2019 MG ZS EV Review & Road Test 

Mine said no way and they had asked MG as so many people had been asking. Seems like they put it in for the press though?

Likewise, dealer almost laughed

Glad you liked it, Robert! 👍

Thanks, G! 👍

So glad you liked it, Paul and we really appreciate you sharing it 👍

Glad you liked it, Adam. We had such a blast on the road trip 😎

Thank you very much, lots more coming

Glad you liked it, Alan. More content soon 👍

Thank you, Paw - glad you liked it! 👍

Glad you liked it, Jake! The Muffin-Gate will not long be forgotten 😂😂

Looks like your planet auto video footage of pre production car has been used in India with overdub of audio ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O9VHnMSIuN4.html

Cheers John 😎

Thank you, Freddie! The ZS EV is Choc-full of tech 👍

Glad you liked it, Faz 👍

Thank you Matt for the kind words we’ll pass on your regards .

Thank you, Andrew - glad you liked it! 😎

Apologies just found this, big MG giveaway at 10k Subscribers, thank you Paul

Enjoy it, great vehicle, and remember rapid chargers are popping up all the time too, thank you - we’ve an MG5 this week. Which app are you using? We use Zap-Map

It has so much going for it 👍

This year is going so quickly, it will be March in no time 😎

Us too

It’s a great car, Will - ticks so many boxes 😎

@@PlanetautoUK It does tick lots of the boxes, for the price itis impressive. But....No timer option on charging. I use Octopus Go, its saving me a lot of money.

Fantastic, and thank you, not long until the draw 😎

I think we shall see more soon. SAIC have their own battery factory, so it should really speed up production.

It’s a great car 😎

Thanks Peter!

Planet Auto always a pleasure.... you make the videos I wish I could....

Peter James Roberts combo video it is at fully charged 😍

Combo video ?

Peter James Roberts pa featuring...

It will be great to see 👍

Shall we start a MG ZS EV owners club lol

Glad you liked it, Alan 👍

It’s easy to get used to - after our second go at charging it was fine 👍

That would be excellent 😎

Great question David - they are close in terms of price and range, so the big question you need to ask yourself is do you want a car or an SUV? A similar SUV from another manufacturer is considerably more expensive (e.g. £25,000 plus for a Kona) Hope this helps 👍

The 28 kw Ioniq can probably only get to 165 in mixed driving if driven super efficiently. Motorway range is probably average at 120 miles. The 165 miles is probably an average motorway range for the new 38 kw ioniq. Don't forget in mixed driving the MG can get over 200 miles.

Your welcome and thank you Bootneck, we’ll see if we can find out

@@PlanetautoUK Bloody hell that was quick, I had only just finished an edit when your reply appeared, thank you so much.

Happy too

Hi Bootneck, the EV isn’t listed yet - just the petrol ZS, so we will keep an eye on the listings and let you know. Merry Christmas 🎄

@@PlanetautoUK Thanks for looking into this for me. I have already seen that it's not available at the moment (I am a motability customer), I was just wondering if it was going to be available in 2020. I have only just found your channel and have now subscribed, just starting to go through all your previous videos lol. Keep up the great work and thanks again.

At 70 it uses 1mile travelled to 1 mile range, 72 and over around 1.5 we expect.

Congrats - it’s a great car 👍

When did you put your order in if you don’t mind me asking. My dealer is being very vague with me. Mine is expected back end of December/January. Thanks.

@@danielsage1354 I placed the order 17th July ( that's when i got the email confirming my order ) 2nd August i got an email wanting to know what colour and spec i wanted. My chosen garage contacted me about 4 weeks ago to test drive the car and i confirmed i wanted to continue with the purchase. They told me at that time that the car would be shipped on or around 23rd December. Last week i received a call from the garage saying the car " should " be delivered around November 18th......( Which is nice because it's my birthday on that date ) I'm waiting for confirmation. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info. I didn’t place my order online and I think that’s where all my problems are. It’s mg communicating the information to your chosen garage. For some reason my garage knows little about expected delivery and says they are struggling to find out. I placed my order on 13th August so hopefully it will be the back end of December or the beginning of January for mine. 👍

@@danielsage1354 Just a quick update......My car has been delivered to the garage. I should being getting the keys on Nov 16th. Rolec has been in touch about the home charger. Getting that installed Nov22nd. I need to get an upgrade on my house main fuse ( 60 amp to an 80 amp ) That is getting done Nov19th. All looks good. Any news on your order ?

It’s well worth it, thank you Louise

I pre-ordered in July and was told Delivery would be late Dec....got a phone call last week from dealer that it will be here next week^^ Update I got another call yesterday to be told my car is at the port but delivery is now first week in Dec :(

@@garyharris8082 oh really? thanks for the reply. out of interest where is your dealer based?

Hello, I had a red exclusive on order since July too, my garage closed down, now transferred to another. The wait is officially around 6 months, I’m in the first 1000, your position is in your order ref number. Another MG garage did not know this! The MG garage your with have all orders on their system they should be able to give you a rough indication of when it is due. I admit their tracking systems are not that great. Wishing you all the best, regards Mark

@@markferris6675 hello mark, thanks for you reply thats awful news to hear. And where in the reference does it say your position? My order number doesn't really state it obvious?

The Boxing Talk Podcast Hi - when you placed the order on line on the email that confirmed £500 deposit you got a ref then the nominated garage would have wrote to you with more details - it’s not the vehicle code / customer order no / or order no but it’s in the part that states NEw Ref - ZS00123 / ***/ yr name. This example where I’ve put 123 would mean your order is 123. My number was below 1000 so I’m getting the free charger although they first charged me £250, but now got most of that back and paying £70, as I require an extra unit under stairs. I have ordered it with Tethered cable FYI as MG officially do not give you the 7w cable with the car just the 3 pin plug. I have been mucked about quite a lot for example turned up for test drive one hour away each way and garage was shut! So might be getting my car early Jan now as they were not interested in any compensation. Looking forward to going green hopefully very soon! All the best

Yes it does

Thanks Rob - you will be driving yours in no time 👍

Ooo nice, when are you expecting it?

@@PlanetautoUK There's a shipment of 50 arriving in May, and if you believe the salesperson I got the last one!

Leapy 99 ooo not long - here’s hoping

The combustion models can tow up to 500kg, which would make you think yes? we’ll try and get you answer for the ev - thank you

@@PlanetautoUK I was told No by the dealer something about type testing wasn't carried out. I have to point out my dealer wasn't totally up to speed on the ZS EV though so it might....I hope!

@@garyharris8082 interesting, randomly we saw the roof bars can carry 75kg, we'll ask MG directly.

We hope so too!

Arriving in Australia mid-2020. Can be pre-ordered now for $46,990.

Thank you, the lamps are a difficult one bi projection is are Xenon, halogen or LED however we can’t see anything categorically saying Xenon or halogen on the spec’s, il edit the video to remove Xenon, the cable is interesting thank you

@@PlanetautoUK no probs good review and thumbs up given anyway...yes bi projection can be unclear but Bi Xenon is just the 1 Xenon (HID) bulb that is partially obscurred by a metal flap for low beam...this flap then moves out of the way for full beam (sometimes the bulb itself is physically moved by a motor from high to low....either way it just uses 1 bulb)....its easy to tell as if it's halogen for high beam it has a yellowish tint. I realise you dont have the car now so cant test...I will be doing a comparison when I get mine to my current car whicg is a 2017 Focus ST3 that has Bi Xenon....the lights looked pretty good on the MG on your test whatever they are so as long as they do the job thats OK ...although genuine Bi Xenon do use a bit less power it would prob be just few yards of extra range.on full beam

Tom's Man Shed thank you, it’s edited to say bi projection now

@@TomsManShed Hi,the manual and spec says Halogen HB3(9005) lamps, I am hoping to fit LED.s to mine when I get it.

@@PlanetautoUK Hi,the manual and spec says Halogen HB3(9005) lamps, I am hoping to fit LED.s to mine when I get it.

Hi,the manual and spec says Halogen HB3(9005) lamps, I am hoping to fit LED.s to mine when I get it.

Facelifts now have different lights

Cool! Let us know how you get on 👍

Yes it is, thank you

It’s an interesting one charge locations, one idea would be the cover moving sideways or down, thank you

Depends on the dealer not MG