Yes but they said the automatic uses more energy. One was automatic and the other a manual car. So surely that made a difference. 🙄 Kinda annoying as I was hoping to find out the most fuel efficient automatic 😶

@@Hoppycat908 The most fuel efficient automatic is Toyota Yaris Hybrid. In urban drivin / at low speeds Honda Jazz hybrid is similar, but it's worse at higher speeds.

​@@Hoppycat908 There is barely any difference in fuel economy between auto and manual in Swift.

I never care about plastics either.

I don't either but The plastic reflects more sunlight on the windscreen compared to leather dashboard

Me too, especially in non luxury cars. I never find myself scratching the plastics which seems to be an auto journalist staple.

I own a Mk3 Sandero and it has a Plastic Interior but its Well Screwed together so no iam not bothered either 😆

It’s about the quality feel and the way it handles cabin noise. Harsher, harder materials will have more echo. But if you don’t feel the difference, you’re luckier

Then it would be demolished by MG

No, because full-hybrid manuals can exist and Honda's made a few of them before. It's a consumer choice and preference which transmissions are offered. Modern 7/8/10 speed autos are often actually more economical on fuel than 6 speed manuals. It's a budget issue there causing the autos being put on budget cars to perform poorly. A 5-speed manual on the base Swift is already worse than theoretically possible -- with 1 fewer gear than the norm for the past decade. But it's the best shot at this price point that this model can give, budget vehicle auto transmissions aren't good economy and shouldn't be shortlisted by someone just trying to cut costs. In contrast, the MG engineers cut corners and made a 3-speed auto with the expectation that they can make the electric half of the powertrain fill up the gaps. This works in theory, power-wise, but does not work for fuel economy. They engineered this disaster of their own making. They wanted to MARKET the car as full hybrid at the lowest cut-throat discount possible, and in the process made a full hybrid that was so bad at hybrid strengths it couldn't beat non-hybrids. That remains a fact regardless of whether the auto Swift was to be compared against. It's messed up big time regardless of the competitor spec.

Refer to: recent Yaris hybrid 1.5 comparisons. Similar size segment, similar target audience. 70 to 85 mpg without even trying -- it's not that the Swift sub-model was cherry-picked to be economical, it's that the MG is objectively terrible at its job and a waste of batteries.

@@BrateTebra123 There is barely any difference in fuel economy between auto and manual in Swift.

They do not emphasise the most important thing, automatic and powerful engine. On the other hand they praise stupid things like marginaly better seats and 1 inch bigger window in the back seat ...

It's a 100hp engine, which only gets boosted by an electric motor to 190hp for a very short time. So I think it's alright to compare them

Horse power matters little to people who want small cars. We want fuel efficiency, affordability, and practicality.

@@MrJonton01 it is not how full hybrid works. it always has 190hp, you would have to drive like a maniac to get the battery so low to lose power

First comment I was thinking of making. Absurd how they choose the cars to compare. Plus I really think what car needs to publish acceleration profiles throughout the journeys on all their tests. Get yourselves an accelerometer ffs! I could easily get a lot fewer mpg yet arrive at destination at the same time and therefore the same average speed but just floor it at every junction…

Suzukis warranty is also 7 years mate 😉

are you seriously comparing Suzuki's reliability with MG's?

The Suzuki is also available with an automatic.

The insurance group doesn’t seem to make that much difference. As an example, this year, if I had a Volvo EX30 Twin Motor in the top spec Ultra trim, it would have cost slightly less to insure than my 2019 Hyundai IONIQ did.

That's pretty good considering it has nearly 200bhp

Let's not forget that Renault heavily sponsor What Car, their Hyrid equivalent is MG3's biggest rival, so it's in their interest to not like the MG3 Hybrid. I own a MG3 hybrid and don't agree with a lot they say. I did a 83 mile journey in mine and it returned 65.3mpg

​@@ColinMillerYorkshirelol watch the mg3 hybrid initial review on this channel, the Renault clio is mentioned every 2nd sentence.

Do you have any evidence for this?​@@ColinMillerYorkshire

Yes. I had for a test drive MG3 and I had after 2 hours 56.5 mpg in eco mode in the city! so I am not pretty sure how was a driving of reviews guys, but if I will spend time on some motorway only, I am pretty sure that I will touch 60+.

Very very biased test. It was hard to watch

Yeah, MG3 won the comparo. Swift's interior looks very common while on the MG3's looks more like an expensive, modern car.

@@WheelHeadd I totally agree. Swift looks waaaay too outdated

There's nothing biased about the review at all. You buy a car to drive it... rather than playing with "gadgets". Also, if the climate control can't sense the temperature correctly, that is actually a flaw in the car.

@@RodneyW well, there certainly is, obviously. Most of their critical reasons why the swift won the comparo are too shallow. Lols

They best small car so agile

Hi, do you have experience on MINI 1.5T can compare to Swift? I really like an automatic Swift.

Psssst, they don't want you to know that. MG has 1 inch smaller windows at the back though!!! That is important remark

U need more warranty for sure for a China orgin car

@@yangerek78 China will be the only country which has space station, most reliable high speed train, etc. the only problem is how much you want to pay!

@@espdad and using other technologies and help. Ya sure and by the way talking about space i sure the Russian have a huge helping the PRCs

@@espdad and they will still use someone else know how ans technology beforebthey can buikd anything. No surprises there unless they can donit from scratch

I'm guessing that's why the MG3 takes 8.0 seconds to reach 60 from rest yet has 190hp....

That's not a penalty, that's the battery. And full hybrid makes the car more economical under many circumstances. I own a Toyota C-HR with 1.7 tons and it only needs 5.0 liters. Way less than many smaller and lighter mild hybrid cars. And I bet it's not worse than the Swift under real world conditions. Full hybrid is so much more efficient in most situations, the weight difference isn't that relevant.

@@miskatonic6210 The test is under real world conditions. Did you even watch the video?

This is the new 2024 model, and Suzuki says it did put a lot more sound dampening materials in the Swift.

That's a new model. If manual swift is slightly more efficient i think that cvt swift would be the same as mg3

A lot of automatic cars are now more economical than manual, especially ZF gearbox used by BMW

@@cdill7637 a modern automatic can be slightly better only in intense city traffic. Not at regular or high speed

The auto version of the Swift only officially reduces fuel economy by 4.1 mpg but it’s also slightly quicker from 0-62 mph (11.9 vs 12.5). The real world fuel economy would probably match the MG or not exceed it by quite as much as the manual but it’s not gonna make a huge difference.

​@@SusieSmart Y debería usar en el MG el modo eco, y el freno regenerativo al máximo, cosa que no han hecho

@@franciscaletiman5841 if you watch the video, they mention using the eco mode and said it made very little difference under similar conditions

The Swift is not better in fuel economy because it's a Mild Hybrid, while the MG3 is a Full Hybrid.

They clearly said it was less noisy than the MG.

Thats fast. Please pay attention to the road at this speed and not youtube.

He's talking about mileage, not the speed😂

That's why they do a tank to full fill up, and pen and paper maths.

The new MG3 will be the biggest threat to sales of the Clio IMO so It doesn’t fit Whatcar's narrative to highlight how good the new MG3 Hybrid is and how much cheaper and better specced it is over the Clio given that they are sponsored by Renault. Massive conflict of interest.

best drive it yourself in the end, as always.

It does and as they said it is a likeable Car .

and while manual always significantly cheaper than automatic version of same cars (Especially on budget car), and manual is losing market in western world, never even mention as consideration.

Because they are so irrelevant they don't get to choose the car they get.

It's a better looking car than the MG3 with simpler cleaner lines. The front of the MG3 is a mess IMO. Huge gaping front grille looks like a fish with its mouth open.

The third generation Swift (Model Code A2L) has a better looking hood treatment with the taller headlights blending into the hood.

Saves money!

​@@jdmguy44boy, they did not even properly install the hood. It has like an inch gap between the bumper and the hood. Worst fitment in the segment...

@@BrateTebra123 Its not a fitment issue, obviously. Other cars have this. It's a design feature. Japanese cars don't have poor fitment issues! I have a 2023MY Peugeot 2008 with a larger panel gap between the bonnet wings and grille. It's known as a clamshell bonnet design. Nothing to do with poor finish.

I wanted to like the MG3 but its let down by silly things like no reach adjustment on the steering wheel no spilt folding rear seats and when you realise the Hybrid power train is not that sophisticated like the 1.5 Engine is the same as the old model and a 3 speed Auto which is old too .

Are the adjustable steering wheel adjustable and rear split seats that important, I never have felt the need to use either

​@@ColinMillerYorkshire the seats might not be but the steering wheel is really as you expect that on cars like a Hyundai i10 Fiat 500 .

It's going to come in the near future, oddly enough (I work at a MG-dealership as sales advisor).

@@tomdeleener2924 I assume in a facelift or something like that.

​@@DaveDVideoMakerI don't think a facelift is necessary, just a different rear seat being installed in the factory.

The last car i remember with no split folding back seats was the Citroen C4 Cactus

@DaveDVideoMaker no

@@chp9450 My point is that the term hybrid should be better defined, especially by this review, if they actually know what they are talking about.

Yes and no. Start and stops systems are the most basic hybrid although they’re not classified as such. Most of them work thanks to a reinforced alternator which starts the car after it stopped and a bigger 12V battery but that’s all. Modern mild hybrid systems add a lithium-ion battery to store the energy recovered and have an even bigger alternator which also gives power to the engine in certain conditions acting like a small additional electric motor.

😂

Especially around town, was utterly baffling. I feel its down to driver and these sorts of tests these sort of oddities happens quite a bit

I have a 2020 RAV4 full hybrid around town I'm getting 60 miles per gallon on a motorway run I'm getting 55 to 60 and the RAV4 is a much bigger and heavier car than the mg3 little bit of an unfair test if you ask me

@RichieAustinMagician yeah my Auris average was 50, but that was mixed and hilly roads on my mostly town only drive to work I could get 70-80mpg. Maybe the mg3 needed a run in engine wise more..but other reviewers seem to hit high 60s just odd.

​@@CaiSpidoxI suspect that at low use the Suzuki engine is more efficient than the bigger MG engine. Is driving across London for nearly 2 hours to do 16 miles really representative of normal "city" driving. I suspect not which is why most reviews will see better results. So a much quicker route for the mileage to actually make more use of the regen.

Not really Me and my Partner Briefly owned a 2017 Toyota Yaris Hybrid from it being inherited and we drove the same way as our normal Petrol car at the time and the MPG in the Yaris was getting Mid 50s MPG in town and Mid 60s on the motorway so no not really its just the MG3 Hybrid System is Just Average .

Going to look at one next week, this type of feedback really helps, thank you.

Se ve claramente en el vídeo, que van en contra del MG, están comparando un coche manual con uno automático, y no han usado en el MG el modo eco ni han seleccionado el freno regenerativo al máximo. Por el mismo precio, el MG le gana al Suzuki por goleada.

Thanks for this feedback I have a test drive booked this week to really see for myself what it is like compared to this video

So true

Why would you carry 4 people in these tiny tin boxes? It's obvious they won't drive that well fully loaded. For a family you buy a proper, bigger car or you live with the consequences.

@@miskatonic6210 Because they are designed and marked as a small family hatchback. So is testing it as a small family hatchback out of the question?

MG have had their fair share of quality issues.

I'm wondering about this aspect as well. Japanese cars hold their reputation, but MG has an astonishing 7-year warranty while Suzuki has a standard 3-year warranty. How should I weigh these two?

We don't have any data on the MG3 Hybrid yet (it's too new) so a comparison is difficult. However, the previous-generation Swift was the most reliable small car in our latest survey: www.whatcar.com/news/reliability-survey-most-reliable-small-cars/n26142

Suzuki's warranty on the Swift also lasts for up to seven years - but only if you have your car serviced annually at a franchised dealer.

I agree. I think both will be pretty good on balance but less is more sometimes. A 12 volt hybrid system will be far safer and simple to work on compared a 48v or greater system. So going forward when 2nd and 3rd gen owners have them they'll be able to keep them running for longer. Plus less weight means a load less wear on all the other components and is generally more fun.

You've answered your own question, "in the future..."

All full hybrids are automatic but due to the hybrid system use way less fuel than a manual car it's just the MG hybrid system isn't very good 😕 the 1.5 litre engine is pretty much bought over from the old model and very dated and three speed auto has been used in other MG models so nothing new .buy a 3 year old toyota yaris hybrid and you still have 7 years warranty left same as the mg gives you from new .you will easily achieve 70 + mpg in real world driving and its seamless when switching between petrol electric and hybrid mode no other hybrid system comes close perfected over 20 years. I drive a 6 year old lexus ct200h 1.8 petrol hybrid and get 58mpg round town .it's false economy buying the mg hybrid fast maybe but that misses why you buy a hybrid

Same, non issue for me and for many others who have already placed their order for a shiny new MG3

Yet you clearly just contradicted yourself.

Ever way? Ones part owned by the CCP the other one isn’t. So it’d be the Suzuki all the way for me… not funding that regime.

And, according to the review, the MG is a LOT louder and more tiring to drive. 😬

Both are good cars but clearly the Suzuki is better. Anyone who needs an auto box would also clearly not be disappointed with the MG though.

Probably will be less reliable as well

It's got almost 200hp now!

believe me itscan move like a hot hatch!

Possibly a Vitesse. I'd rather have spent the time discussing that than these boring econo boxes.

@@angusielts7.00 That rubbish is best consigned to the history books.

Mild hybrids on the other hand are trash that should've been made popular in the 1980s