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https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mg/zs/105257/new-all...
I've sat in a ZS. Obviously it's fairly basic, but it didn't feel nasty. If they can get the price right, this could be a big hit.
I've sat in a ZS. Obviously it's fairly basic, but it didn't feel nasty. If they can get the price right, this could be a big hit.
Pricing announced now, and early press reviews coming through. First 1000 orders will get an extra £3500 off, making it £21.5k. I'm guessing they'll keep up some incentives after that (finance deposit contributions, etc) to keep it competitive. Seems decent value.
Intrigued though about how the ZS has gone from 2 or 3 star reviews at best for the petrol ones to 4/5 star reviews as an EV. Certainly the petrol engines came in for some criticism but the rest of the car is the same!
Intrigued though about how the ZS has gone from 2 or 3 star reviews at best for the petrol ones to 4/5 star reviews as an EV. Certainly the petrol engines came in for some criticism but the rest of the car is the same!
I guess it was only a matter of time before the Chinese manufacturers started shaking up the European market with cheap EVs. The ZS was always a decent budget crossover thing let down by its engines so I think this has the capacity to be a genuinely decent cheap (by EV standards) family car. I don't think it'll be anywhere near as good as an eNiro but then it's £10k cheaper.
Edited by kambites on Thursday 18th July 18:42
Witchfinder said:
Merry said:
What do we think values on a 2 year old one of these will fall to? 10-12k?
I expect residuals on EVs to remain strong for the next few years as the market grows. No real reason why this should buck the trend.Merry said:
connoisseur21 said:
MG ZS NCAP is a poor 3 * for child passenger safety. Not a suitable safe family car perhaps?
I think I'd get over it. I suspect its a whole heap safer than what he's been in in the past. Fiat Grande Punto went from 5 stars to zero over its (long) lifetime.
At the time the star-based testing was introduced there was still flimsy stuff like the Rover 100 (Metro) on sale and the stigma of a 1-star rating quickly did away with it. Everyone got to 5 stars for new cars pretty quickly, and so the standard has evolved over time to push the principle of getting people into the safest cars possible. Now for 5 stars you need various electronic safety systems as well as the crash-testing factors.
I think the petrol ZS lost one star at least because the base model was missing some of those electronic systems to hit it's budget list price. The EV has all those fitted as standard.
At the time the star-based testing was introduced there was still flimsy stuff like the Rover 100 (Metro) on sale and the stigma of a 1-star rating quickly did away with it. Everyone got to 5 stars for new cars pretty quickly, and so the standard has evolved over time to push the principle of getting people into the safest cars possible. Now for 5 stars you need various electronic safety systems as well as the crash-testing factors.
I think the petrol ZS lost one star at least because the base model was missing some of those electronic systems to hit it's budget list price. The EV has all those fitted as standard.
Frimley111R said:
Yep, and didn't they reclassing the ratings not that long ago so what was, for example, 5 Stars is now only 2 Stars etc.
They do that constantly. Three stars now could easily have been five stars a handful of years ago. I'd bet on it being a fundamentally safer car than our current family car (a mk2 Octavia). Well I've put a (refundable) deposit in, as has a colleague. Not 100% sure on it but figured it was worth getting in at the early price and I'll see how I feel after a proper test once the dealers get theirs.
Spec on paper is good - cheaper one still gets adaptive cruise (which the new Zoe doesn't), carplay, etc. Warranty (inc battery) is 7 years / 80k miles.
Plan was to get something secondhand and shorter range but used prices have gone a bit silly, and while the ZS isn't the longest range it would cover all of the trips we regularly do without needing to switch to the petrol car.
Spec on paper is good - cheaper one still gets adaptive cruise (which the new Zoe doesn't), carplay, etc. Warranty (inc battery) is 7 years / 80k miles.
Plan was to get something secondhand and shorter range but used prices have gone a bit silly, and while the ZS isn't the longest range it would cover all of the trips we regularly do without needing to switch to the petrol car.
Witchfinder said:
A sub-£25k EV with 160ish miles of range, looks pretty decent inside, and doesn't look like it was designed by Homer Simpson outside. Makes the pricing of that Honda look positively avaricious.
I can only think its the desperation of people trying to get into EVs, but this thing is surely the very thing anti EV trolls have been going on about since the start of EVs.........A soulless box on wheels.I really couldn't care about the price of the MG, I rather have a 24kWh Leaf, at least that thing had some 'quirks' like not been able to go over 60mph on the Mways if you wanted to make it home.
But the MG, yeah its cheap but so is the bus, or even better walking is free. I have no doubt its a great A to B tool, but surely everyone on this forum has more interest in their cars than just getting from A to B.
Someone earlier said its less good than a eNiro, I love EVs but when a midsized Kia SUV becomes a benchmark of anykind you knows things have gone too far
.If your even think about spending £20k+ on one you need to stop visiting a website called Pistonheads.com, heres a box on wheels thats likely just as interesting and exciting to own as the MG!
Edited by gangzoom on Monday 29th July 06:38
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