MG4 6 Months Later | Honest Owner's Review | Which MG4 To Buy...

6 months ago I purchased my MG4 SE Standard Range and in today's video I'll be giving an honest review of ownership with the pros, the cons and 6 months later, which MG4 I'd buy if I did it all over again.

The MG4 SE SR is the most affordable EV you can buy in the UK with a decent useable range. If you're in the market or ready to leap into EV ownership, at £26,999 (£25,999 when I purchased it), Carplay/Android Auto, V2L and a great suite of safety feature, the MG4 really is a compelling option.

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[ianworley]

My brother bought his in January and has never stopped praising it since he took delivery. He says it is without doubt, the best car he's ever owned and knocks other EVs costing £15-20k more for six.

[thrilledbits]

Had my Trophy for about 3 months now, love driving this baby, what a beautiful drive. I'd say the software can be improved but otherwise, very pleased with my purchase.

[wendyknight]

Bought long range long range MG4 23 plate, ex garage demo and 6 months old. It still has 6 yrs warranty. Love it. I have a ‘dumb’ home charger from a previous EV, and the in-car scheduled (cheap rate) charging was difficult (kept reverting to a different schedule), but trial and error seems to have worked… used CCS at Instavolt recently, which worked at 75kw in sleet. Changed to MG 4 for range, CCS charging facility and price. The drive is very comfortable. The car isn’t brutish looking and I use ECO even on motorways. A really good feature is that if I really accelerate hard (eg, to avoid an issue) it changes to NORMAL to get me out of a bind. The really irritating defult feature is LANE ASSIST - I live near narrow country lanes, and don’t like the ‘wheel grab’ effect, so I have to sit and programme.

[peteroffpist]

Fun to follow MG in the future, my Tesla’s are now 9 years old with 300.000-350.000km on each no big issues only door handles so far.

[zaros]

I've had the MG4 Comfort (the version that until the 'Long Range' had the longest range of 450 kilometres) as a company car for six weeks now (driven > 4200 kilometres already), and I'm loving it.
The car's a newer version (this one has a rear window wiper) than the one you have, and I always stick to the 'Eco' setting. I really like the battery efficiency, which as long as you drive tops 100 km/h (about 60 m/h) is pretty accurate. Go past that and you'll burn energy rapidly, but here (Netherlands) that isn't a problem as during the day there's a speed limit of 100 km/h anyway. And sticking to 100 km/h during the night actually feels more comfortable as well. Go lower speeds and you'll find out that the regenerative power is amazing. One time I had to drive about 11 kilometres through countryside, through a village with maximum limits of 50 km/h and 30 km/h. Sticking to decently conserving energy, the range of the car only dropped by 5.5 kilometres. One time in my city when it was busy and I had to slow down or brake, I actually gained 1% energy and more range! That actually begs the question whether it's possible to gain energy by driving :)
For its size the car is very spacey indeed and is really useful for the work that I do, which regularly requires driving all sorts of equipment with me.
I haven't had too much issues yet with the fast-charging capabilities: due to the range, I rarely need it. And when I do, all I need to do is get some coffee at the gas station to take a break, and by the time the coffee's finished there's plenty of range left to get back home. But I'll have to see how this will work during winter.

Disadvantages:
I've driven test runs with the Luxury (the first version with spoilers), so I know which features I'm missing. It's also odd that some of the things that they've saved money on is for example being unable to fold the rear mirrors. That could one day be a difficult problem.
The car also looks very dirty quite quickly: it's easy to see your fingerprints on the screen and on the outside on especially the back you can fairly quickly see it getting dirty.
Not being able to save your customised settings is just dumb, really dumb. Why offer so many features if you do not want your customer to keep them? I really had to teach myself to when the car starts to do the set up that I want to have. I've already given up on some adjustments, as it is just a hassle to keep doing it.
I also really do not like it that you cannot turn off the automatic breaking systems when driving on cruise control. The system is absolutely not subtle, and I'm constantly worried that something that is supposed to make you safer ends up causing accidents to those driving behind me - because sometimes that breaking can be really ruthless and absolutely uncomfortable to the one behind me. Because most of the population hasn't driven an EV yet and so isn't aware that this can be a thing in EV's. It made my mitigate this problem, by switching on and off the cruise control or using the e-paddle when necessary to overtake the cruise control and prevent the quick breaking.
Charging on regular charges is also frequently quite a bit lower than the maximum capacity: quite often it doesn't get past the 50% capability, at best it might reach something like 65%. This causes the charging to take more time than necessary.
And I've now got my first bug: when closing the car, after 1-2 seconds the trunk opens. I can't find a way of solving this and therefore will have to go to the dealer to get it fixed.


My opinion so far: I really like the car, I'm happy with it. It does have some nuisances (besides the automatic breaking, that really is a hassle), but they're not a major problem. I'll see how the car will function over time, especially during winter. But so far I think it won't give any major problems.

[davidmurphy]

Love the car. The girl at the McDonalds drive thru today poked her head out and said "wow, I've never seen a car like it! It's beautiful!"

I have two cons other than what you mentioned (which were spot on):

1. The volume from your phone when you're listening to a podcast or music means you have to pump the volume close to max. Then when you start again the radio deafens you.
2. My biggest bugbear: the regen is nerfed. If you let go of the pedal you'll get -17 max. Press the brake and it'll go to -25. That means that the "brake" is partially unused regen. As someone that drives pretty much without brakes and hasn't even tried any other setting that max regen, this is incredibly frustrating. One foot driving is one of the absolute joys of an EV, why nerf this awesomeness?? Grr.

[edward]

I bought a MG4 STD in Ukraine a month ago and in the car specification max charging power is 85kW, so I think this is the right number, which corresponds to your tests.

[chrispenn]

Had my Trophy for about 5 months now and done a bit over 4, 000 miles. Very happy with it and I've done several long trips (260 miles+) with it. Only one minor fail was the passenger door unlock button has failed - not a big deal, but getting a replacement has proved a bit of a faff. Car is booked in for replacement soon. Overall, car has been rock solid and decent to drive. Minor irritation is the driver assistance stuff, as you say, but I'm very pleased with my car. I've seen 140kw charging speed briefly on

[decimal]

Nice clear presentation style with no frills and very informative content - subscribed!

[kevinleesmith]

OMG. Fantastic to hear all the buttons and switches are still working fine. After 6 months. And outside has also no scratches. Amazing! In this day and age. To have literally no scratches after 6 months. Gobsmacked. And the wing mirrors are also still looking as good as new. After 6 months. It beggars belief!

[bigdaddy]

I drive a M3 Performance from 2020. But I have to admit this MG4 is much more comfortable. Even I admitted that it drove better then my Tesla. Good car.

[joost]

The MG4 fits 3 children car seats no problem in the back. Quite spacious especially because it is a rather small vehicle from the outside.

[chrismatthews]

Hi Stewart, nice to meet you earlier and chat about the mg, as I said, we’ve had two now and they have been great, no problems and great build quality .

[gavinderbyshire]

I’m looking to upgrade my Ioniq 28kw which can do 100motorway miles in the winter and 120 in the summer. I do get 6miles perkWh in the summer with mixed driving and the MG looks like a good replacement although I can charge 10-80% in 17mins in my Ioniq as the charge curve is so flat. I’m also torn between a mid £20k Tesla M3 and MG4, Great review and keep them coming.

[mariashippam]

Hi Stuart, Thank you for your honest and in-depth review. This is one of 3 cars we are looking at for our first family EV car, the other two are the MG ZS and the Kia Niro (first edition) so this review was very helpful to me. Thank you for taking the time to explain the pros and cons of this MG4.

[michaelkavanagh]

Had a trophy for a couple months. For the money well competitors are in trouble with just a bit more work this would be truly great platform. Even now it’s blowing them away on what you get for your money. Seats could improve. Put back wiper back. Just a few tweaks for a like £3k extra you would have something special here. The aerodynamics are stunning for a car like this. Can tell the U.K. designed it it’s not very Chinese at all! It’s how we should be doing cars ourselves. My God we are capable…look.

[johnwhite]

These MG cars are looking great an great value for money, mg4 looks nice but not ready for electric car yet, i do like the new facelifted 2023/2024 mg hs trophy, looks lovely in grey or black with the red leather interior, definitely one i might get in a few years, at present im enjoying my diesel jeep renegade ive had for 4 months, great video greetings from Scotland 😁👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[bill_heywood]

Love these videos, keep them coming 👍

I can see why MG don’t want you to permanently disable the safety systems, but they should definitely let us save our preferred settings

Frustrating that the LFP battery cannot get near to that max charge rate, I have the NMC battery and it actually beats the advertised 135kW max - I saw 139.2kW

Glad you are still enjoying your car, I love mine too

[mancman]

Thanks for the video. Really useful as we are looking at going EV in the next couple of years and the MG4 is on the list - as is the MG5 estate.😃

[stevec]

Really enjoyed this video, I love your styling of the review, very detailed visuals and professional analysis of your experiences. I'm looking to secure one of these cars in the next month or two as it remains outstanding value and really does tick the boxes when weighing up my leasing options. You've given me some excellent pointers to make the most of the experience as and when I receive the car. Thanks so much Stuart - subbed!