MG4 XPower: This Car Makes No Sense!!

Jack has been driving the new MG4 XPower: the range-topping, performance variant of one of our favourite entry-level EVs. And he's a little confused by it.

00:00 Intro
1:04 MG4 's legend status
2:12 The good news
3:16 The bad news
4:22 Underwhelming exterior
5:10 The USP
5:50 A big BUT
7:30 What's better than effortless speed?

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[dimitriosharisis]

'...learns to forgive his dad'! 🤣beautiful artistic touch. Well done lads!

[borisdelzenne-b]

I'm very confused. I've driven hot hatches my whole life and this MG4 is the most fun I've had in a car. It's grips and handles ridiculously well! I'm so impressed by it. I'm not sure why you don't feel like it's not driving well.

[Flippingdrawers]

The muscle bloke story was hilarious 😂

[newtonsofashley]

Will you be matching your hoodie to the car colour going forward? 😆 Great video as always. Cheers. 👍

[kassistwisted]

CARICE! CARICE! CARICE! CARICE!! If for nothing else, the "driver assist" won't try to kill you because it doesn't have any!

[anguspeacock]

I actually did find a wagyu steak in the middle aisle of Aldi. Well, just off the middle aisle in the cold section…

[chillmeister]

MG should always have something a touch crazy in their lineup

[Baldy]

I got the Camden Grey XPower and love it. Economical on long journeys and mad quick when you want to embarrass ICE boy racers from the lights. Good all round super hatch sleeper. Handling is fine, suspension is firm and feels like a go kart round corners. Great value compared to the ICE equivalent. The real comparison to make is against similarly powered ICE hatchback cars then take a look at the price difference

[jettstreamer]

Don’t forget you can adjust the steering feel. You don’t really mention the different driving modes which can be changed instantly via the easily programmable star buttons on the steering wheel. You can also create a custom mode which the car “remembers”. I use the sports steering and pedal force with eco HP and that does make “going slow fun.” If you want to drive it around FAST, a few pushes of the steering wheel button puts you in full sports mode with launch control. It’s true that when the car starts, it defaults to NORMAL mode (possibly safer than leaving it in sport mode where you have multi-driver families). But I can live with pressing a steering wheel button twice to access my custom mode (or once to get into SPORT mode). It’s not designed to be a hot hatch with permanently ultra stiff suspension egging you to drive it hard all the time. It’s a family car that can be driven very sensibly, smoothly and comfortably but with outrageous performance if you feel like it. I really like the Jekyll and Hyde “sleeper” nature of the car. For a fuller review of the x power’s handling, seek out Rory Reid or Cinch track reviews.

[jonevansauthor]

4:00 Not one of those gripes was in any way pedantic.

[Crazy_Worlds]

Correction: The Kia Nero was the first reasonably priced practical EV.

[JacKThRiPPa]

In no way to disagree with any of the points made, but a quick bit of info I guess in regards to the "buried in a menu" for changing the driving mode, you can swap driving mode on the steering wheel without going into the settings. So although annoying that it resets to normal every bloody time, it is only a couple of seconds of thumb presses and you're on the mode you want, also great for swapping on the fly if need it.

[Stephen-Jones]

I loved the Jazz CD segment... good to know that companies still want to build cars with unhelpful user interfaces and beeping that will drive you (literally) crazy.. 🤣

[SpeedSetSims]

Pretty accurate about driving assist, even with the MG5, it’ll try to kill you, veer out of the lane then tells you to watch out because you’re departing the lane

[kaylan.t]

I drive one of these and I really like it! Dont't need the car look like a ferrari - more interested in cars where you can't see straight away how powerful they are. However I love the colour "Hunter Green". But that's a matter of taste. Never had the car beeping at all (you can disable some stuff in the menu and it stays off). The reversing camera is not the best, agree on that, but never had a problem with parking (might depend on how good you are at parking in general lol). Also I have no problems connecting with Android Auto (but heard, that not every cheap cable can do the job). What I also agree on (and that is the only thing that I don't like about the car) is that it defaults back to Normal Mode and didn't remember One Pedal Drive and that you have to switch off the steering assistens everytime you start the car. But by the way: Infotainmeint is still better than VWs 😂 The One Pedal Drive works at least up to 90% charge, if not 95%. Since you shouldn't regularly charge your battery above 80% anyway, it's not an issue for me. What I really love about this car is that you can drive it in a very relaxed or very sporty manner - depending on your mood.

[colinharvey]

Seems like there is a opening for a steering / suspension tuning house for EVs to put the fun back in driving.

[Ianw]

I think the main issues with reviews like this is they expect everyone who buys a fast car to be some kind of driving expert when let’s face it most of us would never have the skill or the knowledge of a car to push it to anywhere near its limits.

[dandantheideasman]

Jack, you are a legend! Dude, I used to work for an automotive magazine - Wheels Magazine, Dubai - and your little subtext rant in the form of a 4 CD Jazz Album brought back a flood of good memories. Twas like reading the minutes from our, over the desk, daily conversations - which we were never allowed to be put to print.
I was howling profusely when I read them and appreciate it enormously!
Thank you for an honest review and keep up the great work that you and the team do.
Kudos!

[JIMMYHIBBS]

Expect to see one of these in your shop fronts (literally) soon .. when non-drivers (people who buy these) lose control ..

[bryana]

"Straight piped chrome wrapped V8 cry for attention" I love it!! Still wish they'd bring MG, and some other EV's, across the pond to the US. We need more variety.