Content by tsedge in January, 2026

I will believe this when I see it independently tested and verified. There have been countless announcements of battery breakthroughs. 99 out of 100 seem to be untrue.

True, but the general consensus is that their cars look ugly. Now that must hurt sales for a significant percentage of the market. Designers often get carried away (eg Bangle-era BMWs or the more recent huge-goatee BMWs) and reduce a brand's potential sales. People who don't care about car...

Don't panic! There will still be choices. It will look like the ICE car market where FWD dominates but there are still RWD cars to own and enjoy (and 4WD).

Bloomin' Luxury, those tales are! I am old enough to remember the great Torbay snow of 2018, with massive drifts of one to one and half inches. I was working in Cardiff and managed to get to within a mile of home on the bypass before I had to abandon my car. It wasn't until the following day...

We are in a trend shift at the moment: higher cost, higher performance but smaller storage space RWD EVs to cheap, mass market, large storage FWD, dynamically-average cars. The RWD options won't disappear but FWD will dominate in the future because the mass market wants space and price above...

MG will have a car coming too, maybe called MG2.

It comes with a 61kWh battery option which is quite large for the size of car, similar to MG4 LR.

Far from range anxiety, I now want the option in my next EV to set a minimum charge time on Rapid DC charging, so it doesn't charge too quickly for my stops.

More smaller EVs are coming. I think 2026 will be the year of the battle of £20,000 (list price) family EVs and also the year of secondhand EV buying dramatically accelerating. 2027 likely to be the year of the small EV, with many makers planning Polo-sized vehicles. Not sure how many small...

My MG4 maintains the 12v battery just fine, regularly topping it up when parked and locked or while driving. We have left the car for weeks at a time and had zero problems. After 3 years it is still on its original 12V battery - the MGS5 should inherit this implemented system. As this seems...

This is just a print off from their electronic disgnosis software with a SOH written on top. Everything is digital these days - but MG don't provide an easy way to see your service record for customers (which is lame). Really the iSmart app should provide a full car history and all service and...

Thanks for all the questions so far. Keep them coming and we'll do our best to answer them on the podcast.

The battery should not drain. It gets topped up by the HV battery. This points to either a software problem or a faulty piece of hardware that is draining it. If your dealer can't diagnose it: go to a better dealer. This is horrible dealer BS to make you go away. It doesn't matter whether...

Yes 1Gb/month in the UK and then it stops working until the next month. To be fair, you are not paying a subscription, so this is all free data.

108 outages in 7 years!! Wow, no wonder this is important to you. I have had zero power outages in the same time. Grid power has been on continuously for 10 years.

Neodymium = very strong magnet. Ferromagnetic = metal that sticks well to magnets (eg iron, steel). Neodymiums will stick well to Ferromagnetic plates, so maybe that was the idea all along? (ie the magnets were always supposed to be inside the accessories, not the seats). Not sure how people...

As we know, the new MG4 (facelift) is coming soon in early 2026 plus maybe a surprise or two. Once we have details we'll arrange a podcast to cover it. In the meantime; what are your questions about the new MG4? Please post them below (in this thread please) and we will cover them when we do...

A laptop stand £20 it was from Amazon a long age ago Worthy of repair? Some say not Just buy another Only pin money But to repair Is much fun

It is a good thing to have. Not to be confused with BBW! 😉

Cats fed and Washing done and Clothes sorted and Mended a thing All before 7.52am

I think we understand it better than MG customer services.

One was referring to the active competition of the sort one typically gets between men to see who comes out top of the rankings

Perhaps it is much more intelligent than in the MG4 and so needs no manual controls? I am sure we will find out. It would explain the particularly poor consumption some people have experienced in cold weather.

Gentlemen! Remember: it isn't the size of your posts that count!

It is a famous phrase of Churchill's that he used to ridicule those who insisted we didn't put prepositions at the end of sentences. He broke all the rules and revelled in it.

That's an old rule that is more honoured in the breach than the observance, isn't it? ;)

While it may get cheaper, I don't think it is likely to drop to £25k except as a second-hand buy. I think you'll see maybe another £2k off these in the next year. More relevant to some, perhaps, will be the leasing pricing, which is likely to come down considerably after the car has been on...

This is already about the same as the MG4 X-Power list pricing.

Previous MG EVs have suffered from the boot latch rattling against the catch hoop. Fixed mine with some insulation tape around the relevant part of the hoop.

I don't see the issue myself 😉

Dealers often only get notified by MG at the last minute before a vehicle will arrive. There can be many reasons for port delays: customs, inspections, processing delays, localisation for the UK, shortage of car transporters. MGUK have always taken the approach that they will manage it the...

And tonight on The Weather Channel we have a medley of programmes to entertain you all with a reassuringly similar theme...

Sorry, I thought this was the T1 Terry Weather Report thread.... my apologies!

Looks like change and respite are on their way for T1 Terry.

Everest's write, about, Korrectness ;it Matters! geddit write poeple;, or Trouble yorll in be!! 😉

Jam first!!??? My goodness the very thought!

2C here, no snow since 2018. Cold and a bit icy but nothing too much.

It isn't just the filling... they have the wrong crimp! Is there anything worse in the whole world than that....!???

Don't forget our pasty wars. Invented in Devon and stolen by the Cornish who do it completely wrong! 🤣😂😁

That's part of the exploration. I will be paying an electrician if this goes ahead.

I did no such thing. 😘

Fab. The invoice for speaking our tongue will be in the post.

Three words only? So many messages! Competing for 🏆?

I have transcended to another plane 😇

To be fair to IM, a new premium brand based on MG was a complete sales unknown in Europe.

Ah... the old "if I turn it up to max it will get hotter quicker" strategy with climate control.

Apparently not, or at least we went forwards in as many things as we went backwards. I thought they left and we demolished everything they built?

Apparently we don't refer to them by that name any more - either "Early Middle Ages" or "Late Antiquity" is preferred - because they weren't really dark, lots of good stuff happened then too and the old name has negative connotations. Now, where's my paddle and where's the "back-on-topic" dry land?

Ah.... is that the bit I missed? I need to do more research then. Although it just means getting an MOT-failure car of the right capability (I believe the Ioniqs support this). That's an interesting option. Thanks for mentioning it.

What did the Romans ever do for us?? 😂

I think it is going to be all about price. The ID.POLO looks like it might be the first electric VW product I want to buy. But I suspect it will cost a significant amount more than the MG equivalent (unknown yet but as it is has been designed to be cheap, could be Dacia or even sub-Dacia...

That's true, although pulling fuses in the car will probably reduce that load a fair bit. I think these losses will be outweighed by the huge capacity and potential to store lots of energy in the car pack. My understanding is it can be grid tied using technology such as that mentioned above...

It sounds like it is a simple fix they will apply on recall.

First drives have been released. Be interesting to see how the similar redesigned new MG4 FWD variant competes.

I had understood Toyota's reputation for reliability was no longer a reality: that their failure rates are similar to other vehicles these days.

Yep, makes sense. I am not currently thinking of a heat pump because of their huge electricity requirements. I should be able to get 6.4kW in the car (allowing for losses) x the number of low rate hours. With 6 hours that would be 38.8kWh each night. Exactly and the car could be a huge...

Yes but the whole point of the thread is to avoid buying from new. An MOT-failure EV can be had for scrap money. That means lots of HV electrical work: not something the average DIYer should be taking on. Fine for electricians or electrical engineers, but I know my limitations. I could take...

Not sure how they will take, previously we had to go to 3rd parties. Yes, presumably it will be dealer-only fit.

Yes and not only that, in the UK the fuel pumps are typically located separately from the toilets and refreshments on the exit. So he would have had to have parked, run to the toilet, come back and then driven to the pump to fill up, so the real point is EVs fill up without you while you do...

Woken by paw In the face And loud "meooow!" Apparently "Biscuit Time" No lie in For poor me Still dark outside Long winter nights Cold but clear Bed is snug But not allowed By those pesky Furry owners who Keep me as Their play thing

Maybe I have simple tastes, but a gentle "kerchinnnng!" sound evry time I save a pound would be a nice addition.

My MG4 does this. I live on a very steep hill and occasionally when manoeuvring on it, I will get this situation when I press the accelerator and the car just sits there. I think it gets confused by the steepness and the power required to move off. The remedy is simple. I now just always...

Something very unhelpful from Matt Watson: Note: It isn't five minutes but just under 3 minutes according to the charger display. I have never ever heard any EV owner claim a 5 minute charge is useful or comparable to a pump stop. It obscures the useful truth that if you stop for 25 minutes...

Maybe I need a software update then. Haven't had one for a long time now.

Maybe then a decent solution is on the way, they just need to improve the software. The autolights on my MG4 are utterly useless, no idea how they got approved.

There also the option of a "dirty-rusty-and-dented" wrap. But that is probably taking things too far.

Point is that a human is fast enough. Yes super-fast auto lights that never get it wrong are nice to have but hardly something that is essential.

There's an excellent solution here involving the human hand: When no headlights visible, move stalk to high beam position. When headlights appear, flick stalk back to dip beam position. I have found this does the business in any car.

Of course, what you really need are: Pitchfork Tin-foil hat Modified electric fan with leds and battery backpack (as your anti-relay device) Army surplus uniform Then you just need to practice your battlecry as you await the accursed thieves!

There is a knack to driving these cars efficiently. Mainly I think it is about preserving momentum and avoiding sustained high speeds. Drivers that struggle for efficiency can suffer from: Lots of overtaking / braking / accelerating. Driving faster than others. Not using the ECO features...

By "boot", do you mean the traffic warden compartment?

May be useful to some people: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product-group-tests/103187/best-faraday-bag-car-key-signal-blockers

I think it is important not to make assumptions about why other people are flashing their lights at you or their motivations and important not to act out of any emotion (e.g. revenge). My approach if I receive a flash and I am not on high beam is to do a quick single-flash back, to acknowledge...

I think it is the fact that he has multiple perspectives and travels a lot: as he says he has 4 different nationalities he flits between and inhabits. This gives him a more rounded perspective than many others. And he has a dry humour matter-of-fact presentation style which is highly...

This ^^^ And this ^^^ I believe MG is already moving itself off the bottom of the reliability rankings (both dealer and customer). The newer models seem much better refined and with software updates to come (we hope this year as planned!) this will solve a lot of issues. The biggest...

On the original video, congratulations for producing something and contributing it. So many people just consume, so I always applaud any contributions, especially when they are well motivated. Keep at it! When I am considering what to watch, I weigh up what I am likely to get against the...

As a boy They told me By 2026 I Would have got A flying car A domestic robot Holidays on Mars And world peace Instead I got An electric car A robot Hoover Holidays in Majorca World War 3 But I am Definitely still here!