MG4 Spotted! : Was it you?

[EvTek23]

MG Media Centre says over 30,000 MG 4's have been sold in the UK

 

[dsr]

Guess we are getting pretty common. My weirdest ‘happening’ was a few weeks ago when driving my orange ER on a minor road in Norfolk - the B1145 near Gt. Massingham. I passed another orange trophy coming the other way and then, about a minute later, a second one came the other way. Norfolk must be infested!

 

[gary333]

How many have been sold now?

Edit: Data running up until the end of June 2024

Gen	Model	Status	2024Q2
MG 4	4 SE	Licensed	13609
MG 4	4 SE	SORN	25
MG 4	4 TROPHY	Licensed	14994
MG 4	4 TROPHY	SORN	18
MG 4	4 TROPHY EXTENDED RANGE	Licensed	849
MG 4	4 XPOWER	Licensed	1501
MG 4	4 XPOWER	SORN	3
	TOTALS		30999

 

[EvTek23]

An even split between SE's and Trophy's. The real exclusive then is the Trophy extended range.
Whether all that has changed in the last 11 months, we'll have to wait for the new figures to be released.

 

[Joules]

Edit: Data running up until the end of June 2024

Gen	Model	Status	2024Q2
MG 4	4 SE	Licensed	13609
MG 4	4 SE	SORN	25
MG 4	4 TROPHY	Licensed	14994
MG 4	4 TROPHY	SORN	18
MG 4	4 TROPHY EXTENDED RANGE	Licensed	849
MG 4	4 XPOWER	Licensed	1501
MG 4	4 XPOWER	SORN	3
	TOTALS		30999

That will be 850 ER’s I picked up mine September ‘24.

 

[salty]

It puzzles me a bit. How many are sorned. Why would you Sorn such a new car.

 

[Everest]

It puzzles me a bit. How many are sorned. Why would you Sorn such a new car.

I can think of many reasons for SORNing an ICE - like being abroad for 3 months, long wait for parts / repair, or maybe only need 2 cars in a family for certain times of year etc.

But as EV's were (until this April) VED free, I wonder what a SORN would gain?... Maybe insurance related if not in use for a while?

 

[EvTek23]

Or perhaps cars at dealers that are for sale and have been SORN'd for any remaining car tax, or ex PCP in the same way

 

[Bam Bam]

I assumed that the SORN were cars that had been written off but then purchased in the hope of fixing them in the future.

No knowledge of this happening but I couldn't think of any other reason to SORN an EV.

 

[gary333]

People SORN cars because they aren’t using them, lots of reasons why. I’m surprised so few are. The records for the MG SV XPower are more interesting

 

[Ian Key]

I assumed that the SORN were cars that had been written off but then purchased in the hope of fixing them in the future.

No knowledge of this happening but I couldn't think of any other reason to SORN an EV.

Classic car owners or owners of cars they only take out in the dry often SORN their cars during the winter when they aren't using them

 

[salty]

Classic car owners or owners of cars they only take out in the dry often SORN their cars during the winter when they aren't using them

Agree, but 2 year old EVs. Still each to their own.

 

[nogbad]

Hi to the driver of the other Volcano MG4 in the cafe car park at Dungeness earlier today!

 

[nogbad]

And then today I followed a Volcano MG4 into Maidstone!

 

[Joules]

Spotted in Morrisons Dumfries today, a white SE with a DS reg.
Also last Wednesday, a Camden Grey that pipped me to the charge post at Gardenwise garden centre in Dumfries. TBH, it makes sense I would spot this as we were are both from the same stables, James Haugh MG.