mate. Ill be upgrading in a couple years to another EV.
@@markmozza nice one. I’ve a 3 door Audi S3 but will be looking to upgrade within the next 12 months to something bigger and more spacious. Preferably electric and these are looking good.
Would be great if they brought out an MG5 XPower with similar power to the MG4 XPower 😅
@@markmozzahow much extra per month in electric are you using for charging?
@@ianyates8483 ive spend 140.35 this year on electric, i charge at my work place for FREE in the day. I have never needed to charge at home. I have gotten 275 miles out of the car thats suppose to only do 250 MAX. Will never look back
Buttons on touch screen hard to hit it? you can also control climate controls using the buttons on the steering wheel if its the same as MG4.
Looks much better than the prev generation, they'll sell every unit they ship over.
Ya I agree. Car looks great now.
They've already sold more than they're able to ship
Yes its better than the old one
It just does the job at a sensible price - what's not to like... 😎
Would you go for this or an Aiways U5 Premium? They are priced the same here....
Nice! Love the facelift making it so much more attractive and now even got V2L 👍👍😀❤
Price increase also because of the GBP dip in value ..
great improvement in the looks department! MG is finally catching up
It looks awful
Kia EV6 front.
They got rid of buttons! One step forward two steps back
Done the same with the Skoda Superb; much rather have earlier versions of the mark 3 just because of this. Reliance on touchscreens is a mistake until cars become fully self-drive (not any time soon in the UK)
Buttons are parts. Parts break. Parts are expensive and a lot of extra machining to install en masse.
I started out looking at Hyundai/KIA models, but I simply don't see any way that I can justify those prices, especially when MG offer the 4 and 5 at these prices.
I'd already dismissed the VW iD3 not only because of the continuing problems with the electronics, but because an iD3 specced at a similar level to these alternatives (both Hyundai/KIA and MG) comes out at 48K Euros!
So MG4 or 5? I'm still not sure; 1 offers lower price/smaller size, the other larger, higher price. I suspect that the ultra long range 4 that is due out next year will probably be the one. But in both cases, it is the addition of towing capacity that is the clincher for me.
I like a lot but only 500Kg tow 😥. I have a caravan of 1200Kg, what is the most cheper Electric car for towing? I hope appear one 😇
You’ll have to go for bigger EVs and more £ - Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, ID.4 awd, Polestar 2. Check out Andrew Ditton on RUclips, who tows with an EV6.
My std range MG5 is 22 months old. 80,600+ miles of fault free driving. What is not to like? It cost me £24,400 ( with gov grant)
The price gone higher mainly because of the GBP rate down almost 20% against USD for the last 13 months. Otherwise this car should the same price as previous version. I am tempting to get this MG5 or the upcoming BYD atto3 for family car
Yes, it is nicer. However, the price increase is significant... I bought my mg5 exclusive for £26k, the trophy is £7.5k more now. Although I'd like v2l and towing capability, and yes, it looks better, given the choice I'd still pay £7.5k less and take my one.
No government grants now also to consider.
Hi Doug. that was a much better and balanced review, until you were spinning the wheels. Why oh Why would an MG5 owner turn off the traction control???
Dont think he turned it off
@@erikhultgren1576 he said with TC turned off. All cars used to have traction issues, then hey ho, someone invented TC. Funny that
Full lock and full throttle? With a sensible family car? He's funny
This car is amazing.
In germany the old version never was available, i got mine "that" version car 4 weeks ago and am really happy with it. There is a smaller battery available in germany that is LFP technology that i got because i preferred that over the nmh one for several reasons and it's a shame you don't have it in Brittain! Anyway, there are a couple of things in the interior of the old version i think are better by a lot. Climacontrol and compartments in the drivers reach are missing and not for the better.
You are at least fifty years old？...
@@しろくま-c9r i don't get it. You guessed wrong by a decade but i don't know why you would think that.
@@しろくま-c9r you about 12 years old?
@@rtfazeberdee3519 you about stupid?
@@zitronenfalte at least 60 years old?
No government plug-in grant any more? Thanks Rishi. Glad you've got your priorities straight.
Plug-in grant ran out 2 prime ministers ago
It wasn't Rishi, do your research before you comment!
Rishi could bring it back though couldn't he? Wasn't he chancellor at the time.
Great review. Thanks. BTW my base model Excite Long Range has automatic emergency braking.
OMG A good looking MG,I need to sit down.
Hey the really old MGs looked great. I'm talking old old now haha
the MG roadster from the early 2000s was noice
And the Trophy is currently available for £21,450! What a deal - that’s a truly bonkers price!!
Doesnt the uk get the BYD ATTO3?
Loads of problems with charging… Bjørn Nyland made a great video showing the troubles
MG still hasn't bothered to supply a tailgate with the correct screw hole placing for the UK number plate shape..
It's just penny pinching covering up the square type screw hole placing with a black olastic strip below the number plate.
Is the model in the video Hampstead Grey?
Looks better, but as it’s largely the same car I’m wondering if a used pre-facelift is better value.
Price of old style models might drop massively.
Improved, like Kia Niro, but - as with that - there wasn’t much wrong with original, for the ‘bargain’ price!
I think I still favour the Kia, but this MG definitely closes the gap, and you’d have to at least consider it if you’re buying in say £30-40k price range.
How has the new Niro improved? I can't see it.
Looks much better then old one ❤❤❤
I think it looks great - conventional and boring rather than standing out. But that's a good thing in an EV. Looks ok in the inside too. Wish it was a next gen version though.
Great video mate👌
Everyone raving about this car and I can understand why. Everything you need at a great price.
You must mean the MG4? No one is raving about this average car. Certainly not worth 31k so many better cars in the world than this.
@@flaw3dgenius222 better 31k ev's?
@@devanman7920 No but much much better cars for under 31k
@@flaw3dgenius222Can you please tell me which EV is better at £31k. You’ve clearly found a car that I’ve missed. Please tell.
@@chrishyde1216 MG4... But my point was theres so much better cars out there for 31k. You would be mental choosing this over a pre reg Golf 1.5 at 27k... Thats a 4k saving and a vastly superior car in everyway.
Why are electric cars so limited in terms of towing capability in general, depside more than enough kW compared to gasoline counterparts?
Because it absolutely batters range. It's why there's very few electric estates. Battery raises floor and kills boot space and the variable weight screws up range. Or at least that's what I've heard multiple times. Explains a lot. Who wants a car that you can't rely on the range of?
Because there are no variable gear ratios in EV. In a gas car, you (or the computer) simply downshift when you need to drag a heavier load, and the power required will be almost linearly correlated with the added weight and resistance. Not the same for EV. Once you get out of the optimal weight / resistance range the efficiency will drop dramatically
@@kevintang5473 ah right that would make sense. I guessed it was a quirk of EV. Hence why massive trucks and SUVs are possible but estates are problematic. At least with current battery technology.
I don’t get these justifications. Give the towing capacity and let the buyer decide how to deal with it; if the capacity isn’t there in the first place then it’s game over. Also the charging stations need to allow for some people towing, without the need to unhitch. Otherwise EVs are great for towing, with lots of torque and quiet on site.
MG is my favourite electric brand! Like MG4 and new MG5 🥳 Likes👇
"NEW MG5 review - best electric car ever?"
Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline [or RUclips title] that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
3:32 - This is one aspect the original did better with the physical dials and buttons
Why do Evs try so hard to look ugly - a bit retro style would be so much nicer
You could go for a Mk1 Nissan Leaf, with that lovely Miss Marple body styling......
How many accidents are going to be caused by drivers looking away from the road at their screen, prodding the display until it responds, just because they want to turn down the heating?
With buttons, you can memorise where they are, reach out and adjust without looking away from the road at all.
But when I Google MG5 up comes a cool looking sedan, not this SUV. What gives?
30k for a car in a country where the average take home wage is about £2k a month is still extremely expensive. I guess I won't be joining the electric car revolution any time soon.
Exactly. Same here in Denmark.
Ditto but thenost of us cannot afford any new car that's why my trusty stead was bought 3 years old as willy first EV when used prices become more realistic, honestly moans about ev prices are mute, in time new and used prices will come down just be patient and stop moaning, a better future is on the way...
A new VW gold TDI is £36,000+ a new Ford Focus Titanium is still more money than the MG5.
Add in the serviceing and savings on running costs.. buying an MG5 is a total no brainer.
P.s in 22 months my std range MG5 has done 80670 fault free miles and for that milage has cost me only £570 in servicing (tyres aside) my brake pads when it was last serviced were only 15% used. So they should last a good 200,000 miles. Battery is still at 100% state of health. If you do low milage a leased MG5 will save you a fortune due to their very high resale value.
That may or may not be the case, but the average cost of a new car sold in the UK is still £29k......
Lol. In Croatia it's even more expensive and we have an avarage income of 1300e
MG5 and MG4 , which is better?...
It depends what you want in a car. Personally, I prefer the MG4, but the MG5 is not a bad car.
They created a brand new platform for MG4 with the whole fanfare about being expandable, modular etc, then don't use that for the new MG5!? Why?
Because this is only a facelift?
They will do, but this car isn't it 😉
Real prices for this cars £8999 from China 🇨🇳
When are they gonna release a new EV MG3?
It’s been announced one is coming
I think the older one looked better on the outside. There’s a ‘cheapness’ look to the front of it now. The interior looks nicer, but a lack of physical buttons is a real let down. It’s bizarre to think that car manufacturers are allowed to fit what are effectively iPad screens into cars nowadays, yet it’s against the law to use an iPhone whilst driving.
You think the old one looked better? Its purely subjective but I think your the first person I've ever heard say that. The old one looked like a cheap passat. I think this one looks good.
I thought the old one was OK but the new one looks more elegant, but looks are hardly worth debating as we all have different tastes and everybody has a valid view. The killer feature compared to other EVs is that it's an estate. Putting looks aside, and noting that the mechanicals are the same, the reasons to buy the latest version are the roof rails now being usable with 75kg, the ability to tow 500kg, the remote app, the slicker infotainment (?), and I think the headlights are now LED. I'd have try the old and new and decide if the latter is worth spending more.
Really good point that!
Really - the old one looked better? I suppose its subjective but I don't think that will be a common viewpoint. To me, the new one is far better.
It is subjective but I think you are in the minority thinking the old design was better .
Looks better than the previous very boring version but in between the new front and rear it does rather look much the same. Why do they spoil the rear with a stupid strip of plastic stuck under the number plate?
I just bought one!!! It looks so nice
Leave traction control on and avoid wheelspin. Simple.
My feeling us single motor variants should be rear wheel drive
The old car had roof rails on the Exclusive, 0:04 of the video you can clearly see this!!
They were just for show
@Bob Adams they were on the original short range. When they upped the range, they became functional.
@@jamesbrooke7473 nice one
The older model looked better. More elegant.
Not sure about parting with £30000 for a car like this which I reckon would have poor resale value.
Looking at your other video comparing petrol / electric the electric BMW was more expensive to run.
EVs are far cheaper to run. Ask anyone that has one
Its predicted that this new car and the mg4 are going to have a really good resale value now because they are so sought-after new
I'd only ever lease an electric. All batteries have about 3 years in them. Screw owning that!
@@blujez who told you that lol. The same person that said diesels were only good for 30000 miles?
@@fanfeck2844 all the teslas at 3yes with 23k batter replacement gigs. And people with EVs. Just them. 90% of all cars are financed in the UK anyway. So just I suppose all that.
they should improve charging to 150kw and 70-80kw battery.
Reliable?
Yes. Try watching the James & Kate RUclips channel. James on there has recently done a video walk-around of one of his company's MG5's which has covered 70k miles in just 18 Months. The only failure has been the latch on the charging flap. The original front tyres lasted 41k miles, and the brake pads and discs look set to see 100k miles.
As a kid in the 70's and 80's I used to really like the idea of electric cars, all I want these days though is a nice V8 lol
For this price just get the hybrid civic it’s a far better car
Your civic got V2L?
No thanks. I can fill up with electricity at home ( no having to drive to petrol stations anymore) for around a 7th of the cost of using petrol.....
Excellent car
I've got Peugeot 307 sw from 2002, it runs on LPG, nothing cab beat it in terms of cost efficiency :P
Just one problem there. Shell are de-commissioning *all* their LPG filling points, and a number of others are doing likewise......
Good review, apart from the stupid wheelspinning thing for which you have to turn off the traction control - but why on earth would you do that? Stupid. So there are no traction issues unless you turn traction control off. Well duh. Come on What Car, you can do better.
I cannot wait for their review of the magical front wheel drive car which does not lose traction when launching from a dirt road with steering lock applied.
@@Tom-mb2ch and with traction control disabled.
All good cars have traction issues
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Who would drive like that anyway!
Having so much functions in the screen it really takes from the whole experience and makes these cars fatiguing to use. I drive a VW id3 and it's a disaster, I'll never get a car again that has so much controlled from the screen.
Well this car scored 0 points on the ANCAP safety crash test I guess you can buy it for the looks
"value electric option", but still pretty uncompetitive against ICE without nonsensical government incentives
Wish MG4 interior was more like this?
It's for different age group maybe?
I found the MG4 interior drab and too dark. The MG5 interior looks way better.
Seen one on the road. Looks conglomerate mess. Not for me but each to their own.
Nah - the MG5 still looks far more boringly middle-aged than the youthfully fresh and funky-looking MG4.
Paul G
Great shopping, commuter or school run car, other than that?
James from the James & Kate RUclips channel recently did a video over-view of one of his company's MG5's. It had covered 70k miles in just 18 Months, as an EV servicing vehicle for Cleveleys Electric Vehicles in Gloucestershire. No shopping or commuting involved there. And the battery still registered 96% SOH (state of health) at 70k miles...
@@Brian-om2hh Yeah but with a range of less than 200 miles per full charge that's a long time for the car to be sat idle charging and how many donuts and Costa coffees did they go through? lol.
Why oh why could MG not use the MG4 steering wheel and stalks? There is no plausible reason why they couldn't and it would have improved the cabin even further.
It would require ncap testing again as it would change the airbag type. That cost Les over £1m per model.
@@garethhawkins3502 my point is it should have been the case since inception.
Everybody whinges about the air con/climate control being digital - how often are you nerds changing those settings? 😂
I am stil waiting for the electric car that can charge up in 30 minutes, drive the same distance as my old Škoda Fabia 1.9SDI (970km) and costs under 20 000€. More the car manufacturers and EU push more electricity, assistants that we dont want even into cars, the less I am inclined to buy a new car. For the price of a Tesla I can buy Chrylser Pacifica 3.6 V6.
MG5 🎉
Pricing still out of reach for Mr or Mrs average. Electric still in niche or privileged territory.
So buy a used one instead. They cost less than a new one. I've seen used EV's on sale at £6k.
@@Brian-om2hh Why? clapped out vehicle, clapped out battery. No thanks.
@@vizmortlock That's pretty much the response I anticipated. The clever used EV buyer will ask for a battery SOH (state of health) check, which is carried out via the car's diagnostic socket, and provides a print-out of the battery's state of health in percentage terms. Clearly, you knew nothing of this.
@@Brian-om2hh and don't want to. The political and activist relentless push to electric (and future taxes) I abhorr. So enjoy your what you want and leave the rest of us to enjoy what we do. I also like to own not rent or subscribe to things so that makes me cleverer than you methinks (if you want to trade insults). I suggest you drop the conversation and focus on life.
The original was clearly taking insight from vw tiguan, happy to see they are now looking at their own identity.
Original looked nothing like a Tiguan!
This “Great” ev scored 0 stars in crash test.
Good luck to owners
It still doesn't change the Look ie it still looks Like a VW estate
except it's thousands of pounds cheaper.
Superb...
prefer the older model for looks
Very disappointed with the appearance of the new-look MG5 and prices need to be coming down not going up
MG is a Chinese brand isn't?
Apparently one in five cars sold is Electric which i find amazing. For me they need far more development because they are so unpractible. For example if im stuck in traffic on a cold winter's day i want to have the heater on without worrying about running out of fuel. They do serve a purpose in large cities if your not venturing to far from home. I know of at least 3 people who are thoroughly frustrated with their electric car and can't wait to get rid of them.
As usual you presume an ICE car can run indefinitely in the hypothetical snowy traffic jam....
Oh dear Keith. A typical electric car has a battery of large enough capacity to run a HOUSE for 3 to 4 days. You could sit in a queue of traffic for week with the heater on, and you still wouldn't flatten the battery! I find it truly astounding these silly perceptions are still doing the rounds...... Have you ever actually been stuck in a queue of traffic for hours in thick snow Keith?
LoL only thing English about this MG is the MG badge . The rest is China !
Nah
Best EV? 😂🤡
Legacy software. Crap.
What all channels keep quiet are that lithium batteries will die in around 10years or fasterdepend on mileage and new ones will costs as half new car but your car would not be new car and of course price of electricity on chargers are pretty close to fuel prices but you don't recharge fast as fuel
Personally I wouldn't buy a new battery pack. I'd have my existing one refurbished for a fraction of the cost of replacing it, but that's just me. I rarely use public chargers, but if I did, I would subscribe to the charge network I wanted to use, because this can reduce the cost by up to 50%. My local charge network charges 45p per kwh if you subscribe. Charging at home on an off-peak tariff costs around a 7th of the cost of using petrol..... I pay 10p per kwh, and have 6 hours per night at that price.
@@Brian-om2hh if you refirbished then it would not take long too to die again ,45p are bloody expensive too and you must subsribe!1 basically if you dont drive so much then why do you bother to buy &pay so much for electric car anyway
@@Mr11ESSE111 I charge at home around 98% of the time, on my Octopus Intelligent off-peak tariff, which has just decreased in price, from 10p per kwh to 7.5p per kwh. I have 6 hours per night at that price. Even if I need to use more costly public charging (say) 8 times a year, then pales into insignificance when the much reduced cost of home charging is so reasonable the rest of the time.....
@@Brian-om2hh fine if you don't go on longer journeys but then wtf you need it for because electric cars still not cheap
Please Please Please stop comparing MG electric cars to petrol and desiel cars. Driving an electric car is totally different I know I have one, is there an electric estate car out there other than the Mg to compare the MG5 too. Please get a grip. Like for like electric cars only please
Too expensive for a vehicle made in China
ANCAP safety score ZERO stars….
What a lot of BS
Copying Kia
Why not...Kia are killing it.
Kia Sells Estate Cars?