Apologies for the driving section the AF (auto focus) failed on our Canon Lens, we added a gaussian blur to blend it and make it the best we could. This car does come with LED and a whole host of other additions dependant on trim level even though the website say Projector lamps. There is no Android Auto either.
My mum bought one of these a couple months back and I gave her a lot of stick for it... Until I drove it and it’s actually a fun little motor and it sounds pretty good I can’t lie!
I just bought the MG MG3S Limited Edition in Australia. It’s a great car. Easy to drive 4 speed automatic, looks good and handles well. $16,990 drive away price can’t be argued with. The limited edition come with all black alloys, black rear spoiler, side skirts, red outline around the front grill and inside the car the air vents are red. Also come with 2 limited edition MG king rings. The car comes in 2 colours. Tudor yellow or Dover white. I chose the white. Very pleased 😁
Ashish Krishnan The only issue I had was with the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System light came on on the dashboard. A trip back to the dealer and it was fixed. I’d definitely recommend the car. Cheap to run, fun to drive and looks great. Enjoy
great car and for the price amazing just visited the new mg showroom in Marylebone (london) and had a good experience with the team there. would defiantly recommend especially with the current deals they have at the moment, its almost driving like driving away for free
Exciting stuff, only just came across this car. I personally wouldn’t mind if they addressed the slight problems with the car and increased the price by maybe £500-£1000 starting price for each model. It’s pretty much the ideal car. Very informative and good review. It’s fairly good looking in my opinion, unique, decent features, and a very, very good warranty. It will be very interesting to see if they electrify this car in the future.
Thank you for a great review. These cars are amazing value for money. They feel like a proper MG which is not surprising as they are designed and engineered at Longbridge. Despite being made in China, the quality is excellent and people should not assume they are not well built. The only thing that has gone wrong with the four MG3's I have owned was a timing chain that needed changing and this was done under warranty.
That’s great to hear, likely you’ve noticed our hands aren’t as animated in later reviews 😃 . We do love this car, and it’s far more modern with the Facelift and new dash.
Great to see an honest review of this car! OK the interior plastics are not expensive feeling and the naturally aspirated engine is out of step with modern trends but its a good looking supermini with good space, a very well sorted chassis and excellent steering for a very low price. This thing sells at the price of a city car despite sitting in the category above on size, and it is a genuinely good car, however too many magazines and car enthusiasts refuse to look past the badge and promote cheap prejudices about Chinese cars. Interestingly Mazda still avoid small capacity highly blown engines and are also cricised because people expect the engines to behave like turbo charged alternatives despite Mazda engines being superbly engineered and very innovative.
We’ll always love this car, the first gen especially, great fun, quick if you’re willing to live on the redline. Maybe we’ll get an ev 3 or hybrid, fingers crossed, thank you.
Congratulations on passing the 1000 subscriber mark!!! Very proud of you, soon I will see you fly past me!!! Remember me when you are up there with other big youtubers!!!! This Mg is much nicer than the older model, but I do miss the old MGs of the BMW era and before :)
mattsbeamer thank you that means a lot, and thank you for the constant support - you’ll go far 😊 The MG3 has come along way, and there will always be classics to see and drive.
Planet Auto thank you for the reply :) I love your channel :D I just noticed that the headlights are doing the bmw and Mazda kind of thing, where they touch the grille :) I love it :)
Thanks for the review guys, really good. A number of owners of the previous version had problems with the timing chain failing and paintwork which marked really easily. Do you know if MG addressed these issues for the 2018 model? Also, is the acceleration from zero really so slow as some have made out?
@@PlanetautoUK Hi guys. From looking at MGUK on Facebook, the problems with the timing chain were sorted when Stop/Start was introduced in 2016. So if looking to buy used, be careful with any car with a 2015 or earlier plate.
MG addressed the issue with the timing chain on the later Mk1 MG3 from 2016 onward. They also upped the warranty from 2017, instead of 3 years you got 5 years.
Im just about to buy one to use for driving instructing...any thoughts...price was a big incentive, 7 years warranty or 80000 miles...Executive with my fiat...10 grand...thank you very much i hope...ps..love the yellow one.
It’ll make an interesting learners car, yes the price with that warranty is quite the incentive. The clutch and gearbox is easy to get use to and it’s s fun cool looking car. Enjoy your adventures, keep us posted on your learners experiences, thank you.
The later ones are better, and overall it’s an older strong engine that will last if maintained, it’s also a fun enjoyable car to drive, but like cars of old loves to be rev d the steering is one of the best we’ve experienced due to solely hydraulic. Full of plastic but that didn’t bother us - Drive one and come back to us T
Does this train include Android Auto as well as Apple Carplay? I've not checked recently but it always seemed to be the apple system that was mentioned
@@PlanetautoUK yes I do haha! It's a shame for them to only include the apple system..... That and the "lego style" infotainment screen are probably the largest let downs as far as I've seen....
OSV also gave this car an excellent review on TH-cam, but the abuse in the Comments section is something else. Not sure how MG can overcome this anti-Chinese feeling.
@@PlanetautoUK But 10,000 sales a year in total probably won't be enough to even see out the 7 year warranty. There desperately needs to be a GTi version of this model to give the brand some credibility. And closing the Longbridge assembly line (if you can even call it that) was a big mistake; they should have been looking to increase the British input, not reduce it.
Liverpool Street Videos never forget who owns them, and they’re going nowhere, hence all the parts in the MG that make you think hmm, that’s pretty swish
@@liverpoolstreetvideos2712 ha ha the saic car company is one of the biggest car assemblers in China they are here to stay. They are selling like hot cakes in Australia
@@PlanetautoUK bec i just wonder ..mg3 projector headlight here there is no separated light for high beam..so i was just thinking maybe its h4 in projector housing (maybe)
Ah yes, forgot about delays, likely a new will be some time now, reliability is good, early ones suffered from timing chains since then they seem to have been quite strong.
Rob Corrente well we’ve got the Ka+ coming on review in the coming weeks, That will give us an idea, if it’s anything like the EcoSport it will be well refined. The MG is great if you don’t mind no soft touch plastics and electronic power steering etc. We’ll revisit this, thank you.
@valley boy I've just done a 2000 miles road trip with my 'old and thirsty engine' as you put it. With varied driving styles from sedate to 'like I'd stolen it' we averaged 47mpg around the old A and B roads of Britain. That is not thirsty. As for underpowered...? Well, there were a few surprised BMW drivers when they tried to get by.
You know when a review is nonsense, when they don’t have a bad word to say about it. Also at first they said about good fuel economy, then at the end they say they’re getting 35mpg . My wife has a 2016 Mazda 2 1.5 naturally aspirated petrol engine, with 115 bop and it will do 0 to 60 in 8.5 seconds and has a top speed of 124mph but averages 48.7 mpg and I live in the Black Down hills in Devon.
Interesting, what is it about the review you don’t like or believe? We think 35mpg is good when driven hard through the Lakes, do remember it’s an old engine configuration, and a Mazda 2 doesn’t cost £9k closer to £14 and with a far more advanced engine, even in the 2016 model and earlier. The MG is full of hard plastics mind you the market who buy this car love it, try driving one. We did a 1000 mile round trip in one it never skipped a beat.
@@PlanetautoUK seriously? 35 mpg is god awful. Our old 1.4 naturally aspirated petrol clio did 42, my 2005 supercharged cooper s achieved 34. Our modern 1.2 c1 does 57.
@@PlanetautoUK the point is this is a negative for this car. It is 2019, not the 1990s. Arguing that it is ok because it is old engine tech doesnt make sense. It shouldnt have old engine tech, it is old and uneconomical and ruins the review to not pick up on this fundamental thing. They should have stuck a modern 1 litre turbo and job done. Yes you pay a few thousand less but after a few years of ownership you would have bought the mazda 2 in the petrol cost saving.
andy1992uk then it wouldn’t be the price it is, look at the price of auto ZS compared to the manual ZS, over 5k - it would have been an idea to offer the ZS 3 cylinder GM SAIC however it would be at a premium likely 4-5 k more. Plus you get a 7 year or 80000 mile warranty. Watch MG for ev that’s going to be the interesting point.
Interestingly we're finding conflicting info, on the website certain additions are missing e.g. LED headlamps even though they're clearly on our spec sheet and were fitted to the car, as for tech we'll get back to you, as various large automotive reviewers on the internet say it comes with AA and others say it don't. Can we ask what it was apart from lack of AA that made it not a good review?
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I have booked the new MG3 and will be taking the delivery next week. Can't wait to get on that cute little yet sporty car with enhanced features
Hardi Joshi oooh exciting, enjoy
I envy you.
I would like to have one but we don't have MG in Canada...
Apologies for the driving section the AF (auto focus) failed on our Canon Lens, we added a gaussian blur to blend it and make it the best we could. This car does come with LED and a whole host of other additions dependant on trim level even though the website say Projector lamps. There is no Android Auto either.
My mum bought one of these a couple months back and I gave her a lot of stick for it... Until I drove it and it’s actually a fun little motor and it sounds pretty good I can’t lie!
It’s great fun if your willing to drive it hard, thank you
Brilliant honest review from you both at last somebody who recognises the car for what it is.. other reviewers take note..
We truly love the brand, it’s simple where it needs to, yet advanced in parts that matter like the lights, thank you
I like this engine.. fair enough it's not fast but no turbo to go wrong and no direct injection no carbon build up on the internet valves...
It’s a great engine, sounds the part under load, and can perform admirably if revved from 4.5 to the line, great fun from a simple engine.
I’ve watched this review so many times lol. Fantastic video once again guys! 😄
Thank you Mr The Kid, W* *B
I just bought the MG MG3S Limited Edition in Australia. It’s a great car. Easy to drive 4 speed automatic, looks good and handles well. $16,990 drive away price can’t be argued with. The limited edition come with all black alloys, black rear spoiler, side skirts, red outline around the front grill and inside the car the air vents are red. Also come with 2 limited edition MG king rings. The car comes in 2 colours. Tudor yellow or Dover white. I chose the white. Very pleased 😁
It sounds very smart, and great value too, thank you for telling us *ben
Hi Ian I am planning to buy one too. Would you recommend after your experience. Any issues. Thank you Regards Ashish
Ashish Krishnan The only issue I had was with the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System light came on on the dashboard. A trip back to the dealer and it was fixed. I’d definitely recommend the car. Cheap to run, fun to drive and looks great. Enjoy
@@ianadams5533 Thanks Ian. It's assuring and really helps coming from an owner. Regards Ashish.
great car and for the price amazing just visited the new mg showroom in Marylebone (london) and had a good experience with the team there. would defiantly recommend especially with the current deals they have at the moment, its almost driving like driving away for free
Wow - Sounds like you had a great time. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. We agree the Facelift is a great car.
Indeed it is
Exciting stuff, only just came across this car. I personally wouldn’t mind if they addressed the slight problems with the car and increased the price by maybe £500-£1000 starting price for each model. It’s pretty much the ideal car. Very informative and good review. It’s fairly good looking in my opinion, unique, decent features, and a very, very good warranty. It will be very interesting to see if they electrify this car in the future.
Yes if they kitted this out with the new specs you find on the ZS EV and electrification too, thank you
Thank you for a great review. These cars are amazing value for money. They feel like a proper MG which is not surprising as they are designed and engineered at Longbridge. Despite being made in China, the quality is excellent and people should not assume they are not well built. The only thing that has gone wrong with the four MG3's I have owned was a timing chain that needed changing and this was done under warranty.
That’s great to hear, likely you’ve noticed our hands aren’t as animated in later reviews 😃 .
We do love this car, and it’s far more modern with the Facelift and new dash.
Great to see an honest review of this car! OK the interior plastics are not expensive feeling and the naturally aspirated engine is out of step with modern trends but its a good looking supermini with good space, a very well sorted chassis and excellent steering for a very low price. This thing sells at the price of a city car despite sitting in the category above on size, and it is a genuinely good car, however too many magazines and car enthusiasts refuse to look past the badge and promote cheap prejudices about Chinese cars. Interestingly Mazda still avoid small capacity highly blown engines and are also cricised because people expect the engines to behave like turbo charged alternatives despite Mazda engines being superbly engineered and very innovative.
We’ll always love this car, the first gen especially, great fun, quick if you’re willing to live on the redline. Maybe we’ll get an ev 3 or hybrid, fingers crossed, thank you.
I do enjoy the videos. Good on you for being able to get the new cars as they're launched. Not an easy achievement. When I tried I got no where!!
Hugh Hatrick that’s good to hear and thank you, it can be challenging at the beginning.
Good value for the price.
I like the new looks.
Congratulations on passing the 1000 subscriber mark!!! Very proud of you, soon I will see you fly past me!!! Remember me when you are up there with other big youtubers!!!!
This Mg is much nicer than the older model, but I do miss the old MGs of the BMW era and before :)
mattsbeamer thank you that means a lot, and thank you for the constant support - you’ll go far 😊 The MG3 has come along way, and there will always be classics to see and drive.
Planet Auto thank you for the reply :) I love your channel :D I just noticed that the headlights are doing the bmw and Mazda kind of thing, where they touch the grille :) I love it :)
mattsbeamer thank you, yes it’s look are certainly improving, saying that we did like the earlier look, this looks far more modern though.
Thanks for the review guys, really good.
A number of owners of the previous version had problems with the timing chain failing and paintwork which marked really easily. Do you know if MG addressed these issues for the 2018 model?
Also, is the acceleration from zero really so slow as some have made out?
We’ll check and get back to you, on paper it’s not quick, however test drive it and rev it high, and It will perform.
@@PlanetautoUK Hi guys. From looking at MGUK on Facebook, the problems with the timing chain were sorted when Stop/Start was introduced in 2016. So if looking to buy used, be careful with any car with a 2015 or earlier plate.
Good to know, thanks for the info 😁
MG addressed the issue with the timing chain on the later Mk1 MG3 from 2016 onward. They also upped the warranty from 2017, instead of 3 years you got 5 years.
The warranty is now 7 years and it’s looking like from the ZS EV onwards new safety will be added as well as Android Auto, thank you *ben
Great video, just note that the car does NOT have android auto
Thank you Thomas, it’s strange that it gets Apple but not Android, new MG’ s now have both
@@PlanetautoUK yeah it is odd. Although the 3 must be due for an update soon as this version's been out for almost 4 years
Or maybe, just maybe it’s being replaced… 🤫
@@PlanetautoUK maybe...
We’ll update as soon as we have confirmation from MG UK 😊
Im just about to buy one to use for driving instructing...any thoughts...price was a big incentive, 7 years warranty or 80000 miles...Executive with my fiat...10 grand...thank you very much i hope...ps..love the yellow one.
It’ll make an interesting learners car, yes the price with that warranty is quite the incentive. The clutch and gearbox is easy to get use to and it’s s fun cool looking car. Enjoy your adventures, keep us posted on your learners experiences, thank you.
I wouldnt due to the economy, it will cost you 50% more to run...
Looking to trade my 2015 Jetta for one of these. Sick of spending money on it! Just concerned about the reliability of the MG brand.
The later ones are better, and overall it’s an older strong engine that will last if maintained, it’s also a fun enjoyable car to drive, but like cars of old loves to be rev d the steering is one of the best we’ve experienced due to solely hydraulic. Full of plastic but that didn’t bother us - Drive one and come back to us T
@@PlanetautoUK will do. Thank you!
@TMoney76 you’re welcome, enjoy
Does this train include Android Auto as well as Apple Carplay? I've not checked recently but it always seemed to be the apple system that was mentioned
Do you mean car? This one doesn’t have Android Auto
@@PlanetautoUK yes I do haha! It's a shame for them to only include the apple system..... That and the "lego style" infotainment screen are probably the largest let downs as far as I've seen....
@@RedfernModelRailway its a its another expense to buy the licensing for anroid auto.
Moving forward from the ZS EV all MG cars will have Android Auto. *ben
@@PlanetautoUK what do you mean. Will a 69 plate mg3 have Android auto?
im in australia are the parts expensive
Not that we’ve noticed, going rate.
Whats the ground clearance?
157mm thank you Victor
A rare seat boot space is not enough
It’s not bad for a Supermini, thank you Prasada
OSV also gave this car an excellent review on TH-cam, but the abuse in the Comments section is something else. Not sure how MG can overcome this anti-Chinese feeling.
Yes, OSV see a car for what it is, like our guys. The brand certainly does seem to be prospering.
@@PlanetautoUK But 10,000 sales a year in total probably won't be enough to even see out the 7 year warranty. There desperately needs to be a GTi version of this model to give the brand some credibility. And closing the Longbridge assembly line (if you can even call it that) was a big mistake; they should have been looking to increase the British input, not reduce it.
Liverpool Street Videos never forget who owns them, and they’re going nowhere, hence all the parts in the MG that make you think hmm, that’s pretty swish
@@liverpoolstreetvideos2712 ha ha the saic car company is one of the biggest car assemblers in China they are here to stay. They are selling like hot cakes in Australia
Oh yes, and they’re going from strength to strength *B
Are you sure it has hill hold assist???
Yes, it does
Thankyou 👍
Your welcome 😊
Should have put center arm rest
Yup, good idea
It doesn't have android auto
Yes, you’re right
may i ask what headlight bulb for this model? thank u
LED’s, *ben
@@PlanetautoUK ahh ok thank you..bec here in asia we use halogen...
Jhay Lerum ah interesting, the earlier ones used bulbs, the Facelift models use the new system, thank you *ben
@@PlanetautoUK bec i just wonder ..mg3 projector headlight here there is no separated light for high beam..so i was just thinking maybe its h4 in projector housing (maybe)
Hmm interesting, see if you can find out, specs do vary from country to country.
Reliability??
On this or the newer facelift? You do get a 7 year warranty too with an MG.
Planetauto new version??
Ah yes, forgot about delays, likely a new will be some time now, reliability is good, early ones suffered from timing chains since then they seem to have been quite strong.
Planetauto I’m testing driving one from longbridge tomorrow. Think I like silver in colour. I’ll let you know 👍🏻
Ah, good to hear, great value and ben really likes the tone it makes, thank you for keeping us posted, enjoy
It has Android?
This one doesn’t, however the new ZS EV is going to (likely that all models will going forward) *Annabelle
Guys , I've got a question: between a ford ka+and this MG which car would you choose?
Rob Corrente well we’ve got the Ka+ coming on review in the coming weeks, That will give us an idea, if it’s anything like the EcoSport it will be well refined. The MG is great if you don’t mind no soft touch plastics and electronic power steering etc. We’ll revisit this, thank you.
@valley boy I've just done a 2000 miles road trip with my 'old and thirsty engine' as you put it.
With varied driving styles from sedate to 'like I'd stolen it' we averaged 47mpg around the old A and B roads of Britain.
That is not thirsty.
As for underpowered...? Well, there were a few surprised BMW drivers when they tried to get by.
You know when a review is nonsense, when they don’t have a bad word to say about it. Also at first they said about good fuel economy, then at the end they say they’re getting 35mpg . My wife has a 2016 Mazda 2 1.5 naturally aspirated petrol engine, with 115 bop and it will do 0 to 60 in 8.5 seconds and has a top speed of 124mph but averages 48.7 mpg and I live in the Black Down hills in Devon.
Interesting, what is it about the review you don’t like or believe? We think 35mpg is good when driven hard through the Lakes, do remember it’s an old engine configuration, and a Mazda 2 doesn’t cost £9k closer to £14 and with a far more advanced engine, even in the 2016 model and earlier. The MG is full of hard plastics mind you the market who buy this car love it, try driving one. We did a 1000 mile round trip in one it never skipped a beat.
@@PlanetautoUK seriously? 35 mpg is god awful. Our old 1.4 naturally aspirated petrol clio did 42, my 2005 supercharged cooper s achieved 34. Our modern 1.2 c1 does 57.
Our Valver does around 31 to 32 with the 2 litre ABF, it’s old engine tech.
@@PlanetautoUK the point is this is a negative for this car. It is 2019, not the 1990s. Arguing that it is ok because it is old engine tech doesnt make sense. It shouldnt have old engine tech, it is old and uneconomical and ruins the review to not pick up on this fundamental thing. They should have stuck a modern 1 litre turbo and job done. Yes you pay a few thousand less but after a few years of ownership you would have bought the mazda 2 in the petrol cost saving.
andy1992uk then it wouldn’t be the price it is, look at the price of auto ZS compared to the manual ZS, over 5k - it would have been an idea to offer the ZS 3 cylinder GM SAIC however it would be at a premium likely 4-5 k more. Plus you get a 7 year or 80000 mile warranty. Watch MG for ev that’s going to be the interesting point.
Looks like Suzuki Baleno
The ZS has so many influences.
I Think this is the wrong mg3...
In what way?
Planet Auto he’s talking about the German machine gun. 😂
Makes perfect sense as we review cars not firearms 🧐 planetcodattlefieldwararchives
Need to get rid of the gas-guzzling engines and it'd be a good car.
We like the old school engine, high revving, a Turbo wouldn’t go a miss though.
Android auto? Not on the MG3 need to do more research before you publish videos!! Overall not a good review imo.
Interestingly we're finding conflicting info, on the website certain additions are missing e.g. LED headlamps even though they're clearly on our spec sheet and were fitted to the car, as for tech we'll get back to you, as various large automotive reviewers on the internet say it comes with AA and others say it don't.
Can we ask what it was apart from lack of AA that made it not a good review?
It categorically DOES NOT have Android Auto. I know, cause I own an MG3 Exclusive 😉
Anthony McGowan excellent, thank you , we’ll add a pinned comment
It's ugly
What is - the MG3 in general, or the facelift variant? Anything in particular?