Best EV for the MONEY? | 2024 MG MG4 64 Essence Review 4K

It's won over 10 Car of the Year awards around the world, and it's affordable! Many people aren't a fan of MG's petrol cars, and that's understandable. But it sure can make one hell of a EV that normal people can afford!

[ProductReviewCars]

CORRECTION. Power is actually 150kW not 125kW.

[garthk]

I am looking forward to this one. Thanks for posting.

[paulphillips]

Excellent review as always, giving a potential purchaser all their questions answered and I love the look so as my inner city go cart it ticks all the boxes . Cheers Cam .

[klaushoward]

Why would reaching for a start stop button be easier than just putting your foot on the brake?

[aliruane]

I have an MG4 x-power. Porsche acceleration for a bargain basement price. I love it. It has some downsides. Software sucks. CarPlay integration is wired and sketchy. But for the price? Like I say, I love it.

[markjmaxwell]

I probably won't own an EV in my lifetime but if I did the MG4 Essence 64 would be at the top of my list for all the reasons described in this video. I checked out the build quality and it's acceptable if not up to Mercedes standards as yet.

I would change three things about the EV with the first one to get rid of the elastic netting off the centre console as it makes the rest of the interior feel cheap. The second thing would be some newly designed solid one piece alloy rims with better wheel styling.
And the third thing would be to have the E-LSD from the XPower in the rear differential of this model. But overall it does have fantastic features and is definitely good value for money at around fifty thousand Australian dollars if someone is specifically looking for an EV...
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[fungusfoong]

Nice car but the air con vents don't have the typical side to side air flow controls as it simultaneously open or close the airflow. Kinda stupid shortcut.

[shanemcguire]

People would not have bought them, if they knew that the price in Australia was going to be dropped by $10, 000 to clear the backlog. Fastest devaluing EV, even surpassing Tesla !

[MGriff-qi]

Wow you talk fast. The start up on/off IS peculiar but is NOT a big deal. It is just different. As for fussy start up, you are kidding right? Get over it. I don’t know how long you’ve used one but so far it has NEVER happened. (Possibly because our ICE VW required a press of the brake for a lot longer, so we are absolutely used to it and the MG is way faster) Your obsession with this is just silly try starting a VW diesel, then think which one is ready quickest.
The torque vectoring on sweeping bends at speed is impressive. Custom mode is our preferred drive mode. One pedal drive needs a very light touch and doesn’t appeal except for longer trips with not much traffic. I like the buttons. It’s the way the Apple car play set up does require you to have your phone open (not locked) It’s hard to get used to. The access to the climate control setting if you are navigating using Apple Maps is: Home button > Swipe down > adjust >Home button > Apple CarPlay icon. And that is NUTS. A press and hold the fan button should be all you need. They need to update that.

[jackiedines]

Still has the wrong battery and must have OTA updating, especially as their software is so bad.

[tonythurston]

No LFP Battery, that's enough of a negative for me.

[electricdiesel]

I rather push my MGC GT than to drive a King Charles MG4.

[cyruslad]

I briefly looked at these then ordered an Ioniq 6, wasn't impressed

[dna]

Shouldn’t be called an MG. These cars have no connection with the original marque origin or heritage. It shows a fundamental lack of integrity.