MG MG4 51kWh SE Auto 5 door Car - £25,850 Collection / £26,220.74 Delivered @ MG Cinderford / Auto Trader

Just got back from a 970 Mile 2 Day Round Trip to Paris in ours (64Kw Trophy),

Total Charging Costs for the 970 Miles £51 (Ionity at 25p Kwh)

Brilliant Car Great Roadtripper.

More Details here for anyone interested in using an Electric Car for long trips (We do 40 to 50k miles a year in ours)

speakev.com/thr…67/ (edited)

MG4 is best value EV on the market currently and well reviewed. This is a decent price ♨️

We have the Trophy which has the bigger battery and love it. So far between this and our previous ZS EV we've done well over 50,000 electric miles including many long trips and whilst public charging can be a little hit and miss it does seem to be getting better. Probably 95% of our charging is at home on the cheap rate which makes the car far easier to live with then out previous diesel.

Done over 5k in ours and absolutely love it. Only slight negative is seats could be a bit comfier.

I suppose you've got to also factor in the cost of a charge point. Any help/advice/tips on where best to get on of these?

That is one ugly car. Sorry but it's so ugly, no wonder it's on sale. I wouldn't even give 10k for THIS......

What's the maintenance upkeep costs and annual service charge like on electric vehicles compared with normal petrol/diesels? About the same price or more expensive?

Let's see the people who's only knowledge of an ev is based on a headline yell actual owners they're wrong ha ha.

I'll kick off... here's some myths about evs. If you're saying any of those, don't bother

Wanted to share a drive about the alleged "inconvenience of driving ev"

I woke up crazily early for the start of a 12 hr shift. Getting up 10 minutes earlier to get petrol (or get home 10 mins later last night to get petrol) wasn't an option. It was freezing outside so I didnt to be stood outside in the cold as my car defrosted. I also didn't dare leave my car engine running without me being there due to legality and insurance concerns. So instead I pressed a button on my phone. It defrosted whilst I had a cuppa. When I finished my tea I set off for work. My road is quiet so luckily no loud engine noise. I'm also able to turn off the reversing bongs on the car so it was almost silent so didnt wake up people. I got into my de-iced, lovely warm car with warm seats and steering wheel. I had already sent the address where I was going to the car when I was inside. I forgot to say I spent aboit 5 seconds unplugging my cable and started with 100% charge. I drive 10 miles away, so the 20 miles round trip would be OK with my 280 mile range ev. Having said that, regen braking gave me about 30% back so only usef around 14 miles of energy for the round trip.

The sat nav showed no big issues or diversions but had there been one then it would have shown alternative routes. Was so easy to drive. My left foot was resting as no clutch. My right foot simply went up and down rather than going between the accelerator and brake and this was due to one pedal driving. Also my left hand wasn't constantly changing gears. In fact I utilised adaptive cruise control so my right foot was hardly used too. The lane control even helped me steer. The only time I took control was at junctions and traffic lights.

Drove past a school that were there early due to a school trip. Traffic was crazy so I was almost stood still. What surprised me was the amount of emissions from the parents cars and the coach and this was blowing over the kids. I saw some kids coughing as it happened. But alsp remembered reading about emissions and poor brain development in children. Eventually I was on the dual carriageway. Cruise ocntroll set and wow it was effortless. At one point some bad driver started to move into my lane without looking. But no issues as I hit the accelerator and quickly got safely in front of them. Nybautomatic wipers sensed the rain and the auto main beam worked a treat. Also Nice to think that every slow down I didn't use my brakes and in fact got energy back. Win win.

Got to work feeling refreshed and calm. Then 12 hrs later the same trip back. Again no dancing my hands and feet around the cabin to brake, use clutch and change gears... just easy. I did stop off to see friends but still way more range than I needed. On the trip back I saw a 8 pump pwtrpl station which was full and with aboit 6 people waiting. So much so they were stopping traffic on the main road. Anyway I got home and plugged in the car. Took me about 5 seconds. Normally I wouldn't charge every night but knew I was having a long trip the next day and needed 100%. The cheap tarrif didn't start for another 2 hrs. But the charger knew this sonic saved me going back out to turn it on. Similarly it knew when to turn it off at 1.30am so I just slept as normal. I also used the off peak tariff to use the dishwasher and washing machine so this saved me money too.

Woke up the next morning to drive to the airport. 2 weeks hols. I knew even with the long range of the ev, that I would still need a tiny charge ans decided to top it up a little before the airport so I was even easier when I return. Once again,in the morning I defrosted the car, heated the seats and steering wheel. Chucked the cases in the car and was on my way. Stopped off for about 6 mins. Stepped outside the car to stretch my legs. Got to the airport parking and done. Again no stress. I did remember to set valet mode to stop anyone being an idiot. I handed the keys over and enjoyed the hols. Upon my return I saw I didn't even lose 1% preheated the car whilst I waited for luggage. Drove home feeling tired but the actual drive was easy. Got home with more range than I needed. But I deliberately charged for the whopping 6 mins to ensure it was OK should I get diverted.

To be transparent. Yes the ice car would have saved me that 6 mins in charging but I still would have had a break for that time. So nothing gained. In fact I'd have had to set off aboit 8 to 10 mins early to ensure full petrol tank. So the ev was actually quicker. Cost wise, that trip would have cost nearly 60 in a petrpl car vs about 12 for the ev.

if only my employer would do salary sacrifice like some do

When the price of electric settles down I would consider buying one.
We’ll probably all be driving them soon anyway with all these councils charging extra for polluting cars etc. I’ll wait until then. (edited)

I will consider when they charge wirelessly when driving haha

Wow. This deal been up for 3 hours and we still didn't have the obligatory "my diesel does 500miles" "hydrogen is the future" "Evs are powered by coal" Bs troll comments from the jealous

219 mile range coasting.

I do around 10,000 km a year in my Corsa (petrol), at 100g/km Co2 emissions, thats around 1 tonne a year. Making an ev battery produces an average 6 tonnes of Co2 emissions and the same for the car. If I make my Corsa last another 6 years I will save 6 tonnes of C02 emissions.

And thats not taking into account the 2.4 tonnes of emissions I would produce in 6 years using the ev itself. (edited)

Man that is an ugly car, no way I'm changing my Merc C220 AMG for this ;P

Fine if you want to only charge at home but when you want to venture further away then the tariffs can be huge. Check this one a booths 75p a kw
photos.app.goo.gl/BaQ…Na7


Also some sites cheers you parking fees on top.
Wait for the hydrogen cars to arrive (edited)

I'm a diesel driver and would love to find something cheaper, more convenient, and less harmful to the environment. After reading all your comments I think an electric car is of benefit if you meet certain criteria, ie do you have a driveway to charge it overnight, do you drive average mileage etc etc. Unfortunately my driving habits aren't that regular, I use my car for work travel too, so my daily mileage can vary considerably, plus I would then need to plan journeys so I could perform overnight charging away from home which could be expensive. It's therefore a personal choice but not one for me at the moment. A hybrid for me would be a better option I guess. (edited)

Good price but not the most attractive car in the world

MG is one of the worst electric cars, they have loads of problems with charging and High Voltage batteries. There’s a reason why MG electric cars are the cheapest.

I think many are now seeing both sides of the story with electric cars. it's not only about the running costs but also the purchase price and range limitations.

Certainly not all one way traffic anymore, that's for sure. You can now pick up a 72 reg leaf with 5k miles for £18k at a car supermarket.

For people who short commute it's a compelling argument and great opportunity.

Listened to some reports today. Subsidies to oil (to the energy companies to help produce as well as to oil to keep costs down at pump for consumer) equate to 6% of global gdp. Wow.

However, teslas master plan is 10% over 10 years which is 1% of global gdp to move away from the harmful deadly chemicals

So it's cheaper for something better.

Just a thought for when people say "but what about the subsidies for ev (which are a tiny fraction of oil ones )" (edited)

How many miles per kWh?

Electric cars have become the new thing to get incredibly (and unreasonably) upset by.

Pretty sure anyone looking at EV cars know the plus and minuses for it and have done their homework; they likely don’t need some guy off the internet telling them it’s a load of rubbish 👌

Good deal this

on the Octopus nightime 7.5p kwh rate
Simon's mate might be paying the standard electricity tariff to charge his car so he'll be paying closer to £20 each charge (edited)

Why are all these things so heavy and full of tech. Just give us what we are waiting for - a fun, fast, cheap, simple, maintenance free electric go kart of a car.

Personally i will never buy or lease a petrol or hybrid car again. Have had Tesla Model 3 for last two years and have just upgraded to Model Y these are perfect for me. Car is great, Range is great, Tesla superchargers are excellent.

Great new EV for the money - the styling won't be to everyone's tastes but it would be hard to pass on this when compared to a non-EV in the same price range. The huge rise in electricity costs and EVs becoming more mainstream has definitely closed the gap in 'pence per mile', the 'EV = cheap motoring' argument isn't really valid any more, especially if you are charging on-the-go/service stations - so buy it because you want an EV not because 'it's cheap/free to run' imo. (edited)

Everytime someone lists a ev deal I make a brew grab some biscuits and seat back and enjoy the comments 😃 (edited)

So what do you do when you cannot charge it overnight? All good with the electric cars but the infrastructure is years behind and in some cities it's not going to change soon (for example where people live in block of flats with no designated parking spaces)

Electric car ha mugs game !

I went to my local MG dealership yesterday and had the most bizarre experience! I was interested in the ZS EV. After a test drive I absolutely loved the car but when I went to have a chat about finance with the sales person he completely talked me out of the sale. He was telling me the EV market had crashed and they never sell any more EV because higher electric costs now meant they were more expensive to run than petrol. He told me they had loads of EV PCP returns in the forecourt. He also said they could depreciate into nothing because in a few years an EV battery could be able to do 1,000 miles with tech changing. Not sure what to think now but feels like I’m back to square one ☹️

Cannot believe the cost of cars these days, my work mates all have £500 a month coming out of their wage just on their car. They all complain they have no money to me, meanwhile I have 80K savings gaining interest and a £1500 Citroen C1 lol.... Though it only makes me £200 a month in interest lol.

Does anyone know why electric cars are constantly going down in price all the time? Seems fishy