MG5 in-depth review - Why is this a brilliant EV? | batchreviews (James Batchelor)

[@henrietn]

Finally, a good electric estate car with a decent boot and good size.

[@NeillyVille]

MG are on a roll lately, hope they keep this up and be even better in the future

[@Brian-om2hh]

Many people are attracted to value for money, and MG are happy to cater for that market, and are doing well meeting the demands of that market.

[@luisdominguesforprogramaca3221]

In which video section did you manage to hide the drive train and battery specs of the car?

[@MrWobling]

Does the Adaptive Cruise control use regen braking? Our MG ZS does not and it feels like a huge miss, which really doesn't help already rather mediocre economy.

[@davidraymond5033]

Yes. Or at least I think it does. Used on a trip to Chester a few weeks back. And saw the number go into minus

[@z33h53]

6:24 early Feb? Man's been slacking off a bit, eh? Sheeeeesh.

[@batchreviews]

We’ve spoken to the presenter and told him off

[@fi9000]

Considering this or the Honda zrv self charging hybrid. Thoughts please...it will be Motability vehicle

[@JayC86969]

I'd honestly have the mg

[@briangriffiths1285]

@@JayC86969 the MG will be a great car, light controls and plenty of space. They hold up well, you should see James vids on here at 120k miles and no issues.

[@TomAtkins1912]

The range for the Trophy is only 235 miles due to the wheel size increase I believe.

[@kirkserpes2574]

These things are the most common type of taxi in China under the Roewe banner.

[@hurbrowns5397]

In Shanghai anyway. In Shenzhen, BYD rules the road

[@Hallo-Hallo]

Thanks! 👍😃

[@martinwood9014]

Love your reviews

[@garethsaunders1260]

We have a ZSEV, great car, but with it and the Mg5 i really struggle with the driving position in both.

[@briangriffiths1285]

And the reliability is good!

[@thomasmadden1020]

Why is it so expensive to insure?

[@dar3726]

Because part are expensive. And their are limited people who know or are able repair them. Also any damage to the battery pack can be very hard to fix. The danger of a thermal run away fire etc due to damage that can't be detected mean the battery may have to be replaced. This may cost more than the car is worth meaning it must be written off despite repairable panel damage.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@dar3726 Why will damage to the battery pack be "hard" to fix? There are already independent EV specialists who can test, repair and refurbish EV battery packs.

[@Vegan123]

I suspect that the instant torque that is available is an insurance issue

[@gohumberto]

8:00 - Nope. The Driving MODE is selected using the MODE switch next to the KERS (regen braking) switch. Complicated I know. 5:40 - I wish reviewers would stop banging on about stuff like "Thrilling driving dynamics" as if it's something 99.999% of drivers are bothered about. Seriously, we just want to get to work and the shops in comfort with some music playing. Have you seen British roads? Playing Pothole-Slalom is as thrilling as I want driving to be. This may be my ideal car. I moved to France a few years ago. MG offer this as a no-deposit Lease for €190 a month over 4 years. That's cheaper than paying for the depreciation on most new cars. Taxi drivers love them, which tells me all i need to know. Oh yes, it does 0-60 in about 7 seconds .... not far off the new Golf GTI at 6 seconds so it's no slouch.

[@OllieBache]

The boots 479 litres I have one had since February

[@mikedennett3291]

He obviously didn't have that written down in his diary

[@esmailvafaie3005]

Good

[@graemetaylor629]

when are we going to compete with the Chinese manufacturers

[@Dickie2702]

Never.

[@2011ppower]

3 to 3.5 m/kWh is pretty poor for a non performance car!

[@batchreviews]

Yes, but you have to remember it has a far smaller battery than a performance car, and this test was conducted in the winter. I don’t think 3-3.5 is bad at all

[@djtaylorutube]

@@batchreviews It's still on the low side. The battery size won't influence the efficiency at all.

[@djtaylorutube]

@@jonvb2439 Claiming 3 to 3.5 miles/kWh in a smaller battery than say a Tesla Model Y with a bigger battery, more weight which still gets better efficiency, means that the original claim of 3 to 3.5 for the smaller battery is far worse than it should be.

[@ohyesitsme]

@@batchreviews That's just nonesense. I am getting 5.6 m/kwh from my 38Kwh battery car, in winter

[@-cc9ye]

​@@ohyesitsmethat car is very much an outlier and not comparable, it's lighter, smoother through the air, lower, etc. The average is closer to 3.5/4.

[@basharathussain5999]

Its all good until the electric motors go or batteries

[@Greatdane-qf8kd]

Ehm what are you talking about? That could happen to a petrol or diesel engine as well? And if that happened in the MG you would be covered by the warrenty

[@sailingoctopus1]

Electric motors, basically, last forever. The bearings perhaps need to be replaced every few hundred thousand miles, as a precaution. The batteries should also last hundreds of thousands of miles. I have a ten year old EV that still achieves the range claimed on launch, so no signs of battery degradation at all. The LFP batteries in the entry-level MG5 standard range should last 5,000 cycles and each cycle theoretically takes it 320km/200 miles (WLTP), so should be good for one million miles or 1.6m km.

[@Brian-om2hh]

7 year warranty on the car, and 8 years on the battery. Engines can go wrong too..... Cleveleys Electric Vehicles run a fleet of these as mobile EV servicing and repair vehicles on call-out. One of theirs has covered 70k miles in 18 months from new. The only fault has been a broken latch on the charge flap. The front tyres lasted 41k miles before being replaced. Brake pads look set to top 100k miles before needing to be replaced. Battery was showing 96% state of health at 70k miles....

[@stevebarnes2]

How are people still this misinformed when it comes to EVs? You have to be an utter moron to be this willfully ignorant.

[@Trevelyan1971]

7 year warranty this, 7 year warranty that … the warranty’s worth nothing if the dealerships can’t fix the problems, mg don’t want to fix the problems and they don’t have the parts. The batteries and motors I agree are the least of your worries if you buy an MG as there are so many fundamental flaws in both its design and component parts. Faulty steering racks, door locks and handles, mg pilot is dangerous, it creaks more than your great grandad and won’t be worth anything like what you paid for it IF you brought it new.