We did a little road-trip 340km and compared the consumption between the factory wheels and aftermarket wheels. Both cars was in normal mode ,ac on and charged to 90%.
That's actually a surprisingly big difference in range, just from the 4x 1,4kg extra in weight because of the bigger rims and the slightly wider tires. Thanks for doing this comparison!
I’m always amazed, also, at the difference aero-design wheels make. It’s crazy! Wheels are often the fastest moving parts of a car and can create huge amounts of drag if they’e clunky.
Great experiment, and although both cars are identical apart from the wheels, there will be a difference in their efficiency regardless of the wheels. The driver will also make a difference in the result. Both will have slightly different style and that will effect the result. My wife and I have a competition at the moment on who can drive the most efficiently, and no prizes for guessing who's winning! It would be interesting to see what the result would be for you driving your orange Trophy with both the factory, and the aftermarket wheels. I would hope the difference in efficiency would be lower.
Thank you.I agree with you about the slightly differences and we both stayed close the whole trip and we really pushed the cars.We was driving at least for an hour over the speed limit.You can get better numbers for both of the cars but when you start pushing it ,there you really see the differences.With the factory wheels I drove only 1000km.I will test with my winter wheels that is only 16inch.
Well, one car had the factory aero wheel covers over the standard alloys. These should have been removed to give a better comparison or similar aero covers fitted to the larger 19 inch wheels. Also as mentioned the test should have been made on the same car by swapping over the wheels and completeing the same distance. However, on public roads driving conditions will vary. The test should have been made on a track with the same ambient temperatures, humidity and on a totally still day to get a true comparison. The test in the video will have too many varying and different factors affecting each car, including actual battery health of each vehicle. Bybthe way, there are 19 inch wheels and 19 inch wheels, some are very light (and more expensive of course) and can be lighter than the factory 17 inch wheels.
Great video, thank you. We have the slightly newer model, long range that has the 18” factory wheels on it and the covers…I really want to replace them with nicer alloys but I’m not so sure now.
Hi thank you. If I was getting the newer model like yours I would probably didn’t change the wheels. I think it looks pretty nice as it is! I really wanted to put 20” but my brother stoped me from doing it😂
Great video! thank you for that comparison. I am just about to purchase an MG4 very soon. I am really looking forward to your sound system upgrade. The stereo systems in both trim levels do not seem as good as they could be (especially the 4 speaker system in the lower trim). Will be great too also see what brand/ speaker dimensions that you use and really looking forward to seeing how you install the subwoofer. Cheers!
could you please give details about 19 inch wheel . i want to change rims on my car but i dont know which parameter rims is suitable for MG4 EV. i read in a forum that screw parameters are 5x112 .
It is affecting a lot the range or the consumption of the cars. The only difference when you have a diesel car that makes 1000 km with one tank and after the wheels makes 850 is that you do not care so much 😂. Because the refuelling is fast 😁
Wind resistance can negatively impact one-third of a vehicle's fuel consumption. The mud flaps, on the Trophey, cause added drag and decrease battery efficiency.
Hi Thank you. We was driving from 100km to 130km. The most of the time it was around 120km. If it was strictly 100km/h the numbers would have been lower for both cars.
Hi Is the trophy with painted brake callipers.Is the exactly same car. In the previous video I painted the brake callipers and I fitted the big wheels.
The overall diameter is exactly the same.But even if it wasn’t and for example we had 20 inch wheels that the overall diameter would have been bigger and starts to mess a lot with the car,I think you can still measure the consumption between two identical cars at a certain distance with a certain speed.
