MG4 XPOWER - EV - ITS THAT GOOD! REVIEW AND DRIVE BY CLASSIC CAR ENTHUSIAST
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Today I had the opportunity to test drive and review the new MG4 XPOWER, EV. Having previously owned a couple of Electric Vehicles, I jumped at the chance to drive the high power version of the MG4.
Incredible performance with over 400bhp, AWD and a price tag under £40k!
Stay tuned to find out what a classic car enthusiast made of it and how FAST it actually is in real life.
Visit Peter Vardy MG, the new name for MG in Scotland. Book a test drive for the MG4 X Power at one of their dealerships in either Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy, or Edinburgh East.
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Completely understand some of the comments on here that it is really an MG in name only versus a few years ago. And yes, the quality of the interior and exterior features are not BMW or Lexusesque. But then neither is the price. The Xpower will easily beat most top marque brands on performance that cost two, three and even four times the price. The anti Chinese argument would perhaps be a fairer one if our houses (and cars) weren’t stuffed with items that were originally manufactured there. Not a huge fan of many regimes throughout the world but we have to accept that the pricing makes ev’s affordable (not that £26k for the se version is exactly cheap) to many people who would be excluded based on the price of European models. The market will soon be swamped with some standard and excellent ev’s from China and it is up to the rest of the worlds manufacturers to respond.
Yeah no mistaking great value, i genuinely liked it, and would consider if i was in the market.
I'm trying to convince my wife that we really need a four wheel drive car because our house is at the top of a hill whichever way you approach it and we need it for winter. I won't mention the power and it's good that it looks identical to our MG4 SR. Ive checked the insurance for an 80 year old and it isn't too bad - about £750.
Yeah the 4wd system is a good point actually!! Good luck!
Just know that it is only 4wd forward, in reverse it is only RWD!!
My company car (have to have an EV - no choice) is up for renewal early next year (yes I know that’s 12 months away!) and the MG4 is top of my list for now. I can afford the XPower or the Extended range on my scheme (they are pretty much the same price, which I didn’t expect as my scheme includes insurance and I thought the XPower would be much higher).
I know the Extended range will be the better car to get for practicality, but the XPower is now top of my for one simple reason. Call me shallow, but that Racing Green paint job is beautiful!
Yeah go for it! Get the xpower, you will love it!
Good grounded review.
As much as i like petrol cars, and my favourite car will probably always be an early 80's Alfa, I will not go back to petrol now that I've owned an EV for 2 years.
I get 5.2 miles per kilowatt hour in summer and 4 in winter, and 300 miles costs £4.80 with octopus.
What model of EV do you have? Very good efficiency figures those!
I have one and I really love it. I have a seat ateca 260bhp chipped car which was super fast until I drove the xpower. I took my xpower for a PPF wrap and had to drive the ateca and omfg it is now so slow!
If you can get an xpower then you must!
Yeah thats when you really notice how responsive and torquey an EV can be 👍🏻👍🏻
I've got one coming this Friday. Company paying me 10p per mile, so I should be quids in hopefully 🤞 Not to mention the saving in BIK tax 😊
Nice one, hope you enjoy it, id be interested to see what it will do efficiency wise when driven economically
@@RetroRatchet I’ve done around 200 miles so far and driven somewhat economically, averaging around 3.7kw per mile at the moment. Predominantly rural roads.
@@h1tchman my zoe gt was around 4 mls/kw so 3.7 is pretty good for 400bhp! - watch your kw/mile mls/kw ;)
That was undoubtedly one of the very best car reviews ive ever seen. At times you looked likeca kid in a sweet shop lol. The way you compared with petrol cars economy when basically red lining it was excellent.
However from what i believe the cheap overnight rate is not actually all night but a measly 4 hours.
But back to the car. As ive made perfectly clear im anti EV but im a realist. EV's do have a place but not shoved down our throats.
That MG4 X-power. OMG I'd have one. Ever since the MG4 came out i was hooked by its looks. And when I heard that they were gonna do a 430bhp one I said YES. Now its here and boy what a looker.
Still expensive if buying new and out of my pockets capability unfortunately.
Great review all the same 👍👌👏
E-On are doing the night rate from midnight to 7am on their EV Tariff 🙂
Cheers again mate, i have to agree, i dont like the push into them as they are not suited to everyone.
Yeah i never mentioned a few bits on running costs, i actually shot nearly 20mins on that section, which i was certain would send everyone to sleep.
You are correct tho, these kind of tariffs are usually limited to 4 ish hours.
But thats is normally ok for folk depending on your charging system and how fast the car can charge at home. Unless ur doing mega miles a day…
@@OMP-yo2lo yes, my Eco-7 is 7 hours at 9p, so That's 40 kWh input or about 145 miles at 3.6 mpkWh, or £3.60 so about 2.5p per mile, I have an older ZSEV that has averaged 3.6 over the last 3 years, the MG4 should do about 4 miles in daily use. Longer journeys are more expensive, so for a 300 mile journey the first 200 miles will be at 2.5p, and the last 100 miles at 18 pence , so an average of about 7.5 pence.
Great review first and foremost. I've had mine 1 week now, never owned an EV before and i'm a certified petrol head. Company policy to change from my modified Juke Nismo. Love the Xpower in every way, it's not the most luxurious but for price very acceptable. Insanely fast but feels safe. Styling is good but that's an individual thing. Got mine in Dynamic red which I like. Range is good for my needs. Can't wait to find the ST and VXR boys on the roads 😅
What range r u getting out of curiosity?
How did u find the nismo modded? Ive been curious to drive one of these i had heard they were good fun!
@@RetroRatchet I'm getting around 3.8m/kWh and my daily commute is around 75 miles of motorway & A roads. 80% shows 200 miles range. Usually drive it quite moderate with the occasional fun moment. The Juke Nismo is good fun, mines at 250bhp and goes really well, although nothing like the X Power. Shame I've got to sell it next week after the MOT & service.
@@farodave so always averages 220+ miles fill to fill (not just on the dash?)
@@davidstuart4915 no in mine I'm getting about 170 with 20% on dash which shows about 40 miles left, had mine about 4 weeks now and put 2000 miles on it. I drove from Manchester to London last week and charged up twice each way, went as low as 20% and charged to just over 80%. Probably didn't need to charge twice but didn't want to be caught short so to speak. I drove down at night so lights on and heater and averaged 3.5 miles /KW, came home in the day and got about 4.5 so using features etc does make a small difference. One pedal mode seems better than traditional auto.
I'd love to meet you 😁 So tempted to take one out for a test drive or at least be driven out in it. AWD and instantaneous. That I would like to experience. Also to just compare it to mine: 2020 Mk4 Ford Focus ST Mountune map 330PS 515NM.
Good balanced review, EV's are great at everyday easy driving, and economical there. On a run less so, but for a 300 mile journey the first 200 miles will be at 2.5p, and the last 100 miles at 18 pence , so an average of about 7.5 pence. Using Motorway service 'Gridserve' price of 69p per kWh.
Yeah absolutely mate, spot on 👍🏻
I think you have just invented a new word …
15:50 “when you lift off the exhilarator”
🤣 trust you!
Just to update I know it's a lot later. It has vehicle to load rather than vehicle to grid. As an option you can buy a type two to 3 pin socket lead and it can provide enough power to use a kettle or a fridge freezer freezer. Useful enough as in a power cut you can have a cuppa and make sure your food doesn't spoil.
The MG Metro 6R4 is the fastest accelerating MG.
An excellent review of an interesting EV. Reviews of this quality will hopefully see the channel grow fast!!
Thanks a lot mate, appreciate the kind words, i certainly hope so,
From a personal view point, one of the drivers for creating my own channel was to battle a bit of a long term phobia ive had of presenting.
Not quite there yet, but a million times closer than my first few vids!
Support from you guys really helps build that confidence! 👍🏻
Really interesting stuff! Great little cwrs, these. Punching well above their weight given the price in particular.
You'd be a great presenter as a more full-time thing! You're knowledgeable and confident in front of the camera! You abd Jonny Smith I feel would make a great channel pairing!
Thanks a lot, yeah in an ideal world i would love to do that kinda thing full time, but there just isnt money in it from what i can see. This video has made about £25, and that was a full day i had the car plus a lot of editing.
I did really enjoy it tho!
Good video, note there is enough space under the boot floor to put the charge cable, a couple of inches. I have both my type 2 and my 3pin cable in there and the boot floor goes back fine. I took the cable out of the bag on one.
Thanks mate. Ah really, i can just fit the two cables in the T8 if they are out bag and orientated correctly.
Longer with the car would have let me try a few more things (like above) 🙂
Great review mate, very professional looking!
Im sure MG Edinburgh will be very happy!
Thanks again for the support mate!
Test driving one these this evening thanks for your review.
So good to have a review from someone the knows what is what.
Ps looking to replace a BMW i3S and yes its fun expensive to buy but cheap to run. Nice to have a run out on a Sunday afternoon and couple of ice creams 🍦🍦 cost more then a full battery electric.
Ps got first EV in 2017 and this will be the 7th maybe 😅.
Thanks a lot, what did u think after the test drive, ? Like it?
Yeah thats just it, when i bought the Tesla, yes was an expensive car but running costs back then at 5p overnight was stupidly low.
@@RetroRatchet missus said yes there and then. Getting the one out of the showroom volcanic orange 🍊 she took a video of me lunching it (her as passenger)but her language was so blue I can't show anyone only got to 38 mph.😭😀😂 she loved it anyway. She likes sleeper cars. She hates the big I'ams in their 2.5ltr Merc, BMW, Jag, extra drivers that try to nic her lane and space she's quite good at it. So this is her perfect car, they'll never know.
Got one coming on a 2 year lease for £300 a month
great, hope you enjoy it, some good deals coming out now
Very good review - though I'd have liked some motorway driving, which might have revealed any of the reported vibration issues around 70mph.
Yeah i did actually film motorway but i just couldnt fit it in, unfortunately, i found vid ended up bring way over the 15 min sweet spot as there was so much to talk about 😀
Looks fun but the deprecation is even faster. 24 grand for a few thousand miler now and easily available for 29k new. That’s one hell of a kick in the wallet if you payed the full 37k last year. I might get one when they get to 18 grand in a year or so as a city car.
Great review, really enjoyed that and seems like an impressive car.
Cheers mate 👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent review ! I'd trade my leaf for one but EV resale prices have dipped 😢
Yeah i noticed that recently mate when l checked out current M3P prices. Everything is so volatile at the moment
Great video
Cheers appreciate that
Do t knock the LEAF especially a 2nd gen as apart from the rapid charging it’s a better car than a iD3 and way better kitted out.
Nice review on good roads. Can't argue with the performance or price, just wonder about the reliability.
Cheers mate, i guess only time will tell 🙂 by the time they are out manufacturers warranty, i guess there will be more batt refurb options 🤔
Notwithstanding the Chinese quality question, reliability should be good, because there's virtually nothing to go wrong and at least replacement parts from China should be dirt cheap. There's the seven year warranty to consider too.
Very nice and I would have one it ain't a Maestro tho 😜
Yeah very different, both a bit lairy in their own way 😎
u were driving my typical roads there - was it really that smooth and quiet over all that badly broken tarmac on the single laners?
shame about lack of feedback considering so few comments to address..
Good video 👌 I have been wondering if it's a good idea to get one of these. I think I will.
Great car, i thoroughly enjoyed having it! Take a test drive, see if it fits the bill?
Interesting video and insane power! but I really don't like the look of that dasboard, very bland and looks like it has tablets stuck to it! 👎👎
Thanks mate, i was hoping you guys might find it interesting!
A lot of them now seem to have that layout, at least they have one in front of the wheel (that the tesla didnt)!
Its like anything, u get used to it after time,
6.67p per kw on ovo anytime, charge anytime of the day
Nice deal that!
Came curious to why a Maestro was up
Hi, took the Turbo out for the release of the Cyberster, and thought would take the opportunity to snap that and the xpower together. Wont get another chance 😎
Currently all MG cars are IME poor, poor quality (despite first impressions), lots of component failures across the range, dangerous 'safety' features and on top of that the after sales service is the worst I have ever experienced.
ah sorry to hear you've had a negative experience.
I don't know about this component failure thing...my flatmate has an mg5 last two and a half years as a taxi. He swears it's very reliable.......
Not a fan of EV’s, mainly because they are being forced upon us without the supporting infrastructure for charging, etc.
What I’m more interested in, is everyone’s thoughts on “is this really an MG”.
I kind of feel that the brand has been diluted so much
I do agree with that point 100%. I dont like the push. Ive experienced a lot of infrastructure deficiencies over last few years, probably a result of the unnatural push.
For me, i was only interested in the car itself 😎 but there are so many other considerations before buying EV imho
I don't see that anyone is being forced to do anything. Even after 2035 people will still have a choice. Petrol and diesel cars will still be available after 2035, just not new ones, and frankly by then will anyone want to buy a new one?
can i have your datejust lol
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The main problem with EV's are the batteries, after several years or so once the battery needs replacing it cost more than what the vehicle is worth! so the vehicle is written off and scrapped.
Sorry pal but you're misguided. The batteries last at least 10 years. What the negative thing is because of the space age glue they use to stick the battery cells in the box they live in they can't recycle them. But who knows what technology will be like on 10 years.
Oh BTW I'm anti EV and a petrol head.
Winner for dumbest comment. You should maybe do some reading. Those batteries will last 300000 miles
None of that is true
The MG has a 7 year 80,000 mile warranty which covers the battery .If the battery drops below 70% capacity it will be repaired or replaced .I normally Change car before 7 years anyway
Not true, only the cells that are dergraded need to be replaced which could be about 10% in 5 years, not the whole battery and if it is a LFP battery proberly not at all.
Rather you'd be rude & not review an EV that may well go to kill off proper cars, you know, like an engine & a gearstick. We don't want soulless EV's in this world. Rubbish, won't be watching this channel now.
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Yeah sorry to say that MG
chinese cars are not my favourite cars , to put it
bluntly the are cheaply
made & you will feel &
hear that , plus the fact
Australia is not too far
from China is a worry
sadly 😮😮🙄
Not unlike your syntax.
Ah fair enough mate, not for everyone 👍🏻