MG4 review | Believe the hype, it's class! 

Had one in the uk, similar to yours but in blue. Picked it up yesterday, no waiting time, dealer had two cars arriving. Pleased with it, the efficiency is great.

Thanks Nobby. I had a quick look at the MG4 at my local dealership yesterday and I have to say that it looks even better in real life.

Reviewer deserves a Guinness for reviewing the basic model. So many reviewers review a 25,000 car in a 38,000 model with all the bells and whistles. Not what most people will buy.

I've a megane e tech bought to dip my toe into ev's & I love the electric driving.I can't get my head around that MG, so much better looking & upmarket than their previous cars!! And THAT PRICE!!?? 🤔🤔

I took one of these for a test drive yesterday having never driven an EV before (I currently drive a Seat Leon Cupra 300) and I found myself very impressed. Comfortable and quiet, handles really well and a decent turn of pace too. Definitely have gone from "curious" to "seriously considering" hahaha

At last. An EV that normal working people can afford. It’s just a shame there’s such a car shortage at the moment with anything that’s going on in the world. MG are on a winner with the MG4 it’s just a shame it’s going yo be impossible to buy one. Thanks for a great review as always.

Worth noting: The short (standard) range version uses an LFP battery which is safer, cheaper, better for the environment - and can be charged to 100% on the regular with very little degradation over the years. Also, it was designed so that the battery can be relatively easily replaced. Something that I see as future-proofing since you could theoretically replace it with a totally new battery tech in the future, if one becomes available.

I bought one last month and did nearly 2k miles already. Great car and amazing value for money 💰I actually made a few videos what I like and dislike about the MG4

7:05 A car without even a basic reversing camera is completely unacceptable in 2022, specially considering that the cost would be negligible for the manufacturer.

My Testdrive is scheduled for Monday. Very much looking forward. I had my eyes on the Smart #1, saw the price tag, and - no thank you.

Was tempted to place an order based on the UK reviews but wanted to see what you said about it. Placed an order for the same car you tested the day after your review. Always great quality reviews.

Brilliant to see a review of a non top spec option. Im sick of seeing reviews of EVs only in the top spec press release versions that the Joe soaps cant afford.Great stuff.

Stunning looking car, looks like a Toyota Yaris on steroids. As EV's go that's alot of car for the price. It has difenately got my attention. Have you the price for higher spec? Great video Mark

Hopefully they get all the software issues and oil leaks sorted soon.

Always enjoy your reviews Nobby. Literally just this last week I placed an order for a Trophy with 16 week delivery. Like you and many other car reviewers I was totally knocked out by the test drive. Smooth acceleration, excellent handling and certainly quick enough (bearing in mind I can compare my present car which is an Audi S3). Many say the interior quality is poor but yet again I felt it was perfectly adequate bearing in mind the extremely good value purchase price. My only concern now is a few reports are coming in from new owners about oil leaks and warped under trays. Some garages are suggesting the oil leak it is due to overfill. I really hope this is the case and if not that they will issue a recall and get it all sorted before I get mine. I would be sad to have to cancel my order.

…..and a 7 year warranty 👍

Put a deposit down without seeing let alone driving a car based purely on early reviews. Hoping that I'll get one at Christmas. Order was for top spec (long range) but will happily accept any of them. VW and many others should be very worried. Who is going pay €10k more for an ID.3 or Born?

Great review as always Nobby I have a deposit on this car which will be my first ever brand new not to mention electric car I’ve purchased. So I’m really excited now given your honest praise and feedback on it. It’s getting rave reviews all over you tube. Can’t wait to test drive it 😀

Cheers! Glad you reviewed the base version. It's actually the fastest one (less weight). Only thing I'd miss is the reversing camera. The LR is probably going to be the most popular.

I have a standard range SE on order, hopefully for delivery before the year is out. I believe the standard range battery is LFP chemistry. No one talks about this battery that is also found in the Tesla 3 standard range. It takes twice as many charge/discharge cycles as the usual NCM batteries in its life time, is less of a fire hazard and generally a lot more durable. Great reviews by the way, many thanks.

Recommend joining the MGEV forum (MG4 sub forum) for chat and advice with other owners.

The only problem I can see with this car, is MGs ability to produce enough of them. It really is what the EV market has been asking for.

Gorgeous. When I first saw it I thought this is going to be one to watch and once I heard the price I thought this is a winner and going to be a game changer. I’m glad you reviewed the basic car because it just shows you what you can get for the money. This is the car that the id3 should have been but isn’t. As a brand I never thought much of them….cheap and nasty but this car will turn heads and with that 7 year warranty they really have a winner. The only thing I really don’t like is that black interior especially the roof interior (so many cars have that and really don’t like that it makes the cars look so small and claustrophobic). Great review as always….love it

"it's LITERALLY got a pair of rifles..." Wow, that's an accessory I didn't see in the brochure.

Pick mine up this Friday, standard range, in black, with privacy glass. Happy still after watching your test drive.🙂

No frills basic as it honest review bodes well for the reviewer and the vehicle I suspect a few more orders will be placed upon watching this clip

Just on to linders in dublin, cost 29,143 euro for se 51kw MG4

Hope they've updated the software mg piolet is dangerous 😢

I have had mine for about two weeks and everything you say is true. This is a good looking and great little EV. I recomend.

Looks like a very affordable EV for the masses,

Just ordered one, take away a badge snob and it’s all the car you need. I ordered the Trophy model.

Nice review it will sell like hotcakes.

Class looking motor! A seismic shock for the greedy competition(pardon the pun).

Thing with real alloys is they look great as long as they are not scratched by pebbles or the curbs. Then its a money pit. These plastic hubcaps serve a descent purpose and doesnt cost a bank to replace. One may also think of having hubcaps of different designs, keeping the car design looking fresh.

A very honest, real-world review of a car that’s obviously going to win a lot of friends and buyers quickly! I’d take this over an ID3 and a few others, for sure; still prefer the Niro - but that’s just my opinion of course. Most buyers will go for this MG4 at potentially £7.5k or more cheaper than the Kia. And THAT’s one of the few key things that the EV market was crying out for!

4:35 A very minor correction - that's a USB-A cable connector. USB-C is the smaller, reversible one with the rounded sides.

Good review but some detail errors, Blind Spot and Cross Traffic Alert are Trophy spec only.

I've a deposit down with j&p in Cork. Looks good except from rear quarterback tyres are silly skinny too. Looking forward to it

Top class review as always. I like that you took out the base spec as most reviewers have the Trophy top spec. Keep going lad as u near the 50k subscribers.

Thanks for the upload. Ordered the blue base model. Heard reports that some cars have a rear oil leak! Guess we will find out soon enough.

It’s a good looking car. Hopefully other manufacturers will lower their prices. If this is what is possible at the price being sold for. Just shows it can be done.

Does the exclusive come with the electric sunroof? Is the electric sunroof no longer available un Ireland on MG ZS Long Range? Id still prefer the ZS. but what a price? Stopof it doesnt have wireless charging and Apple car Play and Android Auto connection. Great video agaun Mr Noble:-)

Been hoping this would pop up on your channel, now I may just make the jump to EV....love the " whatever "....

Well done on testing the standard car .

good balanced review, I've ordered the Luxury in fizzy orange with the grey/white 2 tone interior, so the top spec with all options and yet it is still many thousands cheaper than the base spec competitor and I tried and tested them all and I prefered it to the others and not just because it was cheaper but it sure doesn't hurt none.

Very tempting, the first EV that actually stacks up against equivalent ICE vehicles for everyman

And it looks good.

UK Homes only have 7kwH Electric, you would need 3 phase supply to get faster - one of the great EV cons - Europe has 3 phase and can charge at 21 kwH's.

Nice! Looks like what a more attractive Nissan Leaf coulda been! Is there an MG service network in Ireland? I don’t imagine it’ll ever set foot(?) in Canada… Where we have similar multi surface roadways as you have there! 😝

Game. Changer.

At 8:30 into the video the auto generated text read and I quote: "it handles bombs really well". And they say artificial intelligence is the future, god help us !!

I assume you are an independent reviewer? If so, I noticed you didn’t mention the lack of a rear wiper. With Irish weather? Also, there are reports here in the UK of an oil leak. Has this not raised its head in Ireland? Thanks for the review.

Come on Nobby, don't be coy, do you like it? 😂😂

Beware the Excite model only comes with a 0:22 0:29 1phase charger, meaning unless your workplace has a CCS supercharger it will take you 10hrs to go from 10 to 80%

Any sign of an EV from Dacia? That would set the cat among the pigeons. Great review as always.

Is there anyone here in Ireland with MG4 long range/ high trim who could confirm that 7kW charger? According to MG UK and Ireland are only getting 7 in all versions, but I've seen number of people in UK stating that long range/ trophy is charging at 10kW from AC which is clearly showing 11kW onboard charger even MG doesn't know about 😅

The only down side in Northern Ireland is the high finance cost which is over £5000 for basic and £6000-£7000 for trophy long range, will wait to see what BYD and other Chinese products coming out next year especially when they are meant to be around £25,000 sterling?

I understand you only got maybe a few hours with the car. But, the facts that you got wrong are proof that you did little to no research on the car beforehand. Maybe try and make voice-overs with B-roll and talk through the specs correctly while putting in the driving impressions with A-roll footage. It would greatly improve your production and let the viewers decide on the look and feel while you shower them with specs. Heatpump info, no alloy wheels and the placement of the daytime running lights are details that shouldn't be missed.

21kWh per 100 miles/2.1kWh for ten miles then? That’s a meagre 210 Watts per mile, which is very very good. Not an average of course, which so far has the Model 3 up at 250Wh per mile, which is about the best sort of figure I have heard. Some others are in that ball park, and big SUV types are up at a third of a kWh per mile or even more depending on circumstances. Anyway, thanks for this, once I turn my house into a power station I will look at EVs seriously. Take care all.

Does this entry model have keyless entry and auto wipers?

Glad you did a review on standard model but what puzzles me is why no reversing camera or blind spot detection or Bluetooth , which are all basic on low trim levels. Love rear wheel drive aspect, pity won't be able to do hand brake turns with Elec h/brake lol, not out in NZ yet till end of the year sadly 🥲

Watching the review now love the style love the humour wonder why it has a UK Reg in Eire ? Mind you most new UK reviews have German regs ! Presume the car was sent up in mph and m/kwh ? 4 seems low - but the car is definitely the best value car to come along since the VW Yorkshire ( eUP! )

What’s with the dog walker? Who’s wandering .8m out from the kerb and allowing his dog to be another metre into the road. Cares enough to walk the dog but not enough to protect it.

Test drove one, nice drive to be fair, however the one I drove only had 135 miles on it and already displayed software faults, joined a number of forums and it looks like software problems are an issue. Leaking rear diff on many, initially believed to be simply over filled at the factory, but it looks like this isn't the case. Still interested but I'll give it some breathing space to see how the issues unfold and are dealt with

Great shoe-car coordination

3 people in the back only 2 headrests

pity they dont give you a granny cable also, that would suit me moreso than the one you get.

Good review 👍

I will get my MG4 trophy volcano orange next monnth, can't wait.

Does the acc finally use regen?

Pick up our MG4 long rage in 3 weeks , I'm so excited. It drives like a dream and defo has the wow factor x

Do they throw a wall box in for free ? Or is this another £2-£3 k I need to find ontop of

Nice review, can’t say I’m that impressed with the looks , sat in one few weeks ago and it was dark and gloomy with no option of a sunroof , needs bigger wheels as well , but for the money , if your not a badge snob it represents great value .

Having seen some in the flesh, Mark, what colours do you think look best - answer obviously subjective but interested all the same

I really enjoy your vehicle reviews nobby.👍

I have the SE. Standard range, it is brilliant.

Great review as always, great comments from owners regarding the battery options below, there is so much to take into consideration but the price is unbelievable (normal). I watched a similar MG review which advised that the battery should be charged to 80% and not 100%, it also recommended that the battery should not be discharged below 20% and ideally maintained above 50%, this really reduces the stated range... Any advice or is this different battery technology.

still way overpriced

No roof bars allowed :(

No heat pump, prefer the MG MARVEL R, better range and better looking.

Taxi?

Ugliest car ever :(

Thanks Nobby! Does it come with that type 2 cable, any idea of length?

Lots of bad points, no one pedal driving, no air vents and only one usb and no interior lights in back seats, no arm rest and cup holders in rear seats, no light on vanity mirror , no front trunk, cup holders in front are positioned under gear shifter which makes it hard to get drinks out easily. No spare tyre, no heads up display and no elec seats So many things that should have not been forgotten

The worst thing about it seems to be the badge on the front. “Morris Garages” isn’t a winner.

Nobby, good video 👍

- Plastic wheels and 6,6 kW charging. - No thanks! 👎

Built by Uyghur’s to keep price low.

it doesn't matter how good the car is ' as you say ' because the fuel cost is more than ice now on runs. Shell recharge is now 85p per kwhr, that equates to about 21 p per mile, 5p per mile more than my large diesel car. Then there is the range and charging time. No not worth the hassle as your only car because you will have to spend hours charging, slow long distance journey times, more expensive to run long distance and more expensive to buy, so why would you. There is no advantage now buying an electric car at all, unless you are a polar bear hugger.

I’m not paying £30k for a plastic car

This so called 'MG' is a low quality 100% CHINESE product that may look great on paper and ok in the flesh when new, but we all know every metal bolt and electrical connector is MADE IN CHINA and will struggle to last 18 months without failure. False economy to by cheap Chinese products.

RWD not interested

Your complete focus on purchase cost is just sad. Any idiot can do the simple math of total cost of ownership and for simply the massive depreciation for cheap Chinese evs makes it more expensive than quality built cars

Chinese crud.

What is wrong with "scratchy plastic"?

Jasus it’s a turd ! Sorry All it’s a Chinese knockoff of a knockoff.