However "cheap" or "affordable" or "competitively priced" this car is, the most important impact it will have is to put price pressure on everyone else.
@@vlekov You say it yourself, it doesn't bring anything to the table besides a lower price. It doesn't compete in any other area and that makes it a pos car, in my opinion. Now calm down on the personal attacks will you Mr internet.
@@vlekov For sure, but my original comment was not about standing out in the ev market by producing the worst product was it? We need better cars ( read better battery density etc) at equal or lower cost, and releasing a converted ice car with honestly very bad range is not moving the market forward or helping us achieve that in any way, put the energy into producing good cars from the ground up, price will decline as market switches to ev's or whatever the future may hold. Well, insinuating that I am a spoild brat was a bit excessive imo just based on that a called a car a pos.
@@vlekov Well yes of course, new things are invented all the time and as time moves on in it passes down to cheaper cars as well from the more expensive ones. Actually, cars are getting cheaper every year, compared to what the normal person makes in a year. Try and compare a make and model 10,20,30 years apart and you will see it clearly. Perhaps, time will tell.
Bjørn is so used to Tesla and the newest stuff that he’s really hard to please. For somebody coming from a ten year old car, even this is car is totally futuristic... ;)
An outside temperature reading for warning of black ice has been regarded as essential in colder climates for the last 30 years. Maybe we can buy a stick on accessory at Amazon for a £30k car? This is the only EV available without % battery display, without climate control, listed as a 5 seater without a centre headrest in the back, & without a remote control app or charging or preheat timers. Some useful gadgets, but missing some essentials. Rumours of poor rustproofing, too. Perhaps it should be £10k.
@Wolfgang Preier It has basic heating, cooling at least doesn't it? I'm just saying that it has more than just the basics. It has a bit of luxury but that's not a bad thing since it doesn't let it bring the price up too much. Yes full colour infotainment system can't cost that much relative to the rest of the car, but it's not strictly necessary. Yes self driving will be expected as part of the basic function of a car in the future but not right now. I suppose it is future proofed then isn't it? All I'm saying is that it has significantly more than the absolute minimum.
I think it is good to get this option on the European market. I heard from several people that a big complaint about EVs today are price, and missing tow hook for like just a small trailer to drive garden waste etc. to the local recycle station etc. and they just need a car to get from A to B, and do not really care what it is called, og how many luxury features it has. For such people this can might be the answer. I am just happy to see more EV options and competition on the market.
This seems to fit the bill for a daily driver (certainly in the UK) no frills and a reasonable range. The lower income people who stand to benefit most from the reduced cost of EV ownership are the group that is least able to afford them. Hopefully this will go some way to pulling the entry cost of EV's down, either on new/leased vehicles or by flushing out older models onto a more competitive 2nd hand market.
Good for MG, a car with the essentials, without too many electronics that at the end only makes it expensive and a good option to make EVs really more accessible and that is the goal for the masification of the electromobility.
Great review Bjorn, first time watching you do a full car review and taking the time to actually look at what is really relevant to the average car buyer. £23.5k for a top spec MG ZS with everything on it, or £25k for a Zoe base model which doesn't need a battery rental. Yes range is greater in the Zoe but that is the only thing that is better. 'Only' 160 miles range for the ZS but for 99% of the time that will be ample.The MG has more toys,more space and is quicker.7 years vs 3 years warranty. Think this might be a wake up call for the larger car manufacturers to start lowering their extortionate EV prices. Wife has ordered her ZS Exclusive model. And what is she selling to buy a ZS? A Mercedes GLA. Yes it looks nice ,but the noisy diesel engine (even compared to a 110k CR-V diesel), clunky infotainment system (who doesn't have touch screen in a 2018 model car?) and other annoying things means it is time to say goodbye. Its true when they say they don't build them like they used to.
This is a budget EV, so materials and options will not be comparable to the likes of Mercedes, Jaguar, etc., etc., etc.. Having said that, it still gives people who want to move away from fossil fuels a easier chance to do so. Finally, given China is at the forefront of EV development, and they’ve been developing them for some time now, it should be reasonably reliable.
Yes china has a huge lead in EV development capability. They will be reliable mostly but not like a Tesla . But they will be good enough for normal people if the price point of this car is little lower and comparable to an ICE car..
Exactly. This car is very cheap, so it should only be compared with cheap EV cars. I think it’s a great EV car for its price. Chinese companies are learning fast. It’s good to see the MG brand back again.
Thank you Bjørn, potential customers in the UK have been waiting for your MG review. I'm looking forward to your longer test, but I will probably have one by then as I am No.35 on the UK waiting list and nothing you have said has made want to cancel, it's not perfect, but it is such good value for money.
Congrats John. We met #1 on the list this morning checking out their car when we went to test drive. We are just outside the first thousand so probably will not see our car till the new year.
Sorry Siggy but model 3 is 2xtimes the price and far less usable space. coming from a family man. I wish I could get M3 but most will simply go for MG because of the price and savings vs.petrol are huge.
Siggy, thanks for your comments :) I have tried Model 3 and eNiro for a day. Model 3 was cramped with the back seat space, basically unable to out 1 booster/1child seat and 1 baby seat Isofix Base. I got 8 year old skinny girl, 4 year old stocky boy and 6 day old baby so I don't have a choice I need space for pram (Cybex Priam + baby cot). I could fit it in the M3 but not without a lot of bending I land reaching. Non of this happens in eNiro and definitely usable space was bigger compare to M3. Don't believe in digits given by companies as they are based on idiotic rules. eNiro meant to have small boot but without parcel shelf I was able to fit Pram+Baby Cot+2 car seats and had space left for at least 4 bags of shopping. Kia Soul is not great for bulky objects and sadly M3 was similar, had to pack carefully and push stuff in and bend into the boot. Since Niro is so similar to MG ZS I really think in real world it would be the same. The funniest point is Ioniq seemed tiny compare to these but turned to have a huge boot. I measured around 660 liters up to the glass when all specs say 341 liters (out of my memory I could be a bit off). So I suggest if anyone wants to buy one specifically for his needs he has to being his stuff and try it in and than decide. Niro was over priced IMO for the size and the specs (leather is rubbish smells of cheap plastic). I really like our Soul EV as we paid less than 19k for it and 1 year later it's still worth 18k so hardly any depreciation and we had 0 problems, none just start drives every day.
John how much are the monthly payments and what price did they do it you for? I'm in the UK and I live near Nottingham which actually has an MG showroom.
You forgot to open the cool large sunroof. Thanks for skipping lunch for us Bjorn. A great and fair review though.MG will up their game next year. Tesla also had teething problems when it first emerged.
Test drove one this morning. Really impressed for the price. £25k for the top spec model with paint option. I agree with your comments about the user interface. I think you can switch from navigation without quitting by pressing the center of the round dial below the screen. The backup camera is in the rear bumper, above the number plate. Who was the stalker trying to take your picture !?!?
Kinda funny that you don't realize that the climate system in this car does not have a thermostat or automatic temp control It is just manual, just turn on the heat when you are cold and the ac when you are hot. This is what I do in my car! It is not weird.
From Australia: I was looking at getting the new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV when I accidentally came across this car. So I went for a test drive yesterday. Loved it. Disappointed that it doesn't have all the cameras like all new cars nor climate control but apart from that, AND the low range (263 kms), it's spot on. If I do buy one, being as a designer (I design toys and games - I made the MasterChef game and the Huggie Snuggle teddy bear to name a couple), I would immediately make a front bonnet boot compartment for it to store the cables and such. Why keep them in the back? There's plenty of room for me to get something blow-moulded to fit and leave the bottles still accessible.
Lots cancelling now. It's a typically flawed cheap Chinese product with few real benefits, apart from cheapness. Which bits will snap off first & how willing will they be to fix them?
@@0tispunkm3y3r I've been waiting for a Dacia duster EV for a while but I think it is still going to be a while before the first Dacia EVs come out, though they should reveal some soon because the Zoe is entering second generation so the old Zoe technology will probably be going to Dacia about now.
I would be a bit suspicious about the charge port lid even with a seal in the Nordic conditions. The wet snow will fill all gaps and freeze, there may not be a gap to push the lid inwards to open it.
Does the heater use only PTC? Is there active battery cooling? How large is the glove compartment? Can you please show the glove compartment in future car tests?
I like the interior. Less digital screens means less thing to distract the driver. No Celcius reading on the ac, and no "auto-button" No problem, when I feel warm, then its hot enough. When I'm cold, time to turn it up. Celsiua reading does not mean happyness ;) For us living in the arctic, above the Polar cirkle, there may be an option to add Eberspracher, to keep heating working, and battery comfortable. A cold battery can't take regen 3, or fast charge.
That diesel Mondeo lol. It's got a blocked EGR valve, I cleaned my X Type's EGR valve this weekend, no black smoke and more power. The ZS EV is really tempting as a car, it's got a bigger battery than the leaf and it's water cooled so should maintain range better at motorway speeds compared to the leaf that starts to overheat past 60mph.
I have this car for about a month. I only charge once a week since I drive around 300KM a week (60km daily commute). So far I'm loving this car, always using ECO mode and KERS-3. it's really smooth ride on ECO. Normal when I have 3 or more people on the car. Never Sport, it's just too much power usage. in Sport, the range is about 220KM. The radio autostart (at volume level 8) is annoying but can live with it. Also MG is miss-advertising the Android/Apple Car feature, it's not native software and doesnt work at all, except for a few useless apps like Facebook. They are going risking getting sued for that. I dont think I will ever buy a petrol car again. However, my next car will need to have at least 64KWh battery. ideally 80KWh.
Treat the car in the price range it is. Apparently this car is pretty badass if it is priced like a Zoe Wich is insane for such a large car . I do not give a crap how it compares to a Kona or e-tron if the price range is way way different. Compare the cars only to similar price ranges ev's and nothing else. Just like every fossil car review 😊.
The European version does not have iSmart (the app) and timed charging is not possible. This also means that charging from "off grid" power e.g. solar is unreliable as the car does not wake up again if the power supply temporarily drops out.
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I know the MG ZS from Thailand. They are quite good equipped, stylish and affordable cars. You seem them quite a lot on the streets. What I don't like is the riding and handling quality and the engine/transmission setup of the gasoline engine. The EV will be offered too in Thailand and I will take a look at it.
Bjorn you are definitely used to reviewing luxury cars. Most mid level and lower cars have a similar climate control system. Thanks for the review. It is nice to see another entry level EV that is affordable. The infotainment system could definitely use some polish.
I quite like this car. I own a model 3, but if I needed a second car, this would be perfect. Decent range for in town driving, decent cargo space for the Costco grocery run, a hatchback, pretty efficient, nd the price is great. So long as the new MG is more reliable than the old MG, this would do as a second car.
There is no such thing as a free lunch: you get what you pay for. So less soundproofing, more hard plastics, etc, etc. But for a relatively cheap entry in the EV market it's probably a good offer and hopefully will put some pressure on the other brands to not maximize the prices of EV's (there is so much demand, that it is almost impossible to get a normal discount and some brands are even making the same car more expensive; Kia / Hyundai)
Many of the car reviewers don't get long to review the car fully so sometimes the information they mention on the review maybe incorrect. Nearly everything in life is a luxury in one way or another and different people prefer different luxuries. Many things on cars are not really needed they merely become more popular the more they are seen. I wish this car had a heated steering wheel like some of my other cars, but it doesn't. Still it wouldn't stop me from ordering this car. The main thing for me is a larger EV vehicle which can go further than I normally travel in one day and one that also has most of the safety features. Inspecting the vehicle you can of course see how some of the cost saving have been made, like no soft return hand grab rails( who uses these anyway?) Like I said at the start some things are just not important. Price, reliability and value for money is key for me not just a badge.
This is probably the best EV on the market now if it's available in large numbers. As cheap as a Zoe but with significantly more space. Also seems to have some kind of level 2 self driving - pretty cool.
The one week I'm working somewhere else and you record a video right next to the place I work at! (The school of Arts) I also met the guy testing the camouflaged version of this car earlier this year. He said that rapid charging this car to 100% takes a long time. So you were good to stop charging at 80%.
The EV sector has certainly needed a car with this range/price and functionality. The only concern I might have is the rust factor.. There was a video put up by a guy who had the gas version of this car and he looked under body after just 7 months - it was full of surface rust spots. So, whether it is a real problem or not I don't know but I suspect MG took a shortcut with body treatment.
Hi the other Day i contacted the Auckland distributor with a straightforward question bearing in mind it was a chat bot so I asked “ when will the MG EV be available and also how much” response The MG EV will be launched in New Zealand in May 2020. And the price will be $50,000. I relayed my astonishment to chatbot thus “ how can it be that the petrol version has been sold in New Zealand for approximately $23,000, the petrol version must have a far greater number of moving parts and other ancillarys and that the electric version must be regarded as a cheaper production vehicle less moving parts and yet double the price. The chat bot promptly responded thank you for your query have a nice day
The Navigation is App called iGO9. I am using it in my Android phone. That is reason why you have to Enter this Navigation App and ten Exit it back to Operation system of phone/car.
I think I read that they’ve ether copied the parts or they’ve tapped up the VAG supplier for things like door handles and vents and things. I mean those circle vents are the same as in some Audi’s .
At 26 minutes, the mini van was racing you lol. The MG is great for a very cheap car. Out of all of the cheap EV cars, this is a great car. The car is very Audi like design wise. The steering wheel is very Audi S Line looking, the way the boot opens is same as VW.
Who scrolls the sat nav? you follow the guide thats how they work. The 'Home' button is in the knob at bottom just push it. By you not knowing how to operate car you make it seem car is faulty when the reality is driver error. Being a press car the cover plugs probably lost by a previous "expert" deriding car by comparing it to Kia E Nero which is 50% dearer.
Looking forward to the banana box test! Provided this car is reliable and MG can provide good support, I see no reason why it won't be hugely successful. Currently 10,000 cheaper than the eNiro, same price as Zoe (with purchased battery) but larger, what's not to like? Sure, it's just a competent family vehicle, but 97% of car buyers just want that. SAIC seem determined to buy market share and reputation, so those who get the introductory discount are getting a bargain IMNSHO.
80% charging is protecting the battery from too high temperatures. First introducing model for the MG EV need to be cheap to get into the EV car marked easier. The competition on the marked is changing very fast now. Lot of electric cars are entering the marked. I have never been too keen on electric cars but the price of the car may change the opinion for many people.
We have Hyundai Kona in India and soon to be launched MG ZS EV. They should be priced nearly same about 31000 $US. Based on your detailed review I will decide which one should I buy.
The Excite is around 21,495 Exclusive £23,495 in UK after incentives for 1st 2000 orders and think MG have continued time limited offer at a slightly reduced offer depending on model.
Car seems to have been thrown together in a hurry. How can an "SUV" have that kind of clearance? Thank you for testing so much in so little time. Did they do safety crash testing?
I think it's sacrilege that they're actually calling this an MG. An MGB is an MG but this is just cheap chinese junk. I would prefer they call it something else.
It would be nice if it was some app for apple car play and android a coud show you all the charging points, so you can skip using this crappy infotainment systems (If it doesn't already exist)
usually I like your reviews but I think you have been spoilt with features from high end cars like teslas and audis. The MG is aimed more at the working class person who cannot afford such gadgets in their cars
Incorrect. Read other people's comment here and watch the video again carefully. This car lacks many basic features like automatic climate control, LED/Xenon headlights, etc that even today's "low cost" Leaf, Ioniq and Zoe has.
@@bjornnyland leaf and new zoe are also more expensive and lack panoramic roof also new leaf doesnt have thermally managed battery I test drove the MG this week and think its good VFM
I wish reviews would stop comparing cars against other more expensive cars its daft, it does what it says on the box it gets you from A to B cheaply. How fast do you want to go why do reviewers do speed tests you can only go the speed limit. The noise you hear is the electric motors. one thing you do you do not drive a EV like a ICE car you have to change you driving style and ease off the right food. Picking faults for no reason for the money its a bloody good car.
I have a deposit on it, but now thiinking, no percentage. Probably not even scheduled charging. Many things that would have been cheap done, they didn't do
18:30 "This road is fairly smooth. Not as smooth as you find in Belgium" Wait what!? We make fun of our southern neighbors for the terrible state of condition of their roads!
However "cheap" or "affordable" or "competitively priced" this car is, the most important impact it will have is to put price pressure on everyone else.
If something is supposed to help "cut prices" it shall offer the same if not a better total package, and this pos car clearly doesn't.
@@vlekov You say it yourself, it doesn't bring anything to the table besides a lower price. It doesn't compete in any other area and that makes it a pos car, in my opinion.
Now calm down on the personal attacks will you Mr internet.
@@vlekov For sure, but my original comment was not about standing out in the ev market by producing the worst product was it?
We need better cars ( read better battery density etc) at equal or lower cost, and releasing a converted ice car with honestly very bad range is not moving the market forward or helping us achieve that in any way, put the energy into producing good cars from the ground up, price will decline as market switches to ev's or whatever the future may hold.
Well, insinuating that I am a spoild brat was a bit excessive imo just based on that a called a car a pos.
@@vlekov Well yes of course, new things are invented all the time and as time moves on in it passes down to cheaper cars as well from the more expensive ones.
Actually, cars are getting cheaper every year, compared to what the normal person makes in a year. Try and compare a make and model 10,20,30 years apart and you will see it clearly.
Perhaps, time will tell.
@@jesper463 I think you seem to be the Mr internet here.
Bjørn is so used to Tesla and the newest stuff that he’s really hard to please. For somebody coming from a ten year old car, even this is car is totally futuristic... ;)
Agreed, he really needs to sit in the average diesel car from 10 years ago.
It's good for the people making these kinds of videos to do this. Keeps pressure on manufacturers.
Finally a decently priced EV. Without stuff most people don't need.
An outside temperature reading for warning of black ice has been regarded as essential in colder climates for the last 30 years. Maybe we can buy a stick on accessory at Amazon for a £30k car? This is the only EV available without % battery display, without climate control, listed as a 5 seater without a centre headrest in the back, & without a remote control app or charging or preheat timers. Some useful gadgets, but missing some essentials. Rumours of poor rustproofing, too. Perhaps it should be £10k.
Yeah, like battery capacity *Irony*
Actually it seems to have a lot of stuff people don't need but it's still cheap.
@Wolfgang Preier Air conditioning, adjustable steering wheel, full colour infotainment system, level 2 self driving, panoramic roof, built in sat nav.
@Wolfgang Preier It has basic heating, cooling at least doesn't it? I'm just saying that it has more than just the basics. It has a bit of luxury but that's not a bad thing since it doesn't let it bring the price up too much. Yes full colour infotainment system can't cost that much relative to the rest of the car, but it's not strictly necessary. Yes self driving will be expected as part of the basic function of a car in the future but not right now. I suppose it is future proofed then isn't it? All I'm saying is that it has significantly more than the absolute minimum.
I think it is good to get this option on the European market. I heard from several people that a big complaint about EVs today are price, and missing tow hook for like just a small trailer to drive garden waste etc. to the local recycle station etc. and they just need a car to get from A to B, and do not really care what it is called, og how many luxury features it has. For such people this can might be the answer. I am just happy to see more EV options and competition on the market.
This seems to fit the bill for a daily driver (certainly in the UK) no frills and a reasonable range. The lower income people who stand to benefit most from the reduced cost of EV ownership are the group that is least able to afford them. Hopefully this will go some way to pulling the entry cost of EV's down, either on new/leased vehicles or by flushing out older models onto a more competitive 2nd hand market.
Good for MG, a car with the essentials, without too many electronics that at the end only makes it expensive and a good option to make EVs really more accessible and that is the goal for the masification of the electromobility.
Great review Bjorn, first time watching you do a full car review and taking the time to actually look at what is really relevant to the average car buyer.
£23.5k for a top spec MG ZS with everything on it, or £25k for a Zoe base model which doesn't need a battery rental. Yes range is greater in the Zoe but that is the only thing that is better. 'Only' 160 miles range for the ZS but for 99% of the time that will be ample.The MG has more toys,more space and is quicker.7 years vs 3 years warranty. Think this might be a wake up call for the larger car manufacturers to start lowering their extortionate EV prices. Wife has ordered her ZS Exclusive model.
And what is she selling to buy a ZS? A Mercedes GLA. Yes it looks nice ,but the noisy diesel engine (even compared to a 110k CR-V diesel), clunky infotainment system (who doesn't have touch screen in a 2018 model car?) and other annoying things means it is time to say goodbye. Its true when they say they don't build them like they used to.
This is a budget EV, so materials and options will not be comparable to the likes of Mercedes, Jaguar, etc., etc., etc.. Having said that, it still gives people who want to move away from fossil fuels a easier chance to do so. Finally, given China is at the forefront of EV development, and they’ve been developing them for some time now, it should be reasonably reliable.
Yes china has a huge lead in EV development capability. They will be reliable mostly but not like a Tesla . But they will be good enough for normal people if the price point of this car is little lower and comparable to an ICE car..
Exactly. This car is very cheap, so it should only be compared with cheap EV cars. I think it’s a great EV car for its price. Chinese companies are learning fast. It’s good to see the MG brand back again.
the average salary in China is 840 € in the big cities, but can go down to 650 € ... For the surveillance, the baton and the prison it is offered !!!
Thank you Bjørn, potential customers in the UK have been waiting for your MG review.
I'm looking forward to your longer test, but I will probably have one by then as I am No.35 on the UK waiting list and nothing you have said has made want to cancel, it's not perfect, but it is such good value for money.
Congrats John. We met #1 on the list this morning checking out their car when we went to test drive.
We are just outside the first thousand so probably will not see our car till the new year.
@@Haldexify I'm quite happy my cheap Lenovo smartphone, don't need an iPhone😉
Sorry Siggy but model 3 is 2xtimes the price and far less usable space.
coming from a family man.
I wish I could get M3 but most will simply go for MG because of the price and savings vs.petrol are huge.
Siggy, thanks for your comments :)
I have tried Model 3 and eNiro for a day.
Model 3 was cramped with the back seat space, basically unable to out 1 booster/1child seat and 1 baby seat Isofix Base.
I got 8 year old skinny girl, 4 year old stocky boy and 6 day old baby so I don't have a choice I need space for pram (Cybex Priam + baby cot).
I could fit it in the M3 but not without a lot of bending I land reaching.
Non of this happens in eNiro and definitely usable space was bigger compare to M3.
Don't believe in digits given by companies as they are based on idiotic rules.
eNiro meant to have small boot but without parcel shelf I was able to fit Pram+Baby Cot+2 car seats and had space left for at least 4 bags of shopping.
Kia Soul is not great for bulky objects and sadly M3 was similar, had to pack carefully and push stuff in and bend into the boot.
Since Niro is so similar to MG ZS I really think in real world it would be the same.
The funniest point is Ioniq seemed tiny compare to these but turned to have a huge boot.
I measured around 660 liters up to the glass when all specs say 341 liters (out of my memory I could be a bit off).
So I suggest if anyone wants to buy one specifically for his needs he has to being his stuff and try it in and than decide.
Niro was over priced IMO for the size and the specs (leather is rubbish smells of cheap plastic).
I really like our Soul EV as we paid less than 19k for it and 1 year later it's still worth 18k so hardly any depreciation and we had 0 problems, none just start drives every day.
John how much are the monthly payments and what price did they do it you for? I'm in the UK and I live near Nottingham which actually has an MG showroom.
You forgot to open the cool large sunroof. Thanks for skipping lunch for us Bjorn. A great and fair review though.MG will up their game next year. Tesla also had teething problems when it first emerged.
7:41. It doesn't display a set temperature because it's not climate control. It's good old hot air or cold air. No automation.
Manual air conditioning
@@jnsaoo exactly
Test drove one this morning. Really impressed for the price. £25k for the top spec model with paint option.
I agree with your comments about the user interface. I think you can switch from navigation without quitting by pressing the center of the round dial below the screen.
The backup camera is in the rear bumper, above the number plate.
Who was the stalker trying to take your picture !?!?
Kinda funny that you don't realize that the climate system in this car does not have a thermostat or automatic temp control It is just manual, just turn on the heat when you are cold and the ac when you are hot. This is what I do in my car! It is not weird.
19:29 Paparazzi following Bjorn 😁
To be fair the zs is selling rather well here in England ... It's not to bad
From Australia: I was looking at getting the new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV when I accidentally came across this car. So I went for a test drive yesterday. Loved it. Disappointed that it doesn't have all the cameras like all new cars nor climate control but apart from that, AND the low range (263 kms), it's spot on. If I do buy one, being as a designer (I design toys and games - I made the MasterChef game and the Huggie Snuggle teddy bear to name a couple), I would immediately make a front bonnet boot compartment for it to store the cables and such. Why keep them in the back? There's plenty of room for me to get something blow-moulded to fit and leave the bottles still accessible.
So it's cheaper than 40 kWh Leaf and is water-cooled? Good deal!
The average salary in China is 840 € in the big cities, but can go down to 650 € ... For the surveillance, the baton and the prison it is offered !!!
10 years ago you could only dream of getting a sub 23k dollar electric SUV. People are bitching way too much. Kudos to MG!
Great video, thanks Bjørn.
Very interesting car for the price...
They have got a lot of pre-orders for this in the UK
sneekylinux over 2000 to be precise!
Lots cancelling now. It's a typically flawed cheap Chinese product with few real benefits, apart from cheapness. Which bits will snap off first & how willing will they be to fix them?
It’s basically the Dacia duster for EVs!
@@0tispunkm3y3r I've been waiting for a Dacia duster EV for a while but I think it is still going to be a while before the first Dacia EVs come out, though they should reveal some soon because the Zoe is entering second generation so the old Zoe technology will probably be going to Dacia about now.
@@inkpen1999 iPhone and Tesla are made in China you probably using a Chinese made phone to type this message
I would be a bit suspicious about the charge port lid even with a seal in the Nordic conditions. The wet snow will fill all gaps and freeze, there may not be a gap to push the lid inwards to open it.
Does the heater use only PTC? Is there active battery cooling? How large is the glove compartment?
Can you please show the glove compartment in future car tests?
I like the interior.
Less digital screens means less thing to distract the driver. No Celcius reading on the ac, and no "auto-button" No problem, when I feel warm, then its hot enough. When I'm cold, time to turn it up. Celsiua reading does not mean happyness ;)
For us living in the arctic, above the Polar cirkle, there may be an option to add Eberspracher, to keep heating working, and battery comfortable. A cold battery can't take regen 3, or fast charge.
That diesel Mondeo lol. It's got a blocked EGR valve, I cleaned my X Type's EGR valve this weekend, no black smoke and more power. The ZS EV is really tempting as a car, it's got a bigger battery than the leaf and it's water cooled so should maintain range better at motorway speeds compared to the leaf that starts to overheat past 60mph.
25:55 you upset the van driver!
If this is available in Europe it will be sold like bread and butter.
It is available to buy in the UK, unlike the VW ID....
Hopefully the sales will reflect our disgust at China's treatment of its people! I for one would buy one tomorrow.. but... I like to sleep peacefully.
Using the MG brand has a reassuring aspect, it works better than "Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation". This car is 100% built in China :(
press the silver bit in the middle of the volume knob to get to the home screen of the infotainment system
Thank you , its the best review for zs ev so far 👍🏼
I have this car for about a month. I only charge once a week since I drive around 300KM a week (60km daily commute).
So far I'm loving this car, always using ECO mode and KERS-3. it's really smooth ride on ECO. Normal when I have 3 or more people on the car. Never Sport, it's just too much power usage. in Sport, the range is about 220KM. The radio autostart (at volume level 8) is annoying but can live with it.
Also MG is miss-advertising the Android/Apple Car feature, it's not native software and doesnt work at all, except for a few useless apps like Facebook. They are going risking getting sued for that.
I dont think I will ever buy a petrol car again. However, my next car will need to have at least 64KWh battery. ideally 80KWh.
Treat the car in the price range it is. Apparently this car is pretty badass if it is priced like a Zoe Wich is insane for such a large car .
I do not give a crap how it compares to a Kona or e-tron if the price range is way way different. Compare the cars only to similar price ranges ev's and nothing else. Just like every fossil car review 😊.
The European version does not have iSmart (the app) and timed charging is not possible. This also means that charging from "off grid" power e.g. solar is unreliable as the car does not wake up again if the power supply temporarily drops out.
I know the MG ZS from Thailand. They are quite good equipped, stylish and affordable cars. You seem them quite a lot on the streets. What I don't like is the riding and handling quality and the engine/transmission setup of the gasoline engine. The EV will be offered too in Thailand and I will take a look at it.
I got the ZS EV in Thailand, love the car, just got it today. LOL. still figuring out things.
Bjorn you are definitely used to reviewing luxury cars. Most mid level and lower cars have a similar climate control system. Thanks for the review. It is nice to see another entry level EV that is affordable. The infotainment system could definitely use some polish.
Incorrect. All the EVs I've tested have automatic climate control. Even the "cheap" Zoe has it.
i like the fact you’ve gone around with a tape measure, that is very helpful. Thanks
This is a good entry by MG...and by all accounts rides and drives better than the ICE version.
I quite like this car. I own a model 3, but if I needed a second car, this would be perfect. Decent range for in town driving, decent cargo space for the Costco grocery run, a hatchback, pretty efficient, nd the price is great. So long as the new MG is more reliable than the old MG, this would do as a second car.
You forgot traffic jam assist and 7 years warranty
car seat has no memory... well i guess it sort of does it remembers what position you left it in ;) great review buddy!
That made me think of random access memory. How inconvenient would it be if every time you would enter the car it would set the seats randomly 😂
There is no such thing as a free lunch: you get what you pay for. So less soundproofing, more hard plastics, etc, etc. But for a relatively cheap entry in the EV market it's probably a good offer and hopefully will put some pressure on the other brands to not maximize the prices of EV's (there is so much demand, that it is almost impossible to get a normal discount and some brands are even making the same car more expensive; Kia / Hyundai)
Many of the car reviewers don't get long to review the car fully so sometimes the information they mention on the review maybe incorrect. Nearly everything in life is a luxury in one way or another and different people prefer different luxuries. Many things on cars are not really needed they merely become more popular the more they are seen. I wish this car had a heated steering wheel like some of my other cars, but it doesn't. Still it wouldn't stop me from ordering this car.
The main thing for me is a larger EV vehicle which can go further than I normally travel in one day and one that also has most of the safety features.
Inspecting the vehicle you can of course see how some of the cost saving have been made, like no soft return hand grab rails( who uses these anyway?)
Like I said at the start some things are just not important. Price, reliability and value for money is key for me not just a badge.
Har du dimensjonene til nøkkelen? Jeg har bestilt bilen og tenkte å 3d printe et beskyttende deksel til den. 🙂
This is probably the best EV on the market now if it's available in large numbers. As cheap as a Zoe but with significantly more space. Also seems to have some kind of level 2 self driving - pretty cool.
The one week I'm working somewhere else and you record a video right next to the place I work at! (The school of Arts)
I also met the guy testing the camouflaged version of this car earlier this year. He said that rapid charging this car to 100% takes a long time. So you were good to stop charging at 80%.
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Thank you Bjørn, great review, bring on the tow hitch. 👍
Good shieeet Bjorn. Thankyou for the surprise vid. Hope you had a nice trip 👍
The EV sector has certainly needed a car with this range/price and functionality. The only concern I might have is the rust factor.. There was a video put up by a guy who had the gas version of this car and he looked under body after just 7 months - it was full of surface rust spots. So, whether it is a real problem or not I don't know but I suspect MG took a shortcut with body treatment.
What about the towbar? Is that coming Bjorn?
3:34 It is for the height of the headlight, the headlight control is on the left lever and it looks like automatic
We are sooooooo spoiled with Tesla....
Hi the other Day i contacted the Auckland distributor with a straightforward question bearing in mind it was a chat bot so I asked “ when will the MG EV be available and also how much” response The MG EV will be launched in New Zealand in May 2020. And the price will be $50,000. I relayed my astonishment to chatbot thus
“ how can it be that the petrol version has been sold in New Zealand for approximately $23,000, the petrol version must have a far greater number of moving parts and other ancillarys and that the electric version must be regarded as a cheaper production vehicle less moving parts and yet double the price.
The chat bot promptly responded thank you for your query have a nice day
Thanks for the review, Björn. This MG brand seems to me like the "Dacia" of EV. Basic & Low Budget but very useful!
The boot (trunk) floor actually sits lower. Yours was in the upper position. The brick charger fits in the cut out.
The Navigation is App called iGO9. I am using it in my Android phone. That is reason why you have to Enter this Navigation App and ten Exit it back to Operation system of phone/car.
I assume you just needed to toggle the battery switch to see % charge even during recharging?
Is the interior part Skoda? Really looks like it. Especially the dash
I think I read that they’ve ether copied the parts or they’ve tapped up the VAG supplier for things like door handles and vents and things. I mean those circle vents are the same as in some Audi’s .
Great video review of the MG! Thanks Bjørn 😊👍
At 26 minutes, the mini van was racing you lol. The MG is great for a very cheap car. Out of all of the cheap EV cars, this is a great car. The car is very Audi like design wise. The steering wheel is very Audi S Line looking, the way the boot opens is same as VW.
19:25 Paparazzi alert 😱📸
Who scrolls the sat nav? you follow the guide thats how they work. The 'Home' button is in the knob at bottom just push it. By you not knowing how to operate car you make it seem car is faulty when the reality is driver error. Being a press car the cover plugs probably lost by a previous "expert" deriding car by comparing it to Kia E Nero which is 50% dearer.
Have you never used a car navigation before? I scroll in the map often.
Another great video! Mr TeslaBjorn, what would be your estimate for the banana box test?
What is the price around?
For some reason, the speed recognition seems to be reading in mph instead of km/h
Looking forward to the banana box test!
Provided this car is reliable and MG can provide good support, I see no reason why it won't be hugely successful. Currently 10,000 cheaper than the eNiro, same price as Zoe (with purchased battery) but larger, what's not to like? Sure, it's just a competent family vehicle, but 97% of car buyers just want that.
SAIC seem determined to buy market share and reputation, so those who get the introductory discount are getting a bargain IMNSHO.
I hope someone will just build a EV station wagon without that uplifted suspension...
Is it not the AVAS system you hear?
I’d still take this mediocre EV over any crappy 2019 BMW gas car.
You must be wrong, according to BMW there is no demand for EVs 🤣
Why? You could take the BMW, sell it and buy three of these.
@@Haldexify He said he'd rather "take" it. So that implies someone gave it to him. He didn't say bought.
80% charging is protecting the battery from too high temperatures. First introducing model for the MG EV need to be cheap to get into the EV car marked easier. The competition on the marked is changing very fast now. Lot of electric cars are entering the marked. I have never been too keen on electric cars but the price of the car may change the opinion for many people.
Thanks for the review! any plans on doing the Maxus 80?
Eh does this mean you can't listen to the radio while using navigation??
We have Hyundai Kona in India and soon to be launched MG ZS EV. They should be priced nearly same about 31000 $US. Based on your detailed review I will decide which one should I buy.
Woah i never heard of MG making an EV. Interesting...
MG is now Chinese :) Advantage; You get Chinese quality :(
Ah this was in Limburg/Belgium in Genk
3.46 which car outside
How much money now
Is it just me or does this car looks like Mazda?
15cm of ground clearance really makes this a hatchback than an SUV. For comparison, a Nissan Qashqai has 18 to 20cm clearance, which isn't huge.
That's why I love this car after own and driving it 2 weeks so far. It's really good value for money. Thanks for good review.
Seems decent enough, but price isn't low enough, imo, for £24,000 or 25k it'd be perfect.
The Excite is around 21,495 Exclusive £23,495 in UK after incentives for 1st 2000 orders and think MG have continued time limited offer at a slightly reduced offer depending on model.
Is it just me or this resembles the previous generation of Mazda CX-5 a bit to much to be a coincidence??
It has quite a good interior, especially for the price
Car seems to have been thrown together in a hurry. How can an "SUV" have that kind of clearance? Thank you for testing so much in so little time. Did they do safety crash testing?
Very good review. Best I've seen on this car.
Looks good! I hope it manages to get sold here in Sweden. I'd buy it straight away.
I think it's sacrilege that they're actually calling this an MG. An MGB is an MG but this is just cheap chinese junk. I would prefer they call it something else.
I notice the high-pitch whine in the 2016 Soul EV...
What's up with the gigantic C-pillar? Blind spot is huge
It would be nice if it was some app for apple car play and android a coud show you all the charging points, so you can skip using this crappy infotainment systems (If it doesn't already exist)
... what an electric Lada would look like :D
usually I like your reviews but I think you have been spoilt with features from high end cars like teslas and audis. The MG is aimed more at the working class person who cannot afford such gadgets in their cars
Incorrect. Read other people's comment here and watch the video again carefully. This car lacks many basic features like automatic climate control, LED/Xenon headlights, etc that even today's "low cost" Leaf, Ioniq and Zoe has.
This is an old argument, but better to buy a quality used EV rather than a new EV of questionable quality.
@@bjornnyland but if you buy a cheap petrol car you also dont have climate control
@@bjornnyland leaf and new zoe are also more expensive and lack panoramic roof also new leaf doesnt have thermally managed battery I test drove the MG this week and think its good VFM
Nice video and interesting affordable EV. What is the price in Europe?. By the moment I only know the price for UK.
Thanks! :)
I wish reviews would stop comparing cars against other more expensive cars its daft, it does what it says on the box it gets you from A to B cheaply.
How fast do you want to go why do reviewers do speed tests you can only go the speed limit.
The noise you hear is the electric motors. one thing you do you do not drive a EV like a ICE car you have to change you driving style and ease off the right food. Picking faults for no reason for the money its a bloody good car.
Design wise it really looks like a Mazda to me, fortunately that's not a bad thing!
I have a deposit on it, but now thiinking, no percentage. Probably not even scheduled charging. Many things that would have been cheap done, they didn't do
Road & winter test please.
Also try to review Geely Coolray EV if available in Norway
im not impressed by this car. I realy understand why the price is low.
I hate SUVs but seems pretty fair. Offer me a good leasing deal on this and might even consider it over a Corsa-e or similar sized.
OK I give up. How much does it cost. Do don't mention the actual price.
The back seat is not suited for three adults/persons, because there is no head restraint in the middle of the bench.
18:30 "This road is fairly smooth. Not as smooth as you find in Belgium"
Wait what!? We make fun of our southern neighbors for the terrible state of condition of their roads!
End wie meek fun of the stonecole english of de dutch Henri. "the state of the condition" 🤦♂️