I’ve driven one of these and was very impressed. It’s fast, comfortable and composed on British roads. Feels well screwed together too. Might not have the look and feel of more premium brands but it’s two thirds of the price!

Wow, a real car that’s Electric, brilliant, well done MG

Great review! Maybe not the car for me but a lot of car, and battery, for the money. Makes you question cars like ID.3 1st at over £10k more expensive with cheap plastics and similar battery size.

Haven’t seen Tom Ford since the fifth gear days, always liked his style.

The perfect taxi.

Good video and wondering if you can you navigate to a electric charging point using the MG sat nav or do you have to use your phone as I understand you had to in the older MG electric cars Thanks

I for one think they will sell loads !! I would love one ! Ticks all the boxes... Just not so sure about the hammer comparison ;-)

MG ZS evs are doing well with not many problems so this will do alright.

Very good review thank you from Thailand.

love the video quality btw

this is the perfect ev! we have a zs ev and it has been great!

Good humour there. Keep it up. Excellent review too thanks

Tom is awesome in his delivery 👏

Sensible choice indeed. A lot of people choose a car that way, so this EV will do well! Great review Tom, loved the socks joke😆

Very good review! PS. I quite like this sensible MG5

Reminds me of a Subaru Outback, has that same understated, subtle charm.

How many miles till you have to change the batteries or motors?

Why list an electronic handbrake as an 'extra' when i would rather have a real hb? Do you get a real spare wheel and does it have electric folding mirrors?

I was actually trying to look for the MG5 machine gun but this is okay I guess.

Now they have made this, companies like volkswagen need to up their game to match it

Good review. The previous MG EV had adaptive cruise, but I can’t find any info on whether this model has it. For me, if it doesn’t have this feature, it’s a showstopper.

I enjoyed this review and said to myself, finally an electric vehicle that has a purpose and knows its purpose. Well done MG. I just wish we had as many choices for electric vehicles in Canada (and that we didn't pay a penalty for range during winter months).

Great car for what it does. Just put some love on the design please and add MG pilot like ZS ev. I’d still want to buy it like this rather than pay more for Kia eniro

Drove one today. Footwell a bit cramped as the floorpan a bit high with the battery underneath. If you're tall you can't raise the seat too much either - there would be roof space to sit higher but as the rear view mirror doesn't push up high enough it could badly block your view forward so you have to find the sweet spot for seat height and that's a little bit go-karty (low) especially if you are used to an SUV. Still, I did find a compromise that worked and I'm 6'4".The seats are comfy and supportive and not actually too low when you're getting in, and it drives very nicely to be fair. The speaker quality is absolutely terrible for audio. But for £10k cheaper than an eNiro I guess you can't complain (it'll annoy me tho). Not masses of places to put anything once you've filled the cup holders (no roof cubby for sunnies) but a couple of cheeky slots either side of the transmission (by your knee) to pop your phones - because you won't be looking at them while driving will you! Reversing camera good. Regen a bit weedy. Good value.

Man I missed you on the tube.

Finland needs that car, Octavia Combi and Corolla are our most sold cars

Hope to get one in few years time saving up

I think the time is right, delivery early Jan so time will tell. I wanted a simple roomy car at a reasonable price the MG5 seems to fit the bill....🤞

Excellent 👍⚡️⚡️⚡️

Had the MG 5 EV for a few weeks and done 1000 miles and extreme impressed with the performance and how comfortable it is fora long driver even with the family in the car. If you are thinking about buying one, then don't think about it... Just go test driver one and I bet you will buy it. Got my one in Scotland for £20667 brand new! Complete no brainer

That's it I'm getting one, great for hiking my e-bike around.

Is it just me or does it remind you of a montego estate?

Put on nice wheels and tinted windows it would look quite nice.

I've seen this being sold in Exclusive trim, multiple colours for under £23k. How can you argue with that?!

tom is 1046 litres in size . who knew ??? the MG5 is replacing the leaf as a low priced car brand. They have tried to remove the problems the MG ZS ev had. i did notice there was no showing the sat nav working or the start up time and no mention of the driver aid that the car no longer has

and when we can expect facelifted MG ZS EV? with LEDs and AC?

The MG5 is finally on sale in Europe.

Great video for a perfectly average motor

Killing time whilst my wife's MG ZS 1.8 we've had from new was having it's annual MoT test ( it passed ), I wandered along to the close by MG Motor Showroom. Lots of MG EVs there but what caught my eye were two MG5s in the main showroom display area. Had a close look at both. My own daily driver for the past six years has been an MG ZT-T 1.8T. A very useful workhorse and still a nice place to be and drive as ordinary cars go. Lets face it, most cars are ordinary. We also have and nine year old MG6 1.8 TSE GT in the family fleet. These Chinese MGs are much better "ordinary" cars than for whatever reason, UK car consumers we led to believe they were by some of the Motor Media journos. My hands on experience of three MG6s now shows these are indeed much better means of getting about than some would have us believe when they first appeared. Based on what I saw and the favourable reports on KZfaq, if and when my old ZT-T needs to be replaced ~ It's an estate ... like the MG5 .. whatever happened to the Estate car? Killed off by the multiplicity of SUV/Crossover lookalikes which now infest UK roads. None of those appeal and never will. The MG5 does. These Chinese built MGs appear to be selling in my UK neck of the woods and elsewhere in many other parts of the World too. My immediate next door neighbour recently had a charging point fixed on his garage wall. A new shiny MG ZS EV is now parked there. It carries a personal plate which previously was on a Lexus and Mercedes... Think about that. Car consumers like them. The "Electric" MG5 is the nearest car to an Old School Rover 75 "Tourer" or the MG ZT-T "Estate" to be offered so far to my way of thinking. Suits me Sir ... Double 👍..👍from me ..

Great car, great price, would buy if available

I think it's a Good Thing That there is an ev estate finally, but it Looks so agent

Finally an EV which looks like a normal car.

Citys the length and breadth of the UK are bracing themselves for entire Taxi fleets of these things - and fair play to MG, I’m sure this is precisely the market they want. Reminds me of when Skoda dominated taxi ranks with their MK1 Octavia.

very nice but for an estate no "flat" floor is a no go

Finally an EV for the normal man

Range??

Did anyone see any info in full on this video on the back seats and room for the kid's The people who will really consider buying this will be families with maybe 2 and 3 children so more information about the rear seats would have been helpful

.......and the cost of a replacement battery is?

Nice car if we needed an estate again iWe would buy on pitty no mg pilot that cheaper es has .

We need the MG5 in Australia

I thunk this will be popular in UK cities like London where massive range isnt an issue

This would be a great replacement for our Leaf. I was thinking about the ZS EV but this car maybe isn't the prettiest but tick all the boxes for family of 5 plus + dogs 😃

everyone likes to say MG have lost the plot since being run by the Chinese, but what they've made here is just a modernized electric Montego estate-now they just need to create a high-performance 'turbo' model and the circle will be complete!

Why no tow bar MG?! This is the perfect Prius replacement for the taxi fleets I think.

You're spot on. It's a tool to do a job. But a lot of people used to 27k cars will be used to a 'premium' badge. This is asking a lot of its owner to 'step down'. Private buy, unlikely. Company car, maybe.

Its a great affordable EV and drives well, be careful quoting the 7 Year Parts and Labour warrantee, I'd recommend reading the warrantee policy on MG owners site, 7 years covers battery and hole in bodywork due to rust, most things are 36 months or Millage related.

The running costs are still obscene for this, though - cheapest quote I got on compare the market for one of these was £3,700. Compare that to £440 for a new Kia sportswagon. £3,300 a year is a lot to make up for in car tax, fuel etc.

Where have you gone, Tom?

Just me or does this look like the carwow test track

Saw one in the flesh...thought at first it was a Passat

A great car we'll never get in the states.

i also am trading in my zoe for a practical car that doesn't start over 30 000 50 kilowatts you say yes pls

Shouldn’t be an MG, not sporty enough. Not very practical either, the seats don’t fold flat and there’s a huge load lip. But this video was very nicely done

Let's face it - we're all missing the estate/tourer'/wagon car form factor after realising most lifestyle SUV's and crossovers are bulky on the outside and a bit cramped on the inside - rather like an 'inverse TARDIS effect'. Was hoping someone would make an EV estate car. Never expected MG to be the one to do it. Hoping other manufacturers will follow.

China kicking some serious ass! I would love one of these!

Good size, decent range. Decent price. Looks like it's been slapped by its mother.

That looks like it was designed in 1985

I don't understand why more manufacturers don't have a REAL base model EV available, take out all the tech make one as cheap as possible. why do we need electric windows or sunroofs or tailgates, poeople will buy on the looks and not what you can tell someone it has

Can't wait for you to review the new Dacia 2021, massive improvements were made!!

It looks like a ten years old design.

front = VW Passat, rear = Toyota // Will they sell this car in central Europe?

Expect no more than 168 on the extra urban in real world folks

I don't get why everything needs to be exciting these days? Why can't a car just be a car? Get in, drive to your destination, put in stuff, go back, unload, go on with your life. Go on a vacation, have fun when you get there. Car is fine if it works, carries you and your family safely and at reasonable speed, doesn't waste fuel/money (and doesn't pollute :) If they only saved money on plastic, I'm fine with that. You didn't mention one word about a very important aspect of any family car - safety. I'd like to see Euro NCAP crash tests for MG5

It’d make a great taxi or second car for the skool run... What about crash safety?

Top gear did a piece on people buying Chinese cars years ago with Clarkson and May, seems they were ahead of the game. This car is cheap , and if there's one thing the British like, it's cheapness so I guess in a few years they will be common as muck.

Hopefully in future MG makes the car EVEN cheaper by not selling the battery and making it swappable. Battery degradation and upgrades should be borne by the manufacturers themselves. We should only have to rent them cheaply. That method so far only works in China for a particular brand.

Its very.. Volkswagen meets Lada but at least the tech is good.

If this had 100 kW DC charging, it would be road trip capable. Now, I don't really think it is; you'd drive for two hours and then you wait for almost an hour... Nearly 50% downtime. No thanks. Other than that, it sounds like a very good deal.

It looks like a restyling of a Renault from thirty years ago. No matter how cheap a car may be, even an apprentice designer knows how to make a design more ... as I would say ... current.

Deeply dull design but probably makes sense for many

At last. This car ticks almost all boxes for average European driver. Range is adequate at last for the price. Proper control knobs instead of single touch screen. No unnecessary Asian bling in body and interior design. Would only like to have matte surface for navigation/media screen. VW should look on this to realize about what they forgot in designing their new ID.something.

VW called, they want their early noughties Passat back

People thinking because it's called MG its British but its actually owned by a Chinese company.

Looks like a VW from the front and then a mix of other brands from every other angle (Jag XF chrome strip on the back?), but all out of proportion. Why the Chinese paid for the MG brand I'll never know because anyone with respect for what the UK brand used to stand for will no doubt be offended to see the logo on what is being shipped over now.

Looks like dacia...

it comes from CHI NA

I’m looking forward to an EV specific design from MG rather than this compromised one. More compact/space efficiency, RWD and accurate lane keeping wound be the ants-pants for us.

No Muzak nice, comedy bad, car looks good, see a lot of MGs about nicely made ,

Boring, but the only practical and reasonably priced EV in Europe! (Even if imported from China) I think they'll sell loads.

I would like to buy 3 years old for 15k

I know being stupid is quite fassionable these days but sensible can be good.

The week Mathew I'm going to be you, I've got the voice and mannerisms down to a T.

Look like a Passat...

There are videos on KZfaq of a 2021 MG5 that looks way better than this aged thing. Why is this one so frumpy?

i do like the mg5 but its electric only no good for me i live in a terraced house no driveway to pt it on need a long cable. the chinese had this in petrol version first so why didnt we have that option id of bought one even if self charging hybrid like the kia nero. nice looking car alround would easly replace the ford cortina estate used for shopping trips to the tip and transporting my uncles disco equipment around like back in the day.

What a bucket.

nice...using the old Passat from VW as body...MG is almost a VW

The final insult to MG!!!! SUVs represent everything that is wrong with modern cars where every parameter is moved backwards like centre of gravity, wind resistance, weight, energy consumption, reduced crumple zones due to vehicle height instead of length!!! Newton showed the physics 300 years ago. Just bother to read his principia! Sports coupé? YES!!! That IS MG!!!! Whatever they say in China!!! At least call it a Morris! Otherwise I´m all for EVs!

It is sexier than most today ugly looking cars we see on the road (most of the Citroen lineup, most Toyota, BMW... are all ugly looking).

I wouldn't call a six minute video a "in-depth" review. Could you find some real roads for your tests? Getting a bit sick of seeing this same old test track now.