I'm impressed by the range of my MG5 SR

[martintheb]

I've had my MG5 SR since February. I accept that I've not tried driving it in dreadful weather in the winter across the Pennines, but generally I've been very pleased by the range it gives me. On shortish journeys, it's generally about two miles a percent - to the extent that I check the mileage of the journey on Google Maps, divide it by two, subtract that from the current battery percentage - and I am almost always spot on at the end.

But recently, the car really impressed me. I had to drive from Hemel Hempstead to Burgess Hill and back - that's about 160 miles. I was starting at 100%, so I was reasonably optimistic that I'd get there and back with about 20% left. It was a bit stop/start (it's the M25, after all!) but a reasonably smooth journey. When I returned, I'd actually got 30% left on the battery. That's a theoretical range of 230 miles!

I'm just using Normal mode and KERS on 2. I'm very happy indeed.

 

[Jomarkh]

I went on a trip and got a bit of stop / start and slow traffic, it increases the m/kWh as I wasn't doing 70 mph?

 

[5teep]

Getting 230 in this hot weather is very doable and it says much for the car.

 

[Kithmo]

Getting 230 in this hot weather is very doable and it says much for the car.

Same here with SWMBO's 5 SR.
I was wondering if the LR can achieve as much over WLTP as the SR does in similar circumstances, say 290+ miles ?

 

[Fokmg]

Hi
The otherday day I did a cross country journey from Newcastle Emlyn to near Aberfan using the A40 and a A470 plus minor roads pretty hilly. The journey was 168 miles and the car still claimed to have 66 miles left (started fully charged) so range is pretty good. I was in Eco and kers 3 with heating an Ac on.
Mg 5 SR is great car and very ecconomical, I am fortunate that mine gets charged on sunshine most of the time so last months running costs were less than 1.4p per mile !!!!!!