MG4 X-Power waiting area

Leni16 said:
Definitely, it's not a great deal brand new and on PCP.
Fine if you intend keeping it and Will be a much better deal used
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I am actually intending keeping my SE SR. It does what I want it to and it doesn't feel deficient in any way. It puts a smile on my face and the way it can go could do for my licence without trying all that hard.

Then I see the X-Power leave an ordinary MG4 in its rear windscreen as if it was a Dinky toy, and I start having these impractical thoughts.
 
kin said:
That’s true, matt Green or red callipers , unless the diamond cut 18”alloys is also exclusive to the Xpower? Not sure if ER has the same alloys though?
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ER has plastic wheel trims on 18 inch wheels like the phase 2 trophy
 
I saw an ER this morning at the dealer's. Looked like one of the original Trophies. The seat fabric didn't look as if it was going to wear fast, but you never know. Nice car.

The salesmen were all going out to look at my car - hey, there's a blue SE out there with beige seats!
 
I have to say I'm very pleased with them. It was actually @nexia201 who got the first set as far as I can see, then when he posted a photo of his red ones (I think in a black car?) I decided I wanted the same thing. He just got his on with little fuss. I needed hints and instructions and videos and in the end some guy at the dealer's.
 
If your going to drive a car why not drive something so fun and exciting at such a reasonable price point

Leni16 said:
Definitely, it's not a great deal brand new and on PCP.
Fine if you intend keeping it and Will be a much better deal used
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PCP prices are high now but give it a year or two.

There are some amazing deals for the SE SR now I’ve seen it for £240 month
How much will x power be per month in a few years
 
0% APR ON THE LONG RANGE TROPHY is prob the best at moment

Oh another thing - drove Xpower and extended range back to back. Had more obvious fine vibration in steering on motorways. Maybe tires related?
 
Jonhklee said:
Oh another thing - drove Xpower and extended range back to back. Had more obvious fine vibration in steering on motorways. Maybe tires related?
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Hmm that was mentioned on the Chinese ones… interesting.
Didn’t get to test it on Motorways, a short blast on dual carriageway but I didn’t notice anything then.
 
Jonhklee said:
0% APR ON THE LONG RANGE TROPHY is prob the best at moment

Oh another thing - drove Xpower and extended range back to back. Had more obvious fine vibration in steering on motorways. Maybe tires related?
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How does that work? How much per month?

I’m interested in Leasing deals on the MG4 X power?
 
Hi - first time posting to the group, although I've been following posts for a month now.

We've placed our first EV order and have opted for the X-Power (delivery end of September). We had a test drive yesterday, and then drove the Trophy LR for comparison purposes.

TBH, it was a toss-up between the X-Power and the Trophy ER, but have gone for the X-Power mainly because:
a) it's replacing my MX5 and it's a fun drive (but the speed is ridiculous);
b) AWD - the MX5 is a nightmare in the snow
c) as someone with recurrent lower back problems, I found the bucket seats more comfortable than the regular Trophy seats (IMHO), but then I'm used to the MX5 bucket seats, and my husband drives a Tyre R (also with bucket seats).

Not sure about the range though - I'm not looking forward to having to fill up more frequently than I might with the ER edition. But the salesman told us they're not sure of the sales potential with the ER, because they're not certain what need/market it fills - apart from older customers who want the added psychological reassurance of being able to drive a long distance without recharging. I probably fall into that category too, tbh!

Have we made the right decision, going for the X-Power? It's really difficult as this is our first venture into the EV world.
 
How often do you do long journeys, such journeys taking several hours and you don't make a pit stop in-between?

I have an SE SR (50kWh battery) and it is fine for 99% of my usage. When I do journeys longer than the range of the car then I make a pit-stop, plug the car into a rapid charger, go do the necessaries, and by the time I'm done the car has charged up sufficiently to let me complete my journey ... all without having to stand at a pump and hold a pipe/nozzle. :)
 
Added to that, the X-Power has the NMC battery, which is capable of charging a lot faster than the SE SR on an ultra-fast charger.

I think of it like this. I have house elves in my garage that fill the car up every night (or every time I want them to) while I'm asleep. I start every day with enough range to do what I'm going to do and come back home, so long as I don't want to drive more than say 170 miles (in summer, being conservative to allow for fast driving and not going down to zero).

Given that, how big a tank do I really want to lug about with me every day? When am I actually going to want to drive more than 170 miles in a day (or maybe 120 miles in winter?) Not often, is the answer to that. And when I do, that's what public charging stations are for. Stopping for a bit after driving 150 miles and plugging in while I have a coffee, go to the loo and stretch my legs, doesn't seem like a huge imposition.
 
Thanks both for the reassurance. The XP will mainly be used for commuting to work (10 miles each way), with the occasional weekend trip to visit my kids (65 miles each way). But then my husband will also be driving the length and breadth of the country to LUFC away matches, and the odd trip down to Glastonbury Festival. At the moment we are keeping his 2010 Type R for this kind of journey, on the basis that we may trade it up for an EV in 2 year or so (or when the rust causes the engine to drop through the chassis). :D The EV technology is changing so rapidly, it appears that the minute you order an EV, it's obsolete, and that's a big concern. Especially as we have decided to chuck all our savings at the XP and buy it outright. Nobody knows what the resale value of these things is going to be like.
 
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You should surely be fine for the 130-mile round trip to your children, particularly if you drive sensibly in winter. I did a 120-mile round trip in my SR last month and got back with about 19% of battery. No problem. I believe the X-Power can get fuel economy close to that of a Trophy if it's driven like a normal car without showing off its red-shift capabilities, so 130 miles should be a piece of cake.

The thing about your husband's longer journeys is that whatever you buy you are going to have to stop to charge somewhere. It's only about how often you stop. But I've seen films of that NMC battery charging at 140 Kw on an ultra-rapid charger, and they're installing more and more of these around the country. You don't have to stop for long to get a decent amount of extra range at that sort of charge rate.

In a related point, if for some reason you're getting low on charge on a round trip you thought you could do without charging at all, you won't have to stop for long to add maybe five or ten miles of range if that's what it's going to need to get you home. It's not as if you have to fill the battery. I've got a mental note of the rapid chargers on my regular routes home from various directions, and how far they are from home, so that I can decide to nip in for five minutes if I'm getting twitchy. (But it'll probably never happen.)

Congratulations on deciding to get the car. I have been hideously tempted, but fortunately for the state of my savings the X-Power was only a rumour of future greatness when I bought my car. I'll be watching your progress and trying to resist the temptation to talk about trade-in for an X-Power once we've seen how the first adopters get on with them.

ETA: I don't think these cars are becoming obsolete. The technology is advancing in small-ish increments, and older EVs are still popular as second-hand cars. People who bought Leafs (Leaves?) several years ago didn't stop liking them or finding they did their job just because newer models with new bells and whistles came in. I was in the position of needing a new car like NOW because the insurance decided to write off my 2009 Golf GTi due to bodywork damage (an idiot in a BMW came out of a side street and hit me), and I decided to get the MG4 because it was the obvious pick in April 2023, and not keep hair-shirting and second-guessing the decision. I think you'll enjoy the car.
 
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Rolfe said:
You should surely be fine for the 130-mile round trip to your children, particularly if you drive sensibly in winter. I did a 120-mile round trip in my SR last month and got back with about 19% of battery. No problem. I believe the X-Power can get fuel economy close to that of a Trophy if it's driven like a normal car without showing off its red-shift capabilities, so 130 miles should be a piece of cake.

The thing about your husband's longer journeys is that whatever you buy you are going to have to stop to charge somewhere. It's only about how often you stop. But I've seen films of that NMC battery charging at 140 Kw on an ultra-rapid charger, and they're installing more and more of these around the country. You don't have to stop for long to get a decent amount of extra range at that sort of charge rate.

In a related point, if for some reason you're getting low on charge on a round trip you thought you could do without charging at all, you won't have to stop for long to add maybe five or ten miles of range if that's what it's going to need to get you home. It's not as if you have to fill the battery. I've got a mental note of the rapid chargers on my regular routes home from various directions, and how far they are from home, so that I can decide to nip in for five minutes if I'm getting twitchy. (But it'll probably never happen.)

Congratulations on deciding to get the car. I have been hideously tempted, but fortunately for the state of my savings the X-Power was only a rumour of future greatness when I bought my car. I'll be watching your progress and trying to resist the temptation to talk about trade-in for an X-Power once we've seen how the first adopters get on with them.

ETA: I don't think these cars are becoming obsolete. The technology is advancing in small-ish increments, and older EVs are still popular as second-hand cars. People who bought Leafs (Leaves?) several years ago didn't stop liking them or finding they did their job just because newer models with new bells and whistles came in. I was in the position of needing a new car like NOW because the insurance decided to write off my 2009 Golf GTi due to bodywork damage (an idiot in a BMW came out of a side street and hit me), and I decided to get the MG4 because it was the obvious pick in April 2023, and not keep hair-shirting and second-guessing the decision. I think you'll enjoy the car.
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Thanks for the advice - the whole "charging" thing is new to us, never mind the rapid charging. It's going to be a steep learning curve. Not looking forward to the class 40 insurance cost either - but if I keep focussed on the beaming smile that I had when I test drove the car yesterday, it will all be worth the indecision (I just hope there will be no regrets around the ER).
 
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