2025 MG HS (inc. 0-100 & braking) review

The new MG HS is finally here and it’s bigger with more features. Is it better than the outgoing model and does it match the big jump in price? Paul Maric finds out.
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Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 00:58
Interior: 03:33
Infotainment: 04:33
Safety tech: 06:45
Practicality: 07:21
On the Road: 10:29
Self-driving test: 17:02
Performance: 18:25
Verdict: 20:52
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[@roberthocking9138]

Nice review, they’re getting better. Those safety systems drive me nuts and are extremely distracting, what’s worse every time you stop and turn the car off, they all reactivate!! I know they need them to get a 5 star rating, but they are dangerous. We are keeping our 21 Honda CRV and not upgrading for that very reason

[@sidjyothi]

MG has hit a goal with this HS. I am seeing more and more of this in Sydney, it looks like MG have a sales hit here

[@Xandrax]

Paul, next time you speak to a manufacturer, ask them if they're planning to accommodate consumer feedback about distracting "safety" systems. We either need much better systems, or a way to keep it all turned off. They could keep all their 5 star rating rubbish by building in a loophole that we can activate if we choose to (i.e. make it extremely easy to hack the system).

[@daweigo6851]

Most of the safety issues are due to ANCAP requirements to get 5 STARS..

[@DhanukaThanooja]

I like the body style..

[@majnonalhawa]

Paul, I’ve been driving the previous model for a month now, and all I can say is that the turbo lag is quite fatal! When you slow down, say at a round about, then want it to get up and go, it simply doesn’t.. hope this new one is ok but for me, MG is not quite there yet.

[@foxxster3565]

I like the way you still use your indicators to change lanes even on a test track with no other traffic. As for the new safety systems. Utterly ridiculously and almost as if they are making private motoring as difficult and annoying as possible. They need to split the safety ratings into two. One, the most important would be injuries to occupants that would cover the physical aspects of the car in a crash, crumple zones etc and the useful safety items like airbags. The other rating would cover the nonsense items like seatbelt warnings and the speed nanny. People could then decide which is more important to them.

[@ronch550]

A lot of these Chinese brands are giving the big guys a good licking.

[@yanni6969]

Good. The greed from most of them is absurd over the last 4-5 years. Hopefully they get a shake up.

[@yslee1401]

These are Temu Teslas and Temu Toyotas. No one takes PRC vehicle owners seriously

[@Sulu-d4r]

@@yslee1401 lol

[@Andrew-ep3id]

Why is turning off the safety tech so important? I would have thought most people would be driving with it on.

[@wilson2455]

because most of the 'safety tech' is annoying & distracting!! $665 & 3 demerit points for glancing at your phone but nothing for trying to work out what the dings, dongs, pings, flashing lights mean ??

[@twinrotors]

The safety tech is not actually safe. It distracts drivers, it is fussy and pedantic, it inserts itself when it’s not needed and with driver monitoring systems is chimes if you look at the mirror to change lanes.

[@Marks.Reviews]

What’s it like for turbo lag?

[@JamesZ888]

this is a rebadged version of the Chinese Roewe RX5 SUV, considering getting one, but waiting on the PHEV version

[@Mark-jz5ye]

I day those "fog light" buttons on the screen is for day/night mode for the screen brightness

[@mvnorsel6354]

A safe car that can stop well.

[@Maige2900]

New standard for sure

[@HaydenMassalsky]

Lovely looking and driving vehicle. Some updates on the gear system and engine will be nice to see as they come out.

[@robertduclayan2298]

Hi Paul please include yearly cap price service cost. I think that one is the deal breaker of this suv.

[@teddym2808]

Previous one looked much nicer IMO and removing the 2 litre engine and AWD is a mistake. I thought, Paul, what do you mean it's more expensive, it's the same price, then I realised this was FWD only and the 1.5 engine. So.. yeah..... I dunno. The centre lane autonomous driving has massively been improved though, the older medal went right over the line, remember?

[@MikesLARE]

Aussie Seth McFarlane

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Would your 10 year warranty be voided if you get an After market ding dong/speed nanny removalist job done on the electrics ?

[@davidnecic3391]

Please Don't Do Top of The Range, Do Lower and Middle, Thank you.

[@matthewmuffett9028]

Would u say it sort of looks like a genesis car maybe

[@yslee1401]

They don’t have any resale value at all. Used car dealerships don’t even accept them anymore

[@daweigo6851]

Complete nonsense......

[@yslee1401]

@@daweigo6851 the truth really hurts. Good luck if your penned on the dotted line

[@joelopic]

An improvement which is encouraging. Some flaws and quirks with an underpowered engine is a shame. There are some competitors from china com8ng in 2025 that will sadly chew it up and spit it out.

[@MiltBrady]

Not the end of the world

[@wilson2455]

$665 & 3 demerit points for glancing at your phone but nothing for trying to find a radio station, turn the A/C on or work out what all the dings, dongs, pings, flashing lights mean ?? And then there's Subaru's 'Driver Attention' system which is a complete gimmick !!

[@yissibiiyte]

Better than a BMW? That's not saying much with BMW's new obsession with plastic and cost-cutting

[@foxxster3565]

Most cars are better than new BMWs . In that you can actually contemplative keeping them after the warranty runs out without facing financial ruin.

[@yslee1401]

These are Temu Teslas or Temu Toyotas

[@anasevi9456]

lovely car, and hope one day Japanese makes like Toyota and Nissan will see the value of improving and updating their nasty cheap plastic interiors in their normal cars more than once a decade. 😆 LFA had a stunningly ahead of its time gorgeous interior, so it's not like they don't know what we want to see come down market.

[@davidw4987]

Nice looking car - a bit under-powered and a pity about the so-called safety systems which I think are downright dangerous. If you are in a critical situation where you have to change lanes quickly or accelerate out of danger you really don't want the situation compounded by your car beeping and blinking at you. Something has to be done about the safety rating scam.

[@paulredfern2252]

Lexus RX copy?

[@daweigo6851]

How¿ Nothing like LEXUS 😮

[@marcelfotomoto]

All these cars are like buying fridges.

[@teenee4]

Chicken dinner 🍽

[@TheStagswag]

Going forward ancap scores will be impacted by on cars like this without shortcut buttons for climate controls and such. Voice controls would be the next logical step, but do you really want chinese cars having your voice print on record...

[@daweigo6851]

Ha ha paranoid, what will the Chinese do with your voice... Don't buy one and you don't need to worry

[@harleyjones5200]

"incredible value for money"...until it needs new control arms, ball joints, engine mounts and a motor at 30,000km

[@sydneyshinshi]

Not bad looking.

[@yslee1401]

Yeah. The resale value plummets 75% within a year

[@sydneyshinshi]

@@yslee1401 You sure about that

[@MrCarbroker]

Hi can you please do ssangyong Rexton review . Thanks

[@gregmettam581]

Paul, please pronounce the letter "h" correctly. It is "aitch".

[@gde1989]

thats not correct

[@sydneyshinshi]

Nah Haitch

[@andysingh2977]

In australia we pronounce it how Paul says it, we call it Haitch, not Aitch.

[@sydneyshinshi]

@@andysingh2977 I think it's something to do with where you went to school. One was in the Catholic school system and the other in state schools. Not sure what way around.

[@foxxster3565]

@@sydneyshinshiyep Catholics pronounce it incorrectly as in this video. It grates.

[@Da_danyel]

First

[@longdang3379]

cupra formentor pls my bro?

[@daweigo6851]

Think he has already tested