I test drove it too and felt very impressive by it. But the reliability of the engine and the dual clutch gearbox is unknown. Because it is a direct injection, which a setup known for causing carbon build up at intake valve side, I wonder how MG fares or overcome these concerns.
Hi Kingsley, quick question: How do you switch your infotainment home display to look like what you had while driving, instead of the standard 3 color display that MG HS has?
I found a chinese hs review with white and light blue leather interior, much nicer than red and black leather , please bring the white and blue leather hs to australia
Dear Expert Like to have some information/your expert opinion on its engine and turbo of MG HS, Wikipedia shows us following two engines used in MG HS A: 1.5 L SGE LYX TGI FFV 14 turbo (Thailand) B: 1.5 L SGE LFV turbo 14 ( other) Manufacturers of engine are mentioned as General Motors & SAIC, while turbo part is by Mitsubishi Fuels shown CNG E85 E100 Gasoline LPG
The power and torque output is good for a modern 1.5T engine. But in terms of smoothness it's still behind Japanese brands like Honda. Thai version runs on fuel up to E85.
Thanks! I'd give more points to the CX-5 for driving dynamics and engine refinement (2.0-liter vs 1.5-liter). Both are fully-equipped (the HS seems to have a slight edge here) and come with intelligent safety features. But while the CX-5 2.0 SP retails at Bt1.56 million, the top HS X 1.5 costs just Bt1.119 million.
Thank you for this very nice review, i also drove one in the UK a few weeks ago and thought much like you, i was impressed and i believe i will order one in November this year, i love your country and was lucky to visit Koh Samui, hoping to return next year, take care many more blessings to you..Chris
Hello, nice review, but it seems like you keep saying like Mercedes and BMW and Audi, but MG itself is a very respectable brand in Europe and it’s been around for quite a while now, yes of course they are not as famous as Audi, BMW and Mercedes, but the name MG itself should be of a luxurious brand. But i know a lot of asian people never realize that MG do exist. Anyway, really love the MG HS, when it comes to Indonesia, i will definitely ditch my Mazda CX-5 for this beauty.
In the past MG was a respectable brand with lots of great cars, especially the convertibles. But over the years the company took a downhill direction, and like several other British brands, was eventually taken over by larger companies. The most recent owner of MG is the SAIC Group of China, and judging from the quality of their products, they are clearly in the Japanese car league rather than premium European. Nevertheless, MG is doing a great job at improving its product line up with models such as the HS (as well as the ZS EV) along with highly attractive pricing. Hope they decide to offer it in Indonesia as well!
thaiautonews yea i agree with you as well, i think SAIC might have saved MG brand by purchasing it, with their price definitey out of competiton with the Germans, all it is left is their glorious MG logo with deep history in it, hopefully Indonesia will get the highest spec too
Black and red interior trim, Bucket Seats,Turbo engine, DCG,...the HS is my dream car on budget. And very impressive review too.
i like the mg zs ev it uses electric
I test drove it too and felt very impressive by it. But the reliability of the engine and the dual clutch gearbox is unknown.
Because it is a direct injection, which a setup known for causing carbon build up at intake valve side, I wonder how MG fares or overcome these concerns.
at first look I thought it was a CX-5. On second thought, the title should have read "If you can't afford a CX-5"
Mazda is bs
Hi Kingsley, quick question: How do you switch your infotainment home display to look like what you had while driving, instead of the standard 3 color display that MG HS has?
This was the standard display in the car. Check out the settings in the menu (car button) or you might have to update the software to a newer version.
Is this some special edition car? We don’t have red seats like that in australia
It's the top X trim in the Thai market.
thaiautonews
Oh I think the top model has not come to Australia yet. Coming in May
Great video thanks
@@gurya cool!
I found a chinese hs review with white and light blue leather interior, much nicer than red and black leather , please bring the white and blue leather hs to australia
Collected mine yesterday. Love it.
Congratulations!
Hello
Hope you are doing fine
How isnthe engine and overall handling after 2months ?
did u know that between the driver seat and front passenger seat there is a storage area that is cold and u can put drinks in there
Think I missed it. Nice feature!
@@kingsley220 Thanks!
How much far it can go In 1 leter petrol????
The claimed average fuel economy is 16.1km/l.
Great review. Test driving this on Monday
Cool!
Dear Expert
Like to have some information/your expert opinion on its engine and turbo of MG HS, Wikipedia shows us following two engines used in MG HS
A: 1.5 L SGE LYX TGI FFV 14 turbo (Thailand)
B: 1.5 L SGE LFV turbo 14 ( other)
Manufacturers of engine are mentioned as
General Motors & SAIC, while turbo part is by Mitsubishi
Fuels shown
CNG
E85
E100
Gasoline
LPG
The power and torque output is good for a modern 1.5T engine. But in terms of smoothness it's still behind Japanese brands like Honda. Thai version runs on fuel up to E85.
Nice review, what if compared to cx5?
Thanks!
I'd give more points to the CX-5 for driving dynamics and engine refinement (2.0-liter vs 1.5-liter). Both are fully-equipped (the HS seems to have a slight edge here) and come with intelligent safety features. But while the CX-5 2.0 SP retails at Bt1.56 million, the top HS X 1.5 costs just Bt1.119 million.
Thank you for this very nice review, i also drove one in the UK a few weeks ago and thought much like you, i was impressed and i believe i will order one in November this year, i love your country and was lucky to visit Koh Samui, hoping to return next year, take care many more blessings to you..Chris
Thanks! There are many nice things about the HS. Nice to know you love Thailand, hopefully things would improve next year. ^^
Nice car 👍
Hello, nice review, but it seems like you keep saying like Mercedes and BMW and Audi, but MG itself is a very respectable brand in Europe and it’s been around for quite a while now, yes of course they are not as famous as Audi, BMW and Mercedes, but the name MG itself should be of a luxurious brand. But i know a lot of asian people never realize that MG do exist.
Anyway, really love the MG HS, when it comes to Indonesia, i will definitely ditch my Mazda CX-5 for this beauty.
In the past MG was a respectable brand with lots of great cars, especially the convertibles. But over the years the company took a downhill direction, and like several other British brands, was eventually taken over by larger companies.
The most recent owner of MG is the SAIC Group of China, and judging from the quality of their products, they are clearly in the Japanese car league rather than premium European.
Nevertheless, MG is doing a great job at improving its product line up with models such as the HS (as well as the ZS EV) along with highly attractive pricing.
Hope they decide to offer it in Indonesia as well!
thaiautonews yea i agree with you as well, i think SAIC might have saved MG brand by purchasing it, with their price definitey out of competiton with the Germans, all it is left is their glorious MG logo with deep history in it, hopefully Indonesia will get the highest spec too
I sold my MG after 2 months. Everything works poorly and you are better with a bicycle that goes faster 555
Oh dear. What did you replace it with?
@@kingsley220 Almera 1.0 Turbo VL
Is it MG HS? What is the issue with HS?
What are the issues of the car?
@@ianpolo5673
far too slow impossible to overtake