All-new MG4 enters mass production in China, official debut set for August

[salty]

MG have started thinking about you @salty
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Oooo, me like.

 

[salty]

That actually looks, pretty good. Looks like it's been lowered with a nice set of alloys.

 

[MG Clive]

That actually looks, pretty good. Looks like it's been lowered with a nice set of alloys.

Yes it's not the greatest picture, but it doesn't look half bad.

 

[GranTurismoEra]

I'm quite glad about that . I really don't like the look of the new car. I like the "sharpness" of the current version.

The current version is a bold design especially at the front. Im sure they can make it even better. That new version looks a bit underwhelming tbh.

 

[tsedge]

I think you will be waiting a while. Semi-solid state will initially have quite a price premium, so I think they will focus it on the IM5 and IM6 high-end MGs.

And I was completely wrong... the new MG4 is the first car getting the semi-solid state battery.

I must say the new look is growing on me as is the greater range, performance and space, it is around 150kg lighter (SE) and that's with a 70kWh battery! I now want this, so have to hope MG UK change their mind and bring it here.

 

[tsedge]

Spoke to my dealer today while I was there, they report:

• MG4 interior facelift due later this year (to match MGS5).
• New MG4 due next year.

So it sounds like the Chinese get the new car a year earlier than we do.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Spoke to my dealer today while I was there, they report:

• MG4 interior facelift due later this year (to match MGS5).
• New MG4 due next year.

So it sounds like the Chinese get the new car a year earlier than we do.

Wonder if we'll get the semi-solid battery version?

EDIT - Just read a write-up on Car News China, and that's the only battery type mentioned.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

China prices for SS battery version to be revealed next month, with deliveries to begin by year's end

The new MG4 EV starts at just $10,000, but a semi-solid-state battery option is coming soon

SAIC Motor opened pre-sales for the new MG4 EV, starting at just over $10,000 in China. The Chinese automaker confirmed...

electrek.co

Note that by "semi-solid-state", SAIC mean 5% liquid electrolyte versus around 16% in current batteries.

 

[ReintjeWA]

It’s coming Down Under by the looks of this article;

MG to expand its small EV lineup in Australia with a second MG 4 — CarExpert.com.au

MG will reposition its existing MG 4 as a more expensive electric hatch, while a new front-wheel drive MG 4 will slot in underneath it.

apple.news

 

[GranTurismoEra]

All-new MG4 (non-semi-solid state battery variants) received 11,067 orders in 24 hours

Non-semi-solid battery MG4 receives 11,067 orders in 24 hours, with the semi-solid battery version to launch next month.

carnewschina.com

 

[Kithmo]

I wish they had kept it RWD though.
Passing my test in 1973, I was weaned on RWD and as everything tended to go FWD I missed the fun of RWD, the drifting and the tighter turning circles etc.
I've just got back into it with the MG4 and it just feels right, I would miss it again.

 

[Buster72]

It’s coming Down Under by the looks of this article;

MG to expand its small EV lineup in Australia with a second MG 4 — CarExpert.com.au

MG will reposition its existing MG 4 as a more expensive electric hatch, while a new front-wheel drive MG 4 will slot in underneath it.

apple.news

This sounds a bit confusing to me. 2 quite separate versions of the MG4 but both called MG4....

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Quantum mechanics does explain it by saying particles can exist in different forms and positions at the same time , but will only appear in one form to the observer, so as long as two differing 4s do not park side by side it should be OK . Just going to look up , matter/ antimatter collisions.

 

[NLMGSAN]

This sounds a bit confusing to me. 2 quite separate versions of the MG4 but both called MG4....

Front wheel drive? Are they serious?

 

[siteguru]

Front wheel drive? Are they serious?

I can see the logic ... having all the electrical gubbins at the front (and the basic torsion beam rear suspension) means a load of space can be freed up for rear seat passengers and luggage/storage.

The majority of the competitors in this class are FWD.

 

[GranTurismoEra]

Front wheel drive? Are they serious?

Cheaper. Cars probably £11k in China

 

[ReintjeWA]

This sounds a bit confusing to me. 2 quite separate versions of the MG4 but both called MG4....

Yeah so it seems the new design will be replacing the models with a 51kWh battery, they’ll call it the MG4 Urban. The current design will remain available with only the 64 kWh battery, so no more ER, but the Xpower will stay available as well.

 

[NLMGSAN]

That tells me a bigger battery version of the new URBAN will arrive later.
Soon after the new Urbans have been delivered I expect disappointing energy consumption numbers in the news. The 54 kwh is supposed to do 11.4 kwh/100 km to achieve a 530 km range. No way it will do that unless you use it as a shopping car for the local grocery store in always favourable temperatures.
The cry for a bigger battery will coincide with the introduction of a new 64 kWh version and likely something larger (semi solid). The old MG4 will be gone.

 

[Kithmo]

I can see the logic ... having all the electrical gubbins at the front (and the basic torsion beam rear suspension) means a load of space can be freed up for rear seat passengers and luggage/storage.

The majority of the competitors in this class are FWD.

But RWD is so much more fun.

 

[ReintjeWA]

That tells me a bigger battery version of the new URBAN will arrive later.
Soon after the new Urbans have been delivered I expect disappointing energy consumption numbers in the news. The 54 kwh is supposed to do 11.4 kwh/100 km to achieve a 530 km range. No way it will do that unless you use it as a shopping car for the local grocery store in always favourable temperatures.
The cry for a bigger battery will coincide with the introduction of a new 64 kWh version and likely something larger (semi solid). The old MG4 will be gone.

Yeah their range estimates are ridiculously optimistic. I think NEDC claims 505km for the Trophy 64 kWh which I have never seen, not even when I drove the car of the dealership lot (I think it said 485 km of range then).