MG5 EV revealed - 214 mile range from £24,495
Discussion
What do we make of the MG5 EV? First estate EV to market and I reckon it’s going to sell in droves.
Building on the success of the ZS. Two trim levels, £24,495 and £26,995. Not sure the higher spec one is worth bothering with.
Brochure: https://mg.co.uk/files/2020-09-39/MG5_EV_Brochure_...
Seems like a decent value proposition although there are some very good deals on the ZS at the moment
Building on the success of the ZS. Two trim levels, £24,495 and £26,995. Not sure the higher spec one is worth bothering with.
Brochure: https://mg.co.uk/files/2020-09-39/MG5_EV_Brochure_...
Seems like a decent value proposition although there are some very good deals on the ZS at the moment
It looks a little short? Looks more like a hatch back than an estate. Unless they photoshopped their own brochure badly.
ETA: just the 460 litres in the boot with the seats up. Even the pokey C class estate has a bigger boot and cars like the 308 SW are practically cavernous at 660!
ETA: just the 460 litres in the boot with the seats up. Even the pokey C class estate has a bigger boot and cars like the 308 SW are practically cavernous at 660!
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Wednesday 23 September 23:21
The brand is borderline toxic I'd say.
To me, today, it stands for chinese tat with a shiny sticker covering the made in Shenzhen stamp (I've no idea where they're actually made these days). And I'm just about old enough to remember when MG made decent cars.
Do people under 30 have any awareness of the brand at all?
Still, they're the first to being an EV estate to market so they'll sell a few, doubt they'll be a common sight though.
To me, today, it stands for chinese tat with a shiny sticker covering the made in Shenzhen stamp (I've no idea where they're actually made these days). And I'm just about old enough to remember when MG made decent cars.
Do people under 30 have any awareness of the brand at all?
Still, they're the first to being an EV estate to market so they'll sell a few, doubt they'll be a common sight though.
Otispunkmeyer said:
It looks a little short? Looks more like a hatch back than an estate. Unless they photoshopped their own brochure badly.
ETA: just the 460 litres in the boot with the seats up. Even the pokey C class estate has a bigger boot and cars like the 308 SW are practically cavernous at 660!
Bigger boot than a typical hatchback but slightly smaller than some estates, doesn’t seem particularly bad really. I guess there’s some space taken by batteries. ETA: just the 460 litres in the boot with the seats up. Even the pokey C class estate has a bigger boot and cars like the 308 SW are practically cavernous at 660!
Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Wednesday 23 September 23:21
ChocolateFrog said:
The brand is borderline toxic I'd say.
To me, today, it stands for chinese tat with a shiny sticker covering the made in Shenzhen stamp (I've no idea where they're actually made these days). And I'm just about old enough to remember when MG made decent cars.
Do people under 30 have any awareness of the brand at all?
Still, they're the first to being an EV estate to market so they'll sell a few, doubt they'll be a common sight though.
That’s about it. I’d rather walk than buy a Chinese car, and MG is just a joke now. To me, today, it stands for chinese tat with a shiny sticker covering the made in Shenzhen stamp (I've no idea where they're actually made these days). And I'm just about old enough to remember when MG made decent cars.
Do people under 30 have any awareness of the brand at all?
Still, they're the first to being an EV estate to market so they'll sell a few, doubt they'll be a common sight though.
aestetix1 said:
Not sure about the retro analogue speedo but at least it's not such an obvious fossil conversion as the ZS EV.
Don't get me wrong, the ZS EV is a decent car, but when I test drove one it was really apparent that they took the ICE and wedged a (very good) electric drivetrain in it.
I find the analogue gauges in both rather odd in these times (spent last week driving a 2020 VW Tiguan with a digital instrument panel). The one in the 5 does look a lot nicer though. Don't get me wrong, the ZS EV is a decent car, but when I test drove one it was really apparent that they took the ICE and wedged a (very good) electric drivetrain in it.
Toaster Pilot said:
Not sure the higher spec one is worth bothering with.
The only things which really looks worth having on the higher spec model are climate control (as opposed to old-fashioned AC on the lower spec) and heated seats. Not sure it's worth a 10% price hike for those, though. I'd rather have the fabric seats than the faux-leather ones, too, which is a negative for the higher spec car.
Edited by kambites on Thursday 24th September 11:28
kambites said:
The only thing which really looks worth having on the higher spec model is climate control (as opposed to old-fashioned AC on the lower spec).
I thought it was the heated seats myself (I don’t see auto climate as essential, you still end up messing around with it in most cars on longer journeys) - neither worth £2500 though. Toaster Pilot said:
kambites said:
The only thing which really looks worth having on the higher spec model is climate control (as opposed to old-fashioned AC on the lower spec).
I thought it was the heated seats myself (I don’t see auto climate as essential, you still end up messing around with it in most cars on longer journeys) - neither worth £2500 though. 
I could (and indeed currently do) live without either.
robbieduncan said:
It's a good price. As above boot is a bit small: I'd want the same as my Passat GTE or more, not significantly less. But if it can help drive the price down and spur some other manufacturers to release estate EVs then great!
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