Wow here in France we don't have that color for the cabin, we only have a dark color everywhere, making the interior very ... dark. And you have a sunroof !! Option that doesn't exist here neither !!
Have asked the guy in charge of the mg3 in France.. the sunroof and the light color interior is not going to come in Europe, it's a decision made for making economy and importing/ selling more cars and having less stock
Hybrid technology, that cool white interior to hide all the black gloss seen on every other vehicle, sunroof, rear air vents AND 155kws..I'm sold! Great review BTW.
had a test drive of an excite hybrid today, and for the most part, your review is spot on, Matt. There are a few oddities I encountered. First, the fuel economy when starting is quite high, the computer shows 18.9l/100 which over a 28 minute suburban loop of 13kms dropped down to 6.5l/100. Not sure if this was your observation as well. Second, I found the legroom in the back quite terrible with not much space for your feet as there was a weird hump just below the driver's seat. Must have been the amplifier for the sound system?. Lastly, the performance even at suburban speeds was inconsistent...meaning 0-60kmph of traffic lights could be really brisk if the battery was fully charged, and could tend to lethargic if the battery was depleted. On the plus side, if the battery is fully charged and with a light foot, the car will drive in EV mode up to 58kmph. It was also impressively refined but the petrol engine when it was buzzing was noisy enough to bother me. It is streets ahead of the car I want to replace...my honda jazz, but the jazz absolutely wallops it in terms of rear seat space. I think I am going to have to hold on to the jazz despite it being a much poorer car than the MG3 in general (other than the space of course). MG have well and truly arrived. this new car is definitely superbly put together and well engineered. People have to drive it and form their impressions rather than assume automatically that Toyota Yaris >>> MG3 btw, John Law from carsguide seems to have had a much worse experience in the car as compared to you. Perhaps the calibration of these demo cars is not the same across the board?
Thanks mate. Good findings. And thanks for sharing them! And I’ll say this about John Law (he and I are mates), he came from Wheels. If you drive a hybrid city car like a journo from Wheels, you might end up with alarming findings. This is not a hot hatch and shouldn’t be considered one. I drove it how I expect the VAST MAJORITY of people will. But having said that, other journos have had issues with the hybrid system - but all of them are heavy-footed.
@therightcar Thanks Matt. I thought of a couple of other points as well. In the excite grade, I found the front seats to be really comfy, but the rear seat was oddly not so comfy. The PU steering wheel in the non-essence models is fine, there is some sort of micro-grooves or something that makes it quite grippy to hold, and finally, the ELK didnt bother me much, i found it's nudges made me focus on staying centered in the lane :) Oh and lastly, today was a rainy day, and I did notice that the wipers squeaked a lot when operating at the 2 setting. Got annoying after a while. also, what car seat are you using for your daughter? it seems to be less reclined, thereby giving her more space to swing her legs behind the front passenger seat - probably is a better car seat for compact cars than a maxi cosi
This would be my pick for a city car with even coastal highway jaunts, but for outback cruising I have my 4x4 twin cab with steel bull bar and 9 inch spot lights for safety. Just thought I would throw the preference of vehicle for different enviroments. But for the price, warranty and power of this MG I like it.
I am curious to know if the A/C is turn on or not? After doing some research, I found that the A/C system in this vehicle cannot be powered solely by the battery. Consequently, when the A/C is turned on, the engine will not shut off, even when the car is idling. This means that during the summer months, the fuel consumption is likely to be significantly higher compared to the winter season.
So what about normal heating and cooling of the cabin? Surely the mg app you can get to pre heat and pre cool the cabin only uses battery? There's little info on this
What’s the engine like when the battery has exhausted itself, especially being a 3sp auto? I loved the Camry hybrid but on long hills if the battery was exhausted you could feel the engine struggling …
this is what it looks like when ANCAP sucessfully bullies a carmaker. a car that was once started at less than twenty thousand last year now starts at twenty six thousand and now tops out a whopping ten thousand more than its previous iteration. overall i would take a Swift over this,you get a smaller screen sure but at least the ADAS is not as annoying on the face of it and if you want you can actually put a spare in the boot.
Yeah at the moment you don't touch the plastics , the interior looks almost premium. But I hate the plastic of the sliding cover part between the seats.. so cheap
So cool. Love it. Top range only one I like. Really like how the whole back seating folds down. Split back fold seats always so fussy and flimsy for me. Thank you so much for the review. Waiting for the new Swift review. 😊
I had a drive, not bad at all. If not the white, the red for sure. The lower spec level excite fits my needs perfectly in many ways. More than the essence. Tempting if they had offered me a realistic trade in.
I feel hybrid pricing is too close to Toyota, otherwise it sounds better. Earlier model felt really bad. Even 1 or 2 minutes into the test drive, I felt like returning the car.
Great test as usual, Matt. I get the feeling that the first facelift of this will be so much better - they'll probably tidy up the front, fine tune the safety systems a bit and fix that rear seat back that you didn't mention. That latter aspect I found interesting - most overseas testers commented on the clunky single-piece rear seat back folding into an uneven floor, and also leaving a gap for stuff to fall into. I can see we get the same one-piecer - did you find it a hassle?
nahhhh sorry m8 I still wouldn't give up my 2020 Kia Rio over this.. Still much better choice to buy used Kia Rio than this. Bigger boot space and longer wheelbase....
My wife and I are seniors and looking at getting a small car for short trips to the shops and suburbs. Having waited for the new version of the MG3 we have now decided to buy a Kia Picanto GT Line.
@@craigstevenson7708 BAHAHA magic. Nah the video had was up for a while, where it said like Notify me for when it drops at 8 30, so you can still comment and everything, just can't watch the video lol
If i was to buy one of these all new MG3's I think I would wait a year or a little longer to purchase one as that way hopefully by then if there are any bugs or gremlins in the product hopefully by then they should be rectified
How I wish I can get a yaris cross for $30.9k+orc when dealers are selling '24 used at $52k and '23 at $42k. I believe you Matt when you say "you really like" the MG3 but I still can't part with my money for a chinese car. This Xmas it's still a Mazda 2 for me which runs on 91 with 4.7-5.4 per 100km efficiency
Thanks for that. Yep, you can order a Yaris Cross at that price, and it might take a while to get here, and it won’t have much stuff at that price. Demo Yaris Cross hybrid prices are insane. I like your thinking!
I sat in the car and rejected it because the interior was black and austere, all the photos show sunroof but neither sunroof or light interior available in the UK. During the test drive cars warnings started pinging much to the salesman’s embarrassment. Then I saw MG bottom or second bottom in the auto express driver power survey.
I couldn't deal with that steering wheel the constantly having to reset touch screen settings. White fabrics hideous get far too grubby and dirty after a short while . I prefer the old model dash setup.
Halogens suck compared to LED lamps. The difference at night is a vast improvement. Odd decision by MG but obviously not a concern if going for top trim.
In WA, the hybrid is over $4k more expensive than the petrol model. The hybrid has a combined fuel consumption of 4.3ltrs / 100kms, whereas the petrol is 6. If petrol is $1.80 / litre, then you'd have to travel more than 130,000 kms to recoup the $4k. I think for these small cars, it would be better to test drive and report on the more base model, ie, the petrol.
You might be surprised about the real-world consumption of the petrol, though. I’ve got it this week and will publish the review this weekend. The maths will stack up a bit better for the hybrid…
There was a UK RUclipsr that claimed the petrol model on the highway uses less petrol than the hybrid, and that the hybrid needs 95 octane with the non hybrid minimum 91
Wrong. The white interior is offered on the Hybrid+ Essence when painted in the metallic Brighton / Brixton Blue, Black Pearl, Sloane Silver, or Hamstead Grey.
Sorry, I’m an Apple person and like all Apple people, I forget there are other ways of doing life with a device. 😂 Yes, I can confirm it has Apple CarPlay! And Android Auto. 🤖 Both wired, though!
Fuel tank capacity - hybrid - 36 litres. On a full tank at the fuel use I was seeing, that would mean a theoretical range of 750km. Brakes are discs front, drums rear.
I've spent most of my life driving older cars with incandescent headlights, thinking the oncoming cars' halogens were too bright for my eyes; it's all relative I guess!?
Yeah I love the halogen bulbs especially when they blow often then fail the WOF. Ute's seem to have the best ones especially on the rear as at least 1 in every 10 I see always have a missing tail light!
Yeah and you pay $20k on top for that just to run on 91😜! Toyota is done and gone, just imagine that someone in 3 years will get this car for around 15k it is just amazing! Thank you China! And bye bye Toyota!
@@OzKidzFun Absolute nonsense, Toyota is the largest car company in the world and will remain so for many more years. After 5 years of ownership the MG will be almost worthless, it's cheap for a reason.
@@bencarter9739 If the engine spec is 95 RON octane, that is the minimum. If you use 91 in an engine that is designed for 95, you can cause long term engine damage and also void your warranty. Do your own research, there is plenty of information online.
Wow here in France we don't have that color for the cabin, we only have a dark color everywhere, making the interior very ... dark. And you have a sunroof !! Option that doesn't exist here neither !!
Emigrate to Australia for the car not the cuisine.😅
We get some nice spec inclusions, that’s for sure!
But we don’t have new Peugeot 208 here 😂
Have asked the guy in charge of the mg3 in France.. the sunroof and the light color interior is not going to come in Europe, it's a decision made for making economy and importing/ selling more cars and having less stock
Hybrid technology, that cool white interior to hide all the black gloss seen on every other vehicle, sunroof, rear air vents AND 155kws..I'm sold! Great review BTW.
Thanks mate!
Absolutely!
Just don't bring a kid or friend in the back and bring the golf clubs as that will get interesting!
No sunroof in UK 😢
Rear vents are excellent for this class!
The lack of a spare tyre would turn me away and the large steering wheel, but the transmission choice is good
had a test drive of an excite hybrid today, and for the most part, your review is spot on, Matt. There are a few oddities I encountered. First, the fuel economy when starting is quite high, the computer shows 18.9l/100 which over a 28 minute suburban loop of 13kms dropped down to 6.5l/100. Not sure if this was your observation as well.
Second, I found the legroom in the back quite terrible with not much space for your feet as there was a weird hump just below the driver's seat. Must have been the amplifier for the sound system?.
Lastly, the performance even at suburban speeds was inconsistent...meaning 0-60kmph of traffic lights could be really brisk if the battery was fully charged, and could tend to lethargic if the battery was depleted.
On the plus side, if the battery is fully charged and with a light foot, the car will drive in EV mode up to 58kmph. It was also impressively refined but the petrol engine when it was buzzing was noisy enough to bother me.
It is streets ahead of the car I want to replace...my honda jazz, but the jazz absolutely wallops it in terms of rear seat space. I think I am going to have to hold on to the jazz despite it being a much poorer car than the MG3 in general (other than the space of course).
MG have well and truly arrived. this new car is definitely superbly put together and well engineered. People have to drive it and form their impressions rather than assume automatically that Toyota Yaris >>> MG3
btw, John Law from carsguide seems to have had a much worse experience in the car as compared to you. Perhaps the calibration of these demo cars is not the same across the board?
Thanks mate.
Good findings. And thanks for sharing them!
And I’ll say this about John Law (he and I are mates), he came from Wheels. If you drive a hybrid city car like a journo from Wheels, you might end up with alarming findings. This is not a hot hatch and shouldn’t be considered one.
I drove it how I expect the VAST MAJORITY of people will.
But having said that, other journos have had issues with the hybrid system - but all of them are heavy-footed.
@therightcar Thanks Matt. I thought of a couple of other points as well. In the excite grade, I found the front seats to be really comfy, but the rear seat was oddly not so comfy. The PU steering wheel in the non-essence models is fine, there is some sort of micro-grooves or something that makes it quite grippy to hold, and finally, the ELK didnt bother me much, i found it's nudges made me focus on staying centered in the lane :)
Oh and lastly, today was a rainy day, and I did notice that the wipers squeaked a lot when operating at the 2 setting. Got annoying after a while.
also, what car seat are you using for your daughter? it seems to be less reclined, thereby giving her more space to swing her legs behind the front passenger seat - probably is a better car seat for compact cars than a maxi cosi
This would be my pick for a city car with even coastal highway jaunts, but for outback cruising I have my 4x4 twin cab with steel bull bar and 9 inch spot lights for safety. Just thought I would throw the preference of vehicle for different enviroments. But for the price, warranty and power of this MG I like it.
Yep, sounds like a great option for you!
I am curious to know if the A/C is turn on or not? After doing some research, I found that the A/C system in this vehicle cannot be powered solely by the battery. Consequently, when the A/C is turned on, the engine will not shut off, even when the car is idling. This means that during the summer months, the fuel consumption is likely to be significantly higher compared to the winter season.
It's not a Tesla. Like any normal car the AC compressor is primarily driven by the engine.
@@idanceforpennies281 But Other hybrid cars have their A/C powered by an electric motor, so it can work without the engine running
So what about normal heating and cooling of the cabin? Surely the mg app you can get to pre heat and pre cool the cabin only uses battery? There's little info on this
the exposed battery in the back lol
0-100 km/h is the only reason for me to get this hybrid.
Is acceleration that important?
@@therightcar yes cause it can give others a fright
What’s the engine like when the battery has exhausted itself, especially being a 3sp auto? I loved the Camry hybrid but on long hills if the battery was exhausted you could feel the engine struggling …
I didn’t really experience that. It works a bit differently to a Camry, but the engine was notably working a bit harder in cold start situations.
honestly liked the style of the model before MG3 !! The new MG3 front looks terrible !!
i was searching for a good car other than byd cars and actually , byd is the best quality tech price just everything
Okay BYDude
For the same money what can you get from BYD?
this is what it looks like when ANCAP sucessfully bullies a carmaker. a car that was once started at less than twenty thousand last year now starts at twenty six thousand and now tops out a whopping ten thousand more than its previous iteration. overall i would take a Swift over this,you get a smaller screen sure but at least the ADAS is not as annoying on the face of it and if you want you can actually put a spare in the boot.
All the brands are scared of having a low star rating. It’s a reality.
It’s not for me… I find it ugly, the base model is gutless, the non-split fold rear seat is a massive fail.
Actually very impressive interior for a budget entry level car!
Seems good!
Yeah at the moment you don't touch the plastics , the interior looks almost premium. But I hate the plastic of the sliding cover part between the seats.. so cheap
@@therightcaris it only in the press car? Can seem to find it on MG website 😅
So cool. Love it. Top range only one I like. Really like how the whole back seating folds down. Split back fold seats always so fussy and flimsy for me. Thank you so much for the review. Waiting for the new Swift review. 😊
Thanks! Great feedback. And things I never really focus too much on, like seat folding!
That system works great when you have a kid or friend in the back while bringing the golf clubs or any long and bulky item, then it gets interesting!
I had a drive, not bad at all. If not the white, the red for sure. The lower spec level excite fits my needs perfectly in many ways. More than the essence. Tempting if they had offered me a realistic trade in.
I feel hybrid pricing is too close to Toyota, otherwise it sounds better. Earlier model felt really bad. Even 1 or 2 minutes into the test drive, I felt like returning the car.
It’s WAY better than the last one.
My OCD has been triggered, lines on side doors are not meeting one at back. 🤐
Great test as usual, Matt. I get the feeling that the first facelift of this will be so much better - they'll probably tidy up the front, fine tune the safety systems a bit and fix that rear seat back that you didn't mention. That latter aspect I found interesting - most overseas testers commented on the clunky single-piece rear seat back folding into an uneven floor, and also leaving a gap for stuff to fall into. I can see we get the same one-piecer - did you find it a hassle?
Of im in the market for a small run around. Im sure this would be at the top of my list right now.
nahhhh sorry m8 I still wouldn't give up my 2020 Kia Rio over this.. Still much better choice to buy used Kia Rio than this. Bigger boot space and longer wheelbase....
I get it. The Rio was a great car.
Certainly a huge step up from its boxy predecessor, however I’d still be inclined to go with a Yaris, Swift or Mazda 2.
My wife and I are seniors and looking at getting a small car for short trips to the shops and suburbs. Having waited for the new version of the MG3 we have now decided to buy a Kia Picanto GT Line.
How is the NVH? Any creaks and rattles?
It claims urban 0.9L/100km. It sounds too good to be true, even Toyota cannot do this. Should I believe?
omg cant wait😆😆. Like 13 years in the making for a new MG3, didnt the prwvious come out in 2011, which received a facelift in 2019?
Indeed!
How did u comment 9 hours ago on a video that has been out less then 4hours?
@@craigstevenson7708 BAHAHA magic.
Nah the video had was up for a while, where it said like Notify me for when it drops at 8 30, so you can still comment and everything, just can't watch the video lol
If i was to buy one of these all new MG3's I think I would wait a year or a little longer to purchase one as that way hopefully by then if there are any bugs or gremlins in the product hopefully by then they should be rectified
Put my money where my mouth is and placed an order for a red hybrid essence. Wait time is 2 months for oz.
Never apologise for your bare knees! shorts. Part of the reason... shorts!... that I watch your vids... shorts! is because of the shorts!... shorts!
How I wish I can get a yaris cross for $30.9k+orc when dealers are selling '24 used at $52k and '23 at $42k. I believe you Matt when you say "you really like" the MG3 but I still can't part with my money for a chinese car. This Xmas it's still a Mazda 2 for me which runs on 91 with 4.7-5.4 per 100km efficiency
Thanks for that. Yep, you can order a Yaris Cross at that price, and it might take a while to get here, and it won’t have much stuff at that price.
Demo Yaris Cross hybrid prices are insane.
I like your thinking!
I would have liked to see you take it on a freeway and then describe the feeling of it feels the same as around the suburbs
I did take it on the freeway and it’s a nice drive. Most people do urban driving with these cars but I mentioned it in the video.
Great review , where was this shot very picturesque.
Thanks mate. Shot near Blaxland in the lower Blue Mountains.
Now that's how to review a car! Great stuff - thoroughly enjoyable (I've watched it three times now!) Thanks for a job well done.
Thanks so much - glad you’re enjoying my content!!
I sat in the car and rejected it because the interior was black and austere, all the photos show sunroof but neither sunroof or light interior available in the UK. During the test drive cars warnings started pinging much to the salesman’s embarrassment. Then I saw MG bottom or second bottom in the auto express driver power survey.
Shame you don’t get the light colour interior option, or the sunroof.
i think good price car mg3
It seems an okay price!
Good looking rear end and interior - terribly unbalanced profile and front design.
for the same price a used i30 blows this thing out of the water
I couldn't deal with that steering wheel the constantly having to reset touch screen settings. White fabrics hideous get far too grubby and dirty after a short while .
I prefer the old model dash setup.
Thanks mate.
It’s a bit weird they use a 3spd transmission - last seen in the VL Commo from the 80s!
Nothing wrong with halogens, they don’t blind everyone else like LEds do
Ha! Nothing wrong with trying to see better at night, champion!
There is when your viability is at the expense of others, champion.
@@maxcarter970 You might need to get your eyes checked, or maybe not drive at night??
And there about $15 to replace unlike led that run into hundreds
Halogens suck compared to LED lamps. The difference at night is a vast improvement. Odd decision by MG but obviously not a concern if going for top trim.
In WA, the hybrid is over $4k more expensive than the petrol model. The hybrid has a combined fuel consumption of 4.3ltrs / 100kms, whereas the petrol is 6. If petrol is $1.80 / litre, then you'd have to travel more than 130,000 kms to recoup the $4k. I think for these small cars, it would be better to test drive and report on the more base model, ie, the petrol.
You might be surprised about the real-world consumption of the petrol, though. I’ve got it this week and will publish the review this weekend. The maths will stack up a bit better for the hybrid…
There was a UK RUclipsr that claimed the petrol model on the highway uses less petrol than the hybrid, and that the hybrid needs 95 octane with the non hybrid minimum 91
Is that a MG4 steering wheel ?? 3 spd auto ?? If it's a turbo 400 that's OK 😅
Hahahahahaha
less electrics,less problems great review mate
Btw, no cars supplied to australia will have this white interior as this seems to be a overseas market model that wss brought here for press drives
Wrong. The white interior is offered on the Hybrid+ Essence when painted in the metallic Brighton / Brixton Blue, Black Pearl, Sloane Silver, or Hamstead Grey.
@@therightcar oh wow, then the sales guy got it wrong. Mine is a red car anyway, so black interior
What CVT does the Petrol model use? Is it a Chinese brand?
Not sure. I’ll be doing a review of the petrol one soon too, so I’ll include that info if I can get it.
Does it have Android auto , something that you've missed on your last couple of reviews .
I think the older model only had Apple CarPlay, this one has both.
Sorry, I’m an Apple person and like all Apple people, I forget there are other ways of doing life with a device. 😂
Yes, I can confirm it has Apple CarPlay!
And Android Auto. 🤖
Both wired, though!
Please add to the reviews how many LT petrol it takes and about how many km it can go with a full tank , if brakes are all disked / drums
Fuel tank capacity - hybrid - 36 litres. On a full tank at the fuel use I was seeing, that would mean a theoretical range of 750km.
Brakes are discs front, drums rear.
@@therightcar thanks and keep up the great reviews
This car actually has rear disc brakes which is surprising for a small car
Seatbelt not height adjustable?
Nice paint the short rear over hang
Unbelievable! This car's service cost is even more than a Skoda with the prepaid service plan.
Halogen lights are superior to LEDs, it's only a matter of time before crashes are linked to led lights
😂
LOL
I've spent most of my life driving older cars with incandescent headlights, thinking the oncoming cars' halogens were too bright for my eyes; it's all relative I guess!?
Yeah I love the halogen bulbs especially when they blow often then fail the WOF. Ute's seem to have the best ones especially on the rear as at least 1 in every 10 I see always have a missing tail light!
Not impressed by the car or the legs.😊
Yeah no one cares go away
Hahahaha
still dont think it is as good as a hybrid corolla
china's dmi technology already outdo Japanese. time is not on Japans side.
Why not mention the fuel required for the hybrid is 95 rather than 91 or 94 ( E10 ) like Toyota hybrids 😅😂.
Good point.
Yeah and you pay $20k on top for that just to run on 91😜! Toyota is done and gone, just imagine that someone in 3 years will get this car for around 15k it is just amazing! Thank you China! And bye bye Toyota!
They run fine on 91, 95 is best.
Wouldn’t put e10 in one.
But I wouldn’t put e10 in any car. That stuffs terrible.
@@OzKidzFun Absolute nonsense, Toyota is the largest car company in the world and will remain so for many more years.
After 5 years of ownership the MG will be almost worthless, it's cheap for a reason.
@@bencarter9739 If the engine spec is 95 RON octane, that is the minimum. If you use 91 in an engine that is designed for 95, you can cause long term engine damage and also void your warranty.
Do your own research, there is plenty of information online.