Running costs
3.1mi/kWh (on test)
£22 recharge/£0 or 2% tax
Practicality
Boot (seats up/down)
363/1,177 litres
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
7.9 seconds/100mph
MODEL TESTED: MG4 SE Long Range
PRICE: £29,495 POWERTRAIN: 1x e-motor, 64kWh battery, 200bhp
COMPARED with its rival’s Funky Cat name, a simple ‘4’ seems like it’s lacking a little imagination. Still, MG’s first EV developed from the ground up has impressed us already, overcoming the Kia Niro EV in a group test last summer. But its Chinese rival here is much cheaper than the Kia, so can the MG maintain its winning streak? Here we have an SE Long Range model, which at £29,495 is very competitively priced.
Design & engineering
THIS pair are electric family hatchbacks from the Far East, but their
