DRAG RACE: Best CHEAP electric cars - every £30k EV tested | What Car?
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2022
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What is the best cheap electric car you can buy? We run through all the options available for a budget of £30,000, DRAG RACE them, and name an overall winner.
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What’s your favourite £30k EV??
Thanks for putting them all together, well the less expensive ones, but I have to say none of them rocked my boat. I hope Tesla's "cheap" variant is more appealing when/if it gets built.
MG4
ZS EV
Fiat 500e looks fun
I’d have the Mini, but I live in a rented flat….
Since when did 30k become cheap. Wow.
30k is cheap for cutting edge electric vehicles
I hear you on the new definition of cheap, but in the US most EVs start at..start at double that.
Could get a nice car, motorbike and boat for £30k.
@@bid84 couple of hours ago you’d have got a Porsche Boxster for that 😅
@@neiltaylor513 I assume you meant years 😅, yea I suppose you have to allow the cheap running costs to come into your sums to make it seem reasonable, if you do high mileage you could be saving €100 a week on petrol compared to the Boxster.
£30,000 ain't "cheap", amigo - £5,000 is cheap(as in "you'll have to move to China") and £20,000 could probably be described as "affordable" for 50% or so of consumers - depending on country, region, income and how much easy money/wealth you have inherited.
Paul G
Do you think What Car? should be testing second-hand dross?
30k for EV is cheap at the moment
and to be fair, the winner cost £26k, not £30k
@@Hali88 Yes
MG really turning the screws on the established manufacturers.
Excuse me, but £30k is not competitive price for most people! They are all too expensive!
I'm looking for my MG4 which is the cheapest of all and I'm sure it would be in top 3.
However I also had MG5 which was a great car but not as refined as the new MG4
Why is a drag race considered to be relevant to how good a car is?
Would've been interesting to have seen where the MG4 would've placed.
The Atto 3 from BYD would also have been interesting to see, as it may be a tad less sporty, but still a pretty well rounded package overall.
Not sure if it landed in the UK yet though.
Ora Cat
@@philipc239 also... But I think it may be a bit slower than the Atto 3
@@WildReefer don't mind the speed it's a city car anyway. I like the way it's got a little vintage 911 design flair. Much better buy and way more refreshing/ interesting than the cx30 imo
Atto 3 on the other hand is a very practical family city hatch.
A New Zealand owner of the Atto 3 recently recorded 0-100km/hr in 6.9 seconds. I think that would be competitive.
@@DavidKent0407 absolutely, in a straight line - but from what I can tell, the MG4 is sportier to drive overall.
Shame the MG4 didn't actually get a chance on the track.
I think it would have beaten the Mini.
Probably not. Mini have smaller battery so it weighs less than MG4.
@@hurbrowns5397 mg4 has better range .
@@tomtams8584 yeah that's why it's heavier and wouldn't have beaten the smaller mini.
Love these comparison videos to see what the best EV currently is. A comparison table of the stats on the one screen would be useful. Thanks again for the reviews
Where's the MG4? I'm guessing it wasn't tested as it would have won!
Also, on the acceleration test, were the cars set to their respective sports mode setting?
Hi Darren - keep watching to 8:52!
Imagine being the person willingly going to a Nissan dealership and spending more than £36k on a Nissan Leaf 😂😂😂
It's 28k
@@zenbudhism the model shown in the vid may be 28k, but he says it can go up to £36k for a top end model
Most cars can go up 8k for a top end model
@@zenbudhism I'm not debating that - the joke was willingly spending £36k on a top end Nissan Leaf instead of something else....
I am Glad that ye think £30,000 is CHEAP 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've currently got a Mini cooper SE. the range is fine for me. never had a problem and the drive all ways brings me smiles. I disagree with the presenter saying you won't more then 100 miles in cold weather. Keep it at 60mph or below, precondition the battery and you will see 130ish miles. Only problem is if you can't charge at home or have a charge point near by then it will be a problem.
Prince and range, are the main priorities for drivers.
Hi, why don't you so a series of difference between say 2022 Peugeot e208 & the new 2023 model e208 but with every brand it's so difficult to find out what's different from one car to the next once a revamp or mini revamp like Peugeot has done with the new e298 bugger motor I think & battery but is it ???
We really do need to move on from the obsession with range. It just isn't relevant to 95% of journeys. Efficiency, which isn't even mentioned on this test, is far more important in most cases.
The problem is that those 95% of journeys don't include the 5% where range makes the most difference of any metric with an ev. You can't just ignore that these things can't do a family holiday because it's not very often - thats usually part of what a family car will be expected to do.
Try getting a couple of toddlers, a wife and all the junk in one and see how wonderful an experience it is trying to find chargers, hoping they work then sitting there trying to keep everyone happy for an hour at a time just to get to the next charger and repeat.
There are lots of scenarios where range matters a lot but not many where acceleration does - yet we keep hearing that banged on about on almost every electric review.
As for efficiency - by the time electricity has been made in the power station running at around 58% efficiency, gone to the transformer, been conducted down the power lines, got to the local box, transformed again, sent to the house, sent to the charger, sent to the car's battery then to the drive control module then the motor, how efficient is that 95% efficient electric motor we keep hearing about again? Remember at each stage it will lose between 3% and 5% with some charging losing as much as 10%.
My plug-in has an engine efficiency of 45% and an overall system efficiency of 37%. Its also not carrying 600kg of batteries around which will only be used to their capacity a few times per year yet does pretty much all its running about on elelctricity.
Maybe we should lose the obsession with battery only and be a little more pragmatic in our transport solutions.
For instance the Mini and MX in this test both have available tech for range extenders whcih would then make them not only the best use of the batteries (less wasted capacity in daily use) but also by far the best for longer journeys.
@@siraff4461 hi Simon, you are right with your comment about family holidays. That is a massively important use case. Your scenario with wife, toddlers etc is a stretch though. Your charge to the next charger or destination is unlikely to delay you by an hour at a time. I'm about to head to Cornwall from Cheshire and will only need to stop to charge for 26 minutes from a 95% starting SoC. That will leave me with 50% SoC on arrival. Over that journey I will need to stop more frequently and for longer than the car will.
I get what you say about the end to end efficiency of electricity generation (I wonder what it is for fossil fuels). Improvements are definitely needed there. What I meant in my comment was the efficiency once the car is charged. We should be looking at at least 4 miles/kWh. It's essentially the equivalent of mpg. It's not discussed for BEV but always is for ice.
There is a trade off with the weight carried by BEVs and two drivetrains carried by a hybrid. You are potentially carrying a redundant drivetrain during posts of a journey when you are on ICE only or battery only power.
Hope that makes sense.
Good to chat.
Cheers 😊
@@siraff4461 For the times that you need the special car for the holiday and all the luggage, you can hire one.
If you honestly believe that your petrol engine is 45% efficient, you've never studied thermodynamics!
A petrol vehicle consumes half as much electricity per mile as an EV due to fuel refining, distribution and operations. Now that the fuel is finally in your car, it is woefully inefficient compared to an EV.
Agree that EV isn't the one solution for everyone, that's why I have several cars, they all do different things.
@@stephenclutton In my experience 4mi/kWh is only possible in certain uses and certain vehicles. For instance my model S would hit (well 4.3 ish) that if driven carefully but on the motorway was usually around 2.7-3.0 and my Zoe could just nudge 5 on a good day but late 3's were the norm and on a motorway under 3 unless it was perfect conditions and sticking behind trucks.
My plug-in is indeed carrying redundant components some of the time but not so many as you might think. For instance it uses a cvt which also acts as the gear reduction for the electric motor so its always in use. The motor also acts as the ice's starter motor and alternator so again aren't duplicated.
All up weight is only 100kg more than the ice version with identical boot space - though with no spare wheel option.
Around 4 mi/kWh is normal and it can get a little more if I'm careful because the battery stuff is all lower speed, around town. It also easily gets 55mpg once the battery is flat with well over 60mpg if driven slowly or on a steady motorway run.
I mention the wife and toddlers because that has been my situation quite often in the past - where my gen 1 Leaf was certainly a no-go.
@@djtaylorutube Great speech there. You might want to fact check yourself on that though.
Especially the bits where you make the claim about the engine (it's the Atkinson cycle 2.5 if you want to reference it) not being 45% efficient and where you seem to think the electricity in an ev magically apears in its battery by fairies tickling it.
As for studying thermodynamics? Not as a core subject. But it was part of one of my degrees.
I do find it funny how you keep popping up on every electric car video making silly claims and trying to tell everyone that ev's are the only possible way forward.
You're obviously invested but do us all a favour and at least try to refrain from making false claims and/or ignoring obvious points to suit yourself. Its simply not helpful.
Am I correct in saying you said the 500 e is less than 8 seconds to 60 ? The specs says 9 seconds or did i pick that up incorrectly
MG4 stats at 09:09 seem to mix the Standard range and Long range versions - the SR has a 51kWh battery, I believe
Yep, so many errors in this review. He states the Zoe charges slow, when you can get a full charge in 2.5 hours on a 22kw home charger, which makes it much better and quicker for overnight charging.
Why is the Hyundai Ioniq not included. It’s such an overlooked EV, providing a decent real world range of 165 miles from its 38kW battery.
Price
Possibly because it’s not on sale anymore.
It's not on sale anymore.
The Zoe information is out of date, all 2022 refresh models have emergency brake assist now including the Techno non boost charge which is 29,995. Agree you shouldn’t get the non-boost charge version of that and get a CCS version
The MG5 is no more British than I am Chinese! At least the present MINI electric is built in Oxford which will not be the case for the new model.
Another Brexit dividend!
Slow charge time of Renault Zoe? We regulary car vacation with our Zoe across Sweden, wich is massivly bigger than UK. And 35-40 minutes to charge 80%, isnt slow. We never stay longer at the chargepoints than other cars. And how long does it really take to eat lunch? Short charge times? No
Where is that race track in uk
Title of this episode should be, which is the fastest obsolete EV
MG4 Brand new from £26K
Nothing to see here
It’s Truly unfortunate that GM isn’t offering the Chevrolet Bolt in the UK. Based on 0-60 time, plus range and cost, it appears it would have dusted this field of competitors.
Actually it wouldn't. In the US, both the MINI and bolt have been tested by drive, and the MINI is faster 0-60 and 1/4 mile. Would have been closer though.
Well you pulled that one out of the bag at the last moment. Spent the whole video muttering MG4 to myself. At around 25 grand starting it’s out on its own.
Actually it's £26k plus new reg taxes, paint, charging cable, home charger.. nearer £28k
Yeah I’m not really buying into this video. It should be renamed “Why you shouldn’t buy an EV that’s overpriced and gives you terrible mileage”
Where's the e-up!? It's been brought back on the market as far as I'm aware. Great little car
So...the MG ZS4 would be just ten grand if it had a conventional motor? Yes, I know, MG petrol engines are exceptionally poor, but I still have to get over the fifteen-grand battery premium here.
30 grand for a cr@pbox hatchback. Nuts. The petrol version wouldn’t be more than low 20s. Utter insanity
Well done for getting so many cars to compare. My one gripe is the choice of zero to sixty mph as a metric. It dates from half a century ago, before electronic recorders. it was easy to measure, but doesn't represent any facet of normal driving, except perhaps the traffic light grand prix, which most of us grew out of quite early on in our driving lives. Acceleration is particularly important in overtaking and in filtering into fast moving traffic, as in joining a motorway. How about 30-60, or 40-70? These would certainly reflect my driving experience. Do other people agree, or am I just getting old and grumpy?
Acceleration tests are fun with supercars and pointless with affordable EV's. In reality you will go fast enough to lose your licence in the slowest car here. What matters more is how much stuff you can get in the back, the 'luxury' additions (How good is the heated steering wheel? How the traffic assist works?) and not infantile 0-60 times.
Because it doesn't matter🙄
Initial acceleration matters every time you pull away so out of junctions, off roundabouts and so on. Carrying that on to 60mph shows what its going to be like to merge onto faster roads, overtake and so on.
Its also a metric which has been recorded for almost every car for decades so it allows an easy, at-a-glance comparisson.
I would say it's more relevant on slower cars. Faster stuff is fast enough anyway but some of the slower things can take an age to get to speed and if you use a lot of faster roads daily that may be a big pain.
You can merge safely in anything but its a lot easier and arguably safer in something which has more ability.
@@siraff4461 thank you for the response. I think we agree that slow acceleration can be dangerous. My own driving makes little use of fast standing starts, but involves much overtaking on narrow, twisty roads. I can see different road conditions can change perspective.
@@cnocspeireag I can't really say its dangerous per se because one of my vehicles is a Transit minibus. I have no idea what its claimed 0-60 time is but its probably in the 20's before loading it up and a lot longer when its full. Its never been a problem but it does mean being a lot more careful and planning ahead a lot more.
A couple of things then jump out - the Transit is much higher up and has a much better field of view than any car I've ever been in so you have a lot more vision to deal with that situation straight from the off and secondly its an 8ft tall, massive white thing that people are expecting to be going slowly so generally they give it a fair bit of space anyway.
So slow acceleration in that isn't dangerous. In a normal car which people are expecting to get out of the way and not giving much room I can see it getting dangerous pretty easily.
In your situation where you're trying to overtake in small spaces then slow acceleration is very much a safety concern. Of course the wombles would say just drive slowly behind whatever it is but those of us with places to be would say thats not practical for a lot of todays lifestyles.
I think we need to stop saying 140+ miles is 'terrible' range. It has to be looked at as a different beast to your combustion engine car; not many people are regularly driving over this range on any one journey all the time, and I'd imagine after driving for a few hours you'd want to stop for a break anyway, in which time these cars can rapidly charge up again.
It would be useful to see 'Miles per Kilowatt' numbers for comparison.
It’s Peugeot 108 to me, it has a good balance between range style and speed
nice video !
Wow MG, really good value for the money
Where is the mg4 and the e golf?
Why leave the real world range out of the 208 and corsa on both parts of the video??
I don' think that "What Car" or the Car Industry in-general can grasp the term "Cheap Car" !!
A cheap or affordable brand-new car (for the average person on the average UK income) would be priced somewhere between £10K and £15K. The average annual income in the UK is between £25K and £28K.
Given inflation and the huge rise in household energy costs, few people (if any) can afford a car which cost the equivalent of a year's wages.
Given the complexity and costs of making an internal combustion engined (ICE) car, £30K + for an electric car which (let's face it) is no more than a scaled-up scaleextric car with a battery, is ridiculous !!
I know that, in recent months , new car sales in the UK have "dropped off a cliff". Such low sales numbers will remain until the car industry starts to realise that they have been ripping the public off for years !!
Totally irrelevant at this level, but great fun for those who participated. 😄
4:52 so in no way 'British' 🤣
Have to agree with your verdict.
MG4, brilliant car, outstanding value.
The tie breaker for me was can you fit a tow bar! The MG4 won.
MG4 specs are wrong. 26k model has a 51kWh battery
Why show drag race start from behind lol?
Sat in mg4 today. New car but already the interior is marked
Ah, you poor thing. How some humans have to suffer in their short lives on Planet Earth. Allegedly blemished upholstery - it's probably better than dying in yet another War for Bl***y Oil/Gasoline, though. All that blood staining everything it touches - so unsightly, innit?
Paul G
@@evukelectricvehicles you are a tool. Save the environment with an electric car, even worse, a chine one? Keep living in the lala land
For chanell that big surprised no timestamps
My two & a half grand Toyota is cheap, £30,000 + is stupidly expensive!
Do you want range or balls out acceleration? Pointless test.
Y'all are biased, there's no way the Zoe could be that low in the rank. It should be the first one, or at least top 3. It has a huge range, and plenty of space for how small it is, not to mention it's quite cheap. But also, it can charge up to 22 kw on AC, which is amazing for when the DC spot is taken when you want to charge. I'm saving money for an ev now, and it will definitely be a Zoe. When testing electric cars, there's one aspect that matters more than everything else put together: the range. I would have liked an MG 5 or 4, if they were sold in my country, but I'll have to make do with the Zoe
Ha, ha, ha,ha, ha….cheap? £30K cheap? People buying them don’t realise how ‘Un-green’ they actually are.
The Zoe was on eco mode... 🤦♂️
Interested to see a comparison between full hybrid petrol/electric cars (not PHEV). I feel that people in apartments and terraced houses without off-street parking may be dis-enfranchised from the electric revolution (and forced to consider ICE cars only), once the regulations banning the sale of new ICE cars come into force. Full hybrid is a plausible compromise given the circumstances. So... now far can they go on electric power only?
Whilst having the ability to charge at home is undoubtedly convenient and the most cost-effective way of charging an EV, depending on your average daily journey, running an EV without home charging is still perfectly viable.
The average UK 'commute' is less than 10 miles (based on 2019 figures) so all of the EVs in this (frankly, silly...) test would only need a single charge at most once a fortnight - that's about 30-45 minutes of your time at a rapid charger every 14 days... not that dis-enfranchising, really...?
@@jonathantaylor1998 Nonetheless, this is something that folk with the ability to home-charge won't have to do. The people with off-street parking are also likely to be able to home-charge more cheaply than those who have to use charging stations all the time. Equilibrium could be restored when charging 'on the road' takes a similar time to refueling an ICE vehicle. If the infrastructure were to be developed and installed quickly, home charging wouldn't be necessary. In all the time I've driven an ICE vehicle, I never once thought that I should have an oil bunker in my garden to refuel it. I'd still stand by my choice of words, dis-enfranchising it is.
They need to go as far as they need to go between charges. The obsession with range is also flawed.
My diesel car will do 700 miles constant motorway driving. An I going to do that? Not in one go I'm not and I will have passed hundreds of refueling stations along the way so why the need to carry so much?
@@djtaylorutube Hi David, I agree that range anxiety isn't the real issue, it's the length of time it takes to charge at a public recharging station.
@@npdarcy123 Yes exactly. Not all cars have the same charge speed capacity and that's where it gets important. Example being a Tesla which can charge max AC at 11 kWh even though the type 2 charger may be three phase and offering 22 kWh but then on a Supercharger v3, that's up to 250kWh but not sustained for 100% of the charge duration but profiled depending on SOC. It's a different mindset and trying to explain to Dino juice people that you can actually take a break at the services while the car charges instead of take a break and then go to fill up sequentially. Same at home, plug in and go to sleep Vs get up earlier and detour via the filing station.
My wife has a knack of leaving vehicles with the fuel light on and since I don't know how long that has been on for, that means my first detour is immediately to the filing station and that isn't just the time it takes to put the nozzle into the filler tube.
I'm just dreaming of the day when there will be an mg2 or mg3 for under 20k. B or C segment very confy lots of tech and range for the same or less than a petrol clio that's the dream am I right? I'll wait another 5 to 10 years then I'll swap to electric.
What nonsense the ranking of the winners in the second race has a mistake Hyundai Kona got the fifth and last place and Vauxhall in fourth place also Vauxhall during the start of the race its driver was late to start with the rest and he was late for one second
How much more profit are Car Companies making on EVs compared to ICE cars
The mg4 is £26k. About the same as a focus
Mini looks the best right?
BYD Atto 3.
3 MG at the top say it all i think
Where is an Enyaq 60?
It’s clearly better than all that budget stuff, you’ve tested
There is absolutely no way that that race could be framed as “all-British”. It was Sino-German.
Why are car reporters obsessed with 0-62 times?
Bmw i3 and MG4 need a rerun with the 2 winners
Hyundai Ioniq
None of these EV's shown on this channel are as good as the Aptera Solar EV.
Apart from the fact they actually exist in a sellable form and are on sale.
Dacia Spring 15k$
not on sale in the uk yet.
What about the mg4 ev 203hp
Hi Adam - keep watching to 8:52!
Nice vid but would’ve liked to see the MG4.
Hi Ken - keep watching to 8:52!
I did and I know you guys mention it. Still would’ve love to see it in the drag race. More hp than the MG5 so maybe a better 0-62 time?
The Mini's range isn't 'terrible' - at all. It's actually quite adequate and I do long journeys in mine, charging along the way, and it's a brilliant little car.
I have one too. The range is terrible, but it’s what you expect when buying the car. Long journeys are possible though, like you say. I find it more strange that the mx-30 that has a bigger battery has a smaller range, and the Mini in the USA has a smaller range too…
ID3?
Shame the MG4 isn’t here
Keep watching to 8:52!
@@whatcar yeah, I watched it till the end, 2 days ago. What I mean was, shame you can’t put the mg4 on the drag race
Very few of these are available in the US. Yet we are expected to allow ourselves to be forced to buy one. The nearest fast charger to my house is 50 km away. So far, the entire EV rollout seems to be a scam, to limit the amount of mileage we can drive.
Nobody is forcing you
You don't necessarily need a fast charger though.
@@zenbudhism they are if someone wants a new car in the future. It's not that hard to work out what the OP meant. Unless your failing at being clever
Considering how many motoring journalists have mocked the MG5 over it's staid looks and boring design, it can't half shift down a runway...!! 🤣
A rather pointless test, chaps - but, interesting to see just how many more options there are for 'entry-level' EVs compared to just a few years ago, which has got to be a good thing for the consumer 👍
Fun to watch but for EV, range is way more important than acceleration imo they all good anyway compare to ICE
Best car Zoe ;)
kia niro...???
The MG5 would have easily beaten the Mini if you had controlled wheelspin better.
You are joking…cheap…£30K…get a grip…
For a new car though, it isn’t that expensive.
@@mikewhitehead50 If you're surrounded by gators and one is slightly smaller than the rest does that mean he's not dangerous?
You can't say these aren't expensive just because other cars are too.
There are new cars from under £13k and quite a few under £15k. Double that (and most of these were more anyway) is not what most people would call cheap.
@@siraff4461 for an electric car, they are the cheap ones. For any new car, they aren’t that expensive. Don’t know why people are losing it with the video title just because cars cost a lot of money. It isn’t their fault.
@@mikewhitehead50 Because it says "best cheap electric car".
Not "best of the lowest priced electric cars" or "best of the cheapest electric cars".
Claiming that a car which is more than a years wage for the average person is cheap is kind of an insult to a lot of people.
Its even more of an insult when you look at wholesale battery prices and do the maths.
Most of these being based on ice platform cars gives an insight into what they should cost and its not £30k by a long way.
@@siraff4461 wording seems an odd thing to get upset about. If someone was reviewing the best cheap houses in Knightsbridge, London I’d still presume them to be out of my price range, because the context is that they’re in Knightsbridge.
"cheap"
2024 byd mg 3.8 second
Everyone in the comments are foolish 30,000 is cheap for the new safety for the new driving technology and comfort and the fact that cars are electric now yes 30,000 is cheaper than $50,000 then $60,000 for new cars this isn't 20 years ago, get with the program or buy a $5,000 car and end up paying $5,000 in a year
There are new cars in the UK under £13k. There are quite a few under £15k. If you're daft enough to think double that because its got a battery is cheap then I know where there's a really nice bridge for sale.
One very serious fact this otherwise (intentionally) slightly frivolous test illustrates is that front wheel drive is NOT suitable for modern EVs. My wife and I drive a ZS EV and a Kia e-Niro - both front wheel drive, and both wheel-spin when trying to pull out into traffic. Electric cars have much greater torque delivery than equivalent legacy cars, combined with much less weight on the front (50/50 weight distribution). This makes front wheel drive unsuitable for these cars. We've just orderd an MG4, which with rear wheel drive can put all of that torque onto the road instantly, for much greater pull-away power and therefore much safer real-world driving!
Rwd is not an advantage in wet, snowy or icy conditions which is another thing to consider. We have a new Nissan leaf and wheelspin is not an issue, even on winter tyres. If you find yourself doing that, why not drive in eco mode which reduces torque and throttle sensitivity?
@@hoodlum1107 thanks for your interesting reply - I'm not sure what weight distribution the leaf has, or it's torque figure. Actually, after nearly 3 years of electric driving, wet conditions are worse for the fwd cars, as they wheelspin all the more. Using eco mode is not the answer, as it simply makes the cars more sluggish when pulling out into gaps in traffic. My wife drives her MG ZS EV on eco all the time, as she prefers the more gentle behaviour, but she puts it in normal at junctions, so she has the oomph to pull out when she needs to. Having driven the MG4 (rwd) I'm now absolutely convinced that rwd (or, of course 4wd) is the way to go for modern electric cars.
@@dougonutube I'll definitely take one for a test drive when our lease is up. We don't quite have the selection of cars here in little Sweden though. Cheers
Cheap?? Cheaper you mean.
Could have had a brand new MG4 in there for less than £30k. A lot of those would in reality be secondhand buys to scrape under £30k.
And why do we need to know which one is the "fastest" in a straight line? Passenger safety, space and comfort, luggage capacity and ease of parking are far more important to almost every driver out there. Cars are used as practical everyday tools to ferry the children, do the shopping, take the dog for a walk, commute to work, etc.
A video for the sake of a video unfortunately.
BYD？
Not in the UK yet
aww no, mg4? :(
The rage is plain a JOKE THANKFULLY I BROUGHT A I20 N
What about the MG4 and BYD atto 3. Lack of these vehicles kind of makes entire review pointless
what have we learnt ? the most powerful car is the fastest. :|
And if you give that car a short range smaller battery it has a better power to weight ratio too.
Kia want 50k for a hatchback lol
These are bargains ;(
So I'm supposed to believe 30k for a Corsa is cheap
Where's the MG4? Smaller, more powerful, RWD AND cheaper than either of the 2 MGs you have here. I don't get it!
Hi David - keep watching to 8:52!
We've learned that Kona is worse than the first 5.
How to lose journalistic credibility in one video: Sub £30k “cheapest EV” road test? So where are the MG4 at £25,990 and the VW E-Up at £23k?
Hi Simon - watch through to 8:52 and you'll find MG4! VW e-Up no longer available to order so wasn't included.
So the best car is just a 0-60. what a waste of time. EVs should be efficient i.e, the lightest longest range with practicality.
£30K is by no means a cheap car.... The ranges are also simply dreadful....
On the race for the fastest, you should have swapped drivers and run it a second time to be sure you were showing us the fastest car and not the fastest driver. Just saying...
There is nothing apart from mashing your foot on the accelerator. Not much driver input involved
Who still cares which EV cars sprint over a quarter mile, or whatever? (Pretending German Mini and Chinese MG are British just made me smile.)