They are obviously fairly different cars, but which one would you choose?

I'd have the MG5. More space, easier controls to operate when on the move, better value, 7 year warranty on the whole car. In my mind the MG's in general are the best ev's per £ around.

Great video.. I own an ID.3 and have done x3 trips to Disneyland Paris with zero issues, it's a great car for long road trips!

My experience with my MG5 is that I am averaging 4.2m/ kWh Gave up waiting for my iD3 and really loving the MG5

2023 model MG5 has upgraded screen which stands out from the binacle and sharper front body profile. Thanks.

I shall be passing those Superchargers tomorrow on my way up from Kent! Even if they were the same price, I would still choose the MG5, even over the iD4. But I could be persuaded to consider the Cupra Born over the MG5, or the Skoda Enyaq over the iD4. But, I bought the MG5 in December, after ordering it in October and for almost any other EV, I would still be waiting now! At the moment, based on price, I would go for the MG5 facelift when it arrives in bulk next year......... if I had the cash!?

Thanks, you get what you pay for, the VW is definitely a superior car, but you pay for it. My big worry with MG is the unknown future reliability, service, dealerships etc. VW is relatively a known company, they soiled their pants with dieselgate, but they have a long history of reliability and desirable cars. If I had a limited budget, then the MG looks fine for me. If a bigger budget then Kia Niro.

Newer seen ID3 without the “eyes”. Having now owned an ID3 with full specs for a while, there are three things I think are must. The Ergo seats, Matrix lights, and the panoramic roof.

I know you cant put the roof box on the roof but they do the bike carier for the tow hitch and you can strap a box to that. May make reversing into a bay a little harder but for occasional use, it may be worth considering

MG was an old british brand, but today it is completely chinese. How is the perception of it in the UK today? Is it still seen as british? In Germany we of course would think twice before we buy a chinese car (if the price compares), but I suppose that is not the case elsewhere.

Why do you comparison the „old“ MG5 with the ID3? Compare apple’s with apple’s! 😢

Your nav seems to be a bit slower than my ZS ev nav. It’s sad the installed navigation gets a bad wrap. I tend to prefer using the installed navigation yes it lacks live traffic & the up to date maps( even though with all the road works in my region still means Apple & Google maps are not up to date with all the new changes to highway 🛣 interchanges.) The main reason I prefer it, it seems to have the clearest directions when in city environments for the correct lane to be in. I have had a few missed turns and longer routes using Apple/Waze/Google & I have found A better Route planner to be horrible. I check ABRP if I need it I have it on the phone to display battery % and just stick to default maps.

Great video! Just one thought: I think considering the gulf in price difference the MG could have got 2 or maybe 3 points for that

Infotainment, we never had it before, we lived without it, I wouldn't even know how to use it, all I would buy a car for is to get from A to B, I don't like all these screen things, it's like using a mobile phone but using a phone is illegal, then there's all the stuff for phones, I wouldn't have a technical phone, the days of getting in a car and driving from place to place and using common sense seem to have gone and everyone seems to want technology to do everything for them, as much as I like the look of the Model S Tesla, I don't think I'd be able to operate half of the gizmos in there as I don't understand the screen stuff, I prefer simple and straightforward, easy to use and understand, after all, I only use a car to get from home to work and back again, even the public charging systems are too complicated for the likes of people like me, cards, memberships, credit cards, it's all gone overboard, I would seriously consider an electric vehicle if everything wasn't so complicated, and so expensive, I own my own car, I can pay in cash for my diesel, I don't want to carry cards around, I don't want or need to be baffled by all the technology, luckily I'm one foot in the grave now, I won't have to drive around worrying about what it's costing me or if I have the funds to cover my journey, I know that fossil fuel prices have gone through the roof right now, but so have energy prices, but I know that I have spent whatever on diesel as the money is no longer in my pocket, that's what I would like to see with electric chargers and a display of the unit price as we see on the pumps, electric vehicles and everything to do with them is far too advanced for older people like myself for them to be viable options. If I was to buy one of those two vehicles, the MG would be more to my liking

Impossible to do at this stage, but I'd be interested to see a score for things like paint finish and general bodywork work quality, and residual values in, say, 6 or 7 years...... That might be rather revealing...... Past performance in this respect might put VW ahead here....

It's a fix! The MG5 wins in all categories apart from the app, but maybe it should win on that as well . . . 🤣

Why didn't you use the new MG5?

Or MG4 which has the i3 beaten on every level and is cheaper.

Flint superchargers??

You forgot the 0 - 60 time. The MG5 is about 7.5 seconds, which I think beats the ID3

Give me a diesel any day ⛽️

A recent Australian Strategic Policy Institute report indicates that the Chinese government “has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority citizens from the far west of Xinjiang,” to work in factories across the country. '“Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labor, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 82 well-known global brands in the technology, clothing and automotive sectors." Including MG

Neither car is a looker to me - the ID looks fat, the MG looks a bit dated.....