Early considerations about the new MG Urban Comfort Standard range

[RederOr]

It'd be interesting to see the economy for an hour's run at 70mph.

Hi,
Perhaps I can help. I’m quite new in both EV and MG. Picked my Urban on Saturday and on Sunday morning made trip Glasgow to Edinburgh. Not quite 1hr of driving, rather 40’, but kept 70 mph on cruise and approximately 18% of battery gone. As I remember it was showing something like 3.5 m/kWh when I stopped. Today, coming back, stuck in traffic and 4.0 m/kWh.

 

[fnegroni]

Hi,
Perhaps I can help. I’m quite new in both EV and MG. Picked my Urban on Saturday and on Sunday morning made trip Glasgow to Edinburgh. Not quite 1hr of driving, rather 40’, but kept 70 mph on cruise and approximately 18% of battery gone. As I remember it was showing something like 3.5 m/kWh when I stopped. Today, coming back, stuck in traffic and 4.0 m/kWh.

Which Urban edition?

 

[RederOr]

Which Urban edition?

Comfort Long Range, forgot to specify, sorry

 

[fnegroni]

Comfort Long Range, forgot to specify, sorry

we need the admins to add the three (soon to be four) variants as separate options in the car profile

 

[MG Clive]

we need the admins to add the three (soon to be four) variants as separate options in the car profile

Unfortunately that won't be happening mate, we used to have options for different variations when there were only a few MG models, but with so many models and variations available now, we'd need to list 60 or 70 options to cover them all.

 

[siteguru]

As above .. if the original MG4 doesn't have differentiators for the SE SR, SE LR, Trophy LR, Trophy ER and X-Power, why should the new MG4 or the Urban get any special treatment?

 

[tsedge]

We do have an XPower forum. The new MG4 is arguably just a facelift so doesn't need to be separate from the older models. The Urban is a different car on a different platform so having that separate makes sense to me.

 

[siteguru]

We do have an XPower forum. The new MG4 is arguably just a facelift so doesn't need to be separate from the older models. The Urban is a different car on a different platform so having that separate makes sense to me.

Fair point - I forgot about that. But the question was about variants in the Driving section of your profile, not sub-boards in the forum.

 

[tsedge]

Fair point - I forgot about that. But the question was about variants in the Driving section of your profile, not sub-boards in the forum.

Oh I missed that, sorry. Still, I think they should be roughly consistent

 

[siteguru]

Unfortunately that won't be happening mate, we used to have options for different variations when there were only a few MG models, but with so many models and variations available now, we'd need to list 60 or 70 options to cover them all.

From a database perspective that's an irrelevance .. it's only for the UI (to select your option) where it becomes a concern.

 

[fnegroni]

the DRL are both front and back

the front indicators are integrated into the DRL at the front.

The dark/light theme does not automatically switch with time of day/lights on.

 

[fnegroni]

The Adaptive regen is way more noticeable and possibly efficient than in the old MG4 SE. I wonder if the new 2026 MG4 is better now.

One pedal drive really benefits from the comfort braking setting in town.

 

[fnegroni]

I haven't yet connected my OBD2 dongle to the car using CarScanner, but allegedly the MG4 Urban is supported by the same MG4 profile.

In particular I want to monitor the battery temperature and the intelligent battery heating logic.

On the Comfort, the battery won't be preheated if you set a rapid charger as a destination, unlike the premium. But you can still manually turn it on yourself.

 

[Woby Tide]

Just picked up my own own Urban Comfort after having to borrow the dealers Premium demonstrator for the weekend as they messed up the registration due to bank holidays etc.

One thing I'm unsure of is the differences in the software between the Premium and Comfort but no idea if it's just missing an update or there is a significant difference between the Premium and Comfort? I had extra menus for Wifi and Voice amongst other things i.e. Ambient Light I'm presuming was a Premium only, but no sign on the comfort.

Looking at software versions the Comfort looks to be on a 202511 variant. Is this the current latest, I can't work out where I can check when newer ones have been released?

 

[fnegroni]

Just picked up my own own Urban Comfort after having to borrow the dealers Premium demonstrator for the weekend as they messed up the registration due to bank holidays etc.

One thing I'm unsure of is the differences in the software between the Premium and Comfort but no idea if it's just missing an update or there is a significant difference between the Premium and Comfort? I had extra menus for Wifi and Voice amongst other things i.e. Ambient Light I'm presuming was a Premium only, but no sign on the comfort.

Looking at software versions the Comfort looks to be on a 202511 variant. Is this the current latest, I can't work out where I can check when newer ones have been released?

I'll double check the version number on mine but honestly i don't see what would need upgrading at this stage.

i can confirm the comfort has a different home screen layout because it hasn't got the online services which means no wifi. It doesn't have a built in voice assistant and doesn't have ambient lighting. I don't think there are any other differences apart from the obvious such as the extra icons for heated seats and steering wheel.

 

[Woby Tide]

I'll double check the version number on mine but honestly i don't see what would need upgrading at this stage.

i can confirm the comfort has a different home screen layout because it hasn't got the online services which means no wifi. It doesn't have a built in voice assistant and doesn't have ambient lighting. I don't think there are any other differences apart from the obvious such as the extra icons for heated seats and steering wheel.

Cheers for that.

I would have been none the wiser to be honest it was purely because I'd spent the weekend in the Premium I'd obviously tinkered around with it! I find the Comfort a bit easier in that respect as it all looks a bit less cluttered on the menu and the options tab along the bottom