Well Gomev you and me are on a very similar track in some ways, we both join this forum around the same time and owned a MG5 mk1 mine was the standard range 50 kw exclusive in blue and I think you have the very same yeh, and we, very probably paid around the same price for them as well, with the incentives that where around at the time sadly now gone, so far more expensive today.
I was very please with that car apart from a squealing rear brake problem when reversing off my drive in the morning almost from new, or if it had been stood for a while had it back to the dealers at least 5 times they had overnight twice and the last time they had for 3 days but never managed to stop it, so I decided I might have a change that was about the time the MG4 came to the dealers in Chorley, my wife and I had been waiting for MG to bring a electric version of the MG3 out for over a year but as you know that as never happened, so when the 4 turned up we when to look at that, you see the 3 was the size of car that she wanted and nothing bigger plus it had to be an automatic, which they never did in the ICE 3, I had to convinced her she needed to have an EV as it made no sense to buy an ICE again, anyhow talk her into it and, we’ll, it is what it is bit bigger than the 3 so I had to get around that but its fine for what she wants, doesn’t go very far shopping mainly and that is it, any distances we do we always go in my car the 5 we have family in SE London Berkshire and South Wales plus holidays when we can and doing them in the 5 was no problem yeh needed to charge going and coming back but OK with that and we where doing this several times a year so the miles where beginning to mount up.
So with that in mind I thought maybe a bit more range would be nice to have with the price for ever going up now on the rapid chargers and the range was just a little bit short the extra range might mean I don’t need the rapids on my trips south but the MG4 was big enough so went for SE SR in that for the wife.
So while in the dealers in Chorley they said the new 5 was about to arrive in a week or so now as I said above I had been thinking maybe time for a change and I had done as everyone else as done and tried to see what I could expect to get for mine at We buy any car and CarZoo plus others and all of them where making me overs of more than I paid for it so I was on her on time and BillyWizz wrote that he had sold his car to Motorpoint well they are not far from me so I filledin the form online and sent it off and they came back with a quote which was unbelievable almost £3500 more than I paid for the car wow.
So just left it a week or so until the new 5 came and went to see it and sorry I while now try to give you an answer to your question so there it was £34000 just under about £3360 in white so some things have change is it worth the extra over my own car a MG5 mk1 50kw well yes it probably is but is it worth the extra over a MK1 Long range I going to say no it’s probably not.
My reason are it can do less miles if you need the miles and apart for several cosmetic changes it the same car they have remove a few good things from this new one the HAVC controls are now in the screen along with the switches for the heated seats I’m talking the Trophy spec here of course I don’t find the seats quite as comfortable but maybe I will wear them in, there’s a few other bits and bobs that have changed like interior lights in the rear seats so you can see what your doing while trying to put a belt on or get kids in or out, the 360 cameras they are not brilliant at all in there quality of picture the reversing camera on the MK1 was much clearer for me but you only had the rear one,
Drive is about the same may be a little bit smoother probably because of the bigger wheels but it’s a bit noisier I think buy that I mean road noise probably again because of the bigger wheels, steering wheel in the 4 is much nicer than ether of the 5s and the 4 is quieter as well I think.
I had never driven a car with MG pilot before we got the 4 and at first I was not impressed at all there is some really bad issues with it as you may have read here LKA is bloody dangerous not to bad on ours as once you turn it off it stays off but other can’t do that so at for soon reason there an update coming I believe to sort that out but on my 5 can I say MG5 MK2 it’s great really do like it.
So in summary mate is the Mk 2 MG5 worth the extra over the MG5 Mk1 yes over the SR for the range and the pilot plus the LKA on this is fine
But over a Long Range Mk1 you will be paying for cosmetic improvements only I think only had it a few days driven 50/60 miles so far but will do a fuller write up on it when I have had it a few weeks.
You are not going to believe this but this morning there was a very slight Squealing from the rear brakes !!!
Jeff I need some help !!
Sorry this is so long and not fully an answer to your question but I will do that in a few weeks time.
Les
