MG4 Owner’s Review After 1 Month | Likes and Dislikes and Conclusion 

Just bought this model today and found this video truly reflects my first experience of driving the car. Thank You for a great guide.

Great review! I sat in an MG4, along with their other two EVs, and loved the interior of all, nice mix of tactile and touch screen controls. MG4 styling great and just what the EV market needs to kick start the budget to mid range price point customer.

In Spain Trophy comes with a heat pump too and it has an optional light coloured interior which in my eyes makes the car brighter Inside.

Thank you so much for getting straight to the point! Great review and very insightful!

been thinking about getting one of these since I saw the first reviews - this hasn't changed my mind!

I’m excited to receive mine. I’m going from the Nissan Leaf e+ Tekna to the MG4 Trophy and i’m really looking forward to delivery in October. I was a bit nervous because my Leaf is amazing albeit it’s handling around corners is rather slippy, but watching this review a month on has me very excited indeed! I am however going to miss the Leafs Bose sound system and subwoofer!

Thanks, that was really useful. We test drive an MG4 yesterday and are seriously considering getting one. The video has also confirmed to me it looks good in white, which is good, because it's cheaper in that colour.

Thank you for taking the time to talk about the infotainment system, I feel like this is an area most other reviews don't touch on too much, and you're the first to talk about the stereo quality! For me it's a small but important detail as I'm looking at getting an MG4 but will be transitioning away from a car with Bose speakers. So to hear the MGs are still decent is reassuring.

Great video, excellent comments, and beautifully filmed and edited. Count me impress.

Good review, I had a test drive recently and really enjoyed and surprised by how sharp the handling and performance was! Thinking about buying one although I would ideally love the Ioniq5 but for the massive price difference. This is very impressive for the price

Agree with everything you say about MG in terms of quality and comfort. I went to pick up my new MG5Trophy and the dealer had an MG4 in the showroom, the first I’d seen. Very tempting... but did stick with the 5 and absolutely love it.

Thanks for the reviews-definitely helped me buy one - collect in two days 🤘🏽

Great review thank you. I actually went to test drive the MG4, but when I arrived I saw a facelift MG5 Trophy with 400 miles on the clock in the showroom. I really liked it straight away and test drove two before finally buying it. Both cars in my opinion are a great EV entry point. I have no regrets so far.

Thinking about an MG4 - just been for a test drive - thanks for the positive review - seems like one of many on RU-vid

Merci Thomas pour votre retour d'expérience très intéressant et positif,Pour ma part j'ai commandé ma MG4 standard que je devrais réceptionnée en principe au mois de janvier. Longue vie à vos essais. désolé de m’être exprimé en français, mais c'est aussi un message de soutien en votre honneur. Cordialement.

Great review Stuart! I particularly liked your screen/software review, very few reviewers give any time to this. I’d like a vid simply covering ALL the software/screen/app workings. I find it’s important to know what is available and what the car can do, rather than finding out months down the line that some bugbear I had with the car could have been sorted via the settings 😮. Looking forward to more 👍🏻

Thx for this first Owner-Opinion👍...this helps many out there, who struggle with an Chinese Brand so excellent crafted. My Testdrive about a Month ago left me confused: A great to drive car with a Cupra-Style to love. But the Seats are,for me, too much on the softer site and not suportive enough. And you are right:the LKA is a beast....from the Muppets😉 But i will consider the 4 over the Marvel R...best price wins.

Thanks for this. Torn between the Trophy and SE Long. Think I’m leaning towards the higher spec Trophy. Who doesn’t want the best of the range!

Very pleased with the MG4 Long Range Trophy to date. Agreed with all positives in video. Would have liked a USB socket in the rear facing mirror base for my front facing camera and some lighting in back of car, but these are minor items.

Great video. Could you do a follow up when the LKA is updated? Also more detail on infotainment would be lovely! Many thanks

Great review, I took delivery of a SE LR last week, but had to order floor mats and a type II charge cable, as these are options. Not a big deal, but worth remembering. Also one of my worries was the lack of rear wiper, however the aerodynamic of the vehicle are such that once you hit 60MPH the flow of the air seems to blow the rain off the rear window. Agree with Stuart, saving the user preferences for driving mode, lane assist would be really handy. Let's hope a OTA software update fixes it.

Thanks for making the videos!

Really good video, very clear thanks :)

Picking up my trophy long range today 🤞 I love it too, this video has been very helpful though thanks 🙂

Hi I may be wrong but I think there's an update that sorts the lane assist out on the MG 4. I was only talking about it yesterday to our local MG dealer. Might be worth giving yours a call. Great video just to add, all MG EV's are good value for money

I'm glad I'm not the only one annoyed at the fact that the custom settings are not kept in memory and that the lane assist is really irritating, especially with the cruise control which sometimes feels like it's trying to drive you off the road but other than that agree 100% with your assessment. I've had mine for a month now and I love it. Now if only the charging infrastructure was a little more reliable...

seriously tempted at getting one of these to replace my B class in September. been looking to get an electric car for a while but the cheap ones all seemed too... well cheap. this seems amazing for the price. Subbed, as I have been binge watching your vids on the car. :p

I've been considering MG 4 instead of Qashqai, amongst other things I love the rear camera and blind spot vehicle indicator, I think they are only available on Trophy, it's a shame they're not on standard models

I have the same SE base model and agree it's a great car for the price and reminds me of my boy racer days but for me it was a Renault 5 Turbo. The only thing I find is visibility out the back is not great and when you are reversing at night I'm not happy with not seeing much and having to depend on the proximity sensors, would have been happy to pay the extra for the reversing camara. I did think not having a rear wiper would be a problem but you can't see a lot our of there anyway so don't miss it much. Only done one long trip where I've used fast chargers and only got max charging rate of 48kW but guess that the temperature was a bit cold at the start of November at charger I had a Tesla parked next to me charging at 130kW but it just means you can savor you coffee and cake. Changed to this car after a 9 month wait for a Trophy MG ZS and I'm very glad I did, think I would have had the higher specked model if it had been available and wondering if I should put an order in for one now. I don't mind the lane keeper assist and some times enable it with ACC when on the fast roads but wouldn't use it on slower roads. Great car great price even my petrol head brother was impressed, for me there is no going back to ICE I just love the way these cars drive.

Great review, I have been looking at this car. I live across the border from you in Herefordshire.

Great Videos, just waiting for my MG 4 to arrive at my dealership.

Hey Stu, Another great video! It’s funny the things manufacturers do - dropping the central light does look like a bit of a screw up! I liked your solution! Also, the lack of mats is a bit annoying, but obviously easily fixed - and at the price, well - can’t really complain. When ours arrives it will be our first EV. I’d be very interested in a couple of video comparisons - ICE vs EV - pros and cons & MG4 vs Tesla. The 2nd is more just out of curiosity. I hope there’s an Over the Air update to provide ‘save’ functionality for driver custom settings - a funny miss by MG! I guess we have a lot to thank Tesla for in paving the way for this type of EV. Congrats again on your great content. Best of luck with the channel & looking forward to ours eventually arriving.

Brilliant review! I have a question though, have you used the traffic jam assist? Is it good? I'm yet to have a car with this feature!

I didn't check a single thing when I collected mine, probably should have! Just drove it away. But I agree, amazing quality all round. Only thing I don't like is the lack of a rear wiper. Mad for the UK.

Just got my Mg4 long range today. Bloody great car. Worth every penny. Now im sure i read somewhere that you can use finding the car horn and light when looking for your car in a full car park.But i cant find it. Anyluck with finding that??

Thanks for the insightful video, Stuart. We have an MG4 trophy on order (can't wait!!) - one question - do you miss the rear screen wiper? I was surprised it didn't have one, but since ordering ours I've noticed that many new cross-overs etc. don't have one either (Tesla Model Y case in point) - are the aerodynamics really good enough to keep the rear screen clear, or is is simply a cost-saving?

Yet to experience all these positives as my first MG4 failed PDI. Looking forward for the second try. Would like to see they can incorporate the V2L inside of the vehicle as an addition.

Great video ! One particular question: does it have OPD which comes to a stand still without touching the brake pedal?

Good video sold me on it 👍 has anybody seen one with a tow bar yet or even got some pictures it’s not to tow it’s for a cycle carrier 🤔

Thanks for this report because I fully intend to purchase and an independent report is valuable cheers

Thanks for posting this… I’ve just ordered one…

Hi Stewart, thanks for your MG4 review. You mentioned that your previous car was a Model 3 - can I ask why you decided to switch to the MG4? Which do you prefer? Many thanks

Thank you, a good honest review. So many "professional" reviewers slate this car, especially when comparing to others which cost 30% more. I.E Cupra Born at £47k vs the MG4 at £26k.

I agree about the fact that your custom settings are not stored, hopefully sorted after an update. I would your feedback on the fact that the driving mode can only be changed using a menu on the screen and not using a knob or button. Thoughts?

Just had my MG4. Love it so far but very frustration that it forgets driver mode settings when powered off. Looks like this hasn't been fixed yet. :(

Thanks. What were your experiences during the colder days in December, considering you have the most affordable version without the large battery, heated seats and heated battery pack? The price increase to go to comfort (faster charging, longer range) is +3k euro (faster charging, and most luxuous is +6k euro (heated battery, seats and steering wheel) where I live.

What I miss in either ranges is the powered tailgate. What I miss from the standard range is the reverse camera and side sensors. What I want in the trophy range is the LFP battery (which is weird but I intend on plugging the V2L to my house Solar and being an additional battery for my house)

One month is just too soon for an evaluation IMO. That said, I did enjoy the video and kinda wonder why there's no talk of exporting, car seems very competitive. I came of age in the sports car era of the sixties and MG, Triumph, Austin Healy, Porsche were all the rage. It would be nice to see that MG emblem back on the roads here in the USA. I've got an M3 LR and I'm pretty much set for the foreseeable future. With my low yearly mileage this car should see me out just fine. Two years in and it still gives me that new car satisfaction. Just charged up yesterday for 273mi range.

Won loads of Car Of The Year awards and well reviewed by all car sites. Thinking of moving to this when my ID3 lease ends. Not liking the wired Google Auto though

Our trophy needs to go back for a recall with the door lock issue. My wife has noticed a few glitches with the car software but hopefully it will all be sorted with an update.

I'm considering the standard model when it will be available in Slovenia. Could you report on what is your impression about PU steering wheel in comparision to leather wheel. Next and maybe only thing I'm missing in standard version is 3 phase charger. How much miles can you get in 8 hours 16 amp overnight charging on single phase? Thaks for encouraging review!

my 500e does not have a rear light either, i know the car is small but it actually still needs one and the light at the front where the rear view mirror is needs to be brighter

Hi Stuart, great video. great job! We pick our SE up on Saturday, I've been following some Facebook threads who say about the 'lane keep assist' being too aggressive and almost causing rear-shunt accidents.. have you experienced any issues, if so, do you keep LKA turned off? Any other newbie owner tips would be much appreciated. Cheers

Oh how times change! Austin were slagged something fierce when the Allegro was fitted with a similar shaped steering wheel - clearly decades before its time!

Great review Stuart. Thank you. I have a BYD Atto 3 here in Australia which is absolutely awesome. I am looking for a second vehicle so may well give the MG a go. It's not available in Australia yet but pre orders can be taken by certain MG dealerships. We have one such here in the Perth metro region. Enjoy your EV!

A shame the RHD don't get a heat pump (maybe they put it where the RHD stuff is). A couple of ergonomic questions: 1. How is the window arm rest height (the sill and the actual armrest). This varies of course on where you set the seat /steering wheel heights and your height. 2. Room in the footwell (I have big feet) and are there left & right foot rests? 3. How good is the fresh air vent? It looks small and low down. Can you direct air up to the top of your head? 4. If you fold the back seats down do they go flat (usually requires lifting the seat base) and is it flat right through, or a lip where the seats are? Is there a lip at the boot entrance?

I think as well, when they release updated and larger batteries, they have set the MG4 up so you can change it for the larger batteries and not have to keep buying a new car to get a longer distance range

Great review Stuart. You have a new subscriber! I'm thinking of changing my 18 leaf this year. MG4 is top of my list. Just one question, are you worried about the longevity of the car given? Cheers.

Hi, thanks for this review. Just ordered a MG4 Essence (in NZ same as the Trophy I guess with the 64 battery and extra tech) for my wife. A couple of things of concern is the fact the use the NMC battery instead of LFP, which is odd when the base model uses it - rather interesting decision by MG. I would've thought using LFP would be a better selling point across the range. Secondly, with regards to interior lighting for the back seats - would putting in brighter interior lights in the front help illuminate the rear? Also in your photo of the interior at night with the blue ambience lighting, is that standard or something you added yourself? Thanks.

Great video Stuart. I'm waiting a standard range also white! One question: has de car a sim car wich allows it connect with MG ISMART? in other words, can you preheat the car at morning, beeing at home, from the app? or you must be next to the car. Thanks!!

The App looks better than the VW group one and glad you like your car but I when I looked at getting one I didn't like the floating drive select shelf and the front could look nicer in my opinion but like you mentioned its personal taste. I have heard the rear plastics on the outside scratch easily. Value for money is very good as is the warranty. I bought a Cupra Born even though it cost £6k more at the time (June 2022) as it had lots of extras, was bigger inside, bigger infotainment screen and personally I prefer the look even if it looks like an angry Spanish Toad at the front from certain angles and why Cupra and ID3 have such big wheel arches is beyond me.

Use the battery heater when DC charging to increase charge speed in cold weather and also starte the battery heater 30 min before DC charging.

Thanks Tom, love mine too but still grappling with making Driving and MG Pilot settings stick... any tips?

Excellent review thanks. Subd

now the temperatures rise and we see first time consumption arround 12kWh/100km. Looks great for summer time

Thanks for the detailed review! interestingly, what is the MG 4 ground clearance?

The only problem with the MG4 is that there is no heat pump. Like you said the LFP battery really suffers in cold weather . I’m disappointed MG did not even add an option for a heat pump in the car to improve efficiency.

Hi Stuart. Could you confirm if the Aircon can be used in eco mode please. I was under the impression that it can't be used in eco but someone on the mgev forum said it can be switched on in settings whilst using eco. Thanks... Mark

Looks good I’m not ready yet for an ev but this would fit the bill

Great review and it's nice to see another top-notch car (besides the Teslas) on the road.

The Trophy model is the same price in Thailand as you pay for the (basic) Standard one in the UK! 😂

I test drove the trophy and really liked it but the one thing that put me off a bit of an inverter whine around the 45-55mph which was high pitched and quite annoying but I didn't know if it was just the vehicle I drove or just present on all cars. Has anyone else experienced something similar? Or did I get a dud?

Great review. This MG4 ticks most of the boxes for me - good looks, it's an EV so future proof, the assurance of a long 7 year warranty, and the price of £25k is a bargain when comparing with their Asian counterparts from the likes of Kia, Hyundai, Genesis, NIO, and BYD which cost upwards of £40K - why pay more? The only problem is having to decide on the colour!

Great video and looks like a nice car too; white is absolutely the right colour as well. Just one question please. What do they mean by "Please do not open flushing and violent switch"....? 5 minutes, 48 seconds😄 Something lost in translation there. (I tried reading the Chinese text above it but then I remembered...I can't read Chinese.)

Don't mind not having a Start button, but I wish it had a Stop button. I hate having to get out of the car with everything lit up and radio on. Most people won't relate to this, but we never lock our car at home, as there's no need where we live, so it annoys me that I have to fumble for the keys and lock it after I get out of the car. The alternative is to fumble through the menus to turn the car off, but that option doesn't work most of the time for some reason.

Awaiting my trophy (Camden Grey) in April, any thoughts on why MG use LiFeP in SR and NICM in LR? Also the real life issues with the "oil leak", buckled undertray, difficult software updates and apparently very poor MG Customer Service? Thanks for the vid, very useful as are your others!

You’ve made me think of test driving one I fancied the mx30 but range of 100 miles no where near enough

4:05 can you turn down the screen brightness of the center display more? Seem pretty bright!

Interesting comment RE start buttons, my friend, when I was young, I'm 70+ all cars had starter buttons!

nicely made MG

I think one serious omission from the SE specification is the lack of heating for the front seats. This is usually standard on even entry level EVs because it saves on having the have the heating on, or on as high, when jumping into the car. Most will be able to live without a heated steering wheel but IMHO heated seats should be obligatory.

Hi Stuart excellent video, just from our 2 test drives and about an hour or so sitting in and playing with the 2 model trims in the showroom and countless hours online investigating. I have to agree with your conclusions, but really nice to get somebody who has had the car for some time who is confirming most of my initial thoughts. Especially as we went ahead, after a lot of deliberation, and ordered a Spanish (I live in spain now) Fizzy orange Luxury model with the grey/white 2 tone interior option. First EV that ticked ALL (except a marginal one) my absolute minimum requirements for an EV for me to come from the dark side and abandon my diesel. I haven't seen any video where the SE SR LPF battery version gets more than 88 kw dc charging at peak, getting a high charge current to a small LPF battery is one of the small number of disadvantages to the chemistry. Thats one of the reasons we went for the Luxury NMC battery as even that is probably only close in reality to one of my mimimums (being able to drive from my home to Madrid 398klm, which we do quite regularly without stopping)(biggest deliberation) but had seen many youtube videos of people, with this model, getting 144kw peak charging and only 25 minutes from 10 to 80% so sort off compensated. Although have told the dealer if MG announce the 77KWH version is going to be introduced in spain in the next 6mths and the price difference isn't rediculous i will change my order.

I like the look of the car, if I had to buy an electric vehicle, I would go for the long range due to my lack of access to off-road parking, the downside with all electric vehicles is that they are too technical, too much to go wrong, and for older people like myself, it's not really useable, all the things you have to do on a screen, I prefer proper switch gear, a radio with proper switches, heater controls, hazard light controls, these ap things, I wouldn't even know what to do, for us old farts, we would need a course on how to use the vehicle, I like basic, easy to use, new vehicles have become too technical, and it's put me off buying a newer vehicle and I certainly wouldn't have a clue how to use an electric vehicle, it's not just a vehicle you have to buy either, it's a technical phone, you have to get a bank card (I've never had one of those), it's a bit too much for the older generation who have never used computers, cards, technical phones or screens in vehicles. RU-vid is my limit on computers and I even struggle with that

I had the MG ZS Exclusive, short range. Whilst this is a good car, the range was an issue and it's handling was a bit squishy. The MG4 Trophy is a different beast. Far superior, better range 298 miles, handles better, loads of room, boot is smaller than ZS. info system better but needs getting use to. Sat nav better. Lane assist a pain and can be aggressive. Had problems connecting to app but now connected, I like it. Floor carpets are thin , MG's car mats not good, too thin. This is an excellent car. Yes, I've pointed out some niggles but you would with any. I love driving it, so easy and relaxing. This is my last car and I'm keeping it. Want an EV, buy this one.

I’m waiting for mg to iron out all the problems before I consider one. Have you experienced being locked in? Or loss of power when it’s cold? Are you getting any more than 180 mile range due to the cold weather as this seems to be the average? Are you finding it very costly to run when using public chargers?

I took my first test drive of the MG4 and I really wanted to like it but, TBH, I wasn’t blown away by it…..coming from a compact SUV (Japanese Hybrid) I prefer a higher seating position but, this was too low for my liking even at the highest seat position the rear view mirror on the Trophy model was angled too low and I had to stoop down to view it. Also, there’s quite a wide sil to step over when getting into the vehicle, other than that it was quite a good EV for the money but, I preferred the seating position of the new ZS model, a higher seating position and it just felt a better driving position but, there’s a ridiculous wait of 10 months compared to 4 months for the MG4. As you said, it’s all subjective….. A Good EV for the money with a brilliant 7 year warranty. Thanks for a Great vid 👍

I absolutely love my Trophy had a Kia soul EV before this one, still miss the Kia soul but still would not go back to it from the MG 4.

As long as you dont buy the higher speced ones with Emergency Lane Keep Assist, then you are good. Those have led to accidents pulling the steeringwheel insanely hard off the road.

I used to own an MG Midget back in the 80 s , a fun car .

Great car, and very useful review! Thank you very much! 👏👏 I have couple questions, if you can help me: when you use the adaptative cruise control in the city, and you have a vehicle in front of you and you both come to a red light, the first vehicle stops and then I think that your MG stops right behind it. When the light changes to green, does your MG reiniciate automatically, or you have to press the "gas" pedal? I own a Volkswagen Golf 7, and if the vehicle that is in front of me takes less than three seconds, my car begins automatically. If the other vehicle is stopped more than 3 seconds, I have to press "RES" in the steering wheel or acelerate a little bit. Also, if the car is steering for you on the road and you take your hands off from the steering wheel, how many seconds does the car drive before telling you to take the steering wheel? My Volkswagen only drives 13 seconds, and then I have to drive, or the system disengages. Thank you very much, ant please excuse my English, as I am from Spain 😉

Can you shut off the central screen whilst driving? Great review

I have a white Trophy on order, it will be my first EV, I hope it will be ok as I am quite fussy with my cars doing the things it says it will do, correctly.

I'm jealous. My MG4 has spent 3 of it's first 4 weeks sat back on the dealers forecourt with a CPU fault.

It may be a well built/driving/equipped car with an attractive price tag. 👍 Stylish/good looking.?! Maybe i'm quite off, but to me it looks kinda like a Nissan Leaf - which has always looked like a giant slipper.. 🤷 But then again, as you say: that's subjective.. Besides all that, I'm looking forward to try it at my local dealer. 😉

Is it possible to set the driver's seat via the App? Is there aemory setting for the driver's seat? I only ask as my MG4 is due to arrive next month and as I am 6ft 2 and my wife is 4ft 11, having a driver seat memory function would be fantastic. We have ordered the Long rand Trophy edition.

Hi Stu, I've currently got a M3 too and am looking at options. Interested to know if you've still got your Tesla or if you've switched to this?

Hi, can you tell me if you can preheat the cars interior while it’s still plugged in and charging. Thanks

Hi Stu, which model are you driving? Just hoping it is the Excite 51 because that's the model I'm aiming for.

Hi Stuart , Really considering this for the next one and stepping into the EV market.....just one question....how have you found no rear wiper? Does the rear window stay clear via the design ? 🤔

Do you get the vehicle to load adaptor with the car? If not where do you get it how much is it? This video was 4 months old did any update sort any of the issues?