Service costs

[AJ2010]

Hello, first post on here, please be gentle .

Been doing a lot of research on my next car, short list is down to 2, one of them is the MG HS 2025 Phev.
After a test drive earlier this week, one of the negative surprises of the deal I am still negotiating is the service package, 37 pounds per month seems quite high? That's 444 pounds per year. My CRV from 2022 has a 5 year service package at 599. The guy at the MG dealership told me that services on these Phevs are normally more expensive and I think that's incorrect. Any thoughts on this please?

 

[HStrophyPHEV2025rc]

I have just (3 weeks ago) purchased a 6-month-old MG HS 2025 Phev. For what it's worth, I think the car is great.

It's on my 'to do list' to work out whether to purchase a service plan, so actually I needed to do some research anyway on this exact topic, so here's what I have found.

If you go to the official MG website (https://www.mg.co.uk/mg-service-plans) and go through the wizard (for a 6-month old car that has not yet had a service) then you'll get this quote:
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HS Petrol/Electric 15k/1 year Service​

£195.40
31/10/2025Age at Service: 1

HS Petrol/Electric 30k/2 year Service​

£312.06
31/10/2026Age at Service: 2

HS Petrol/Electric 45k/3 year Service​

£301.68
31/10/2027Age at Service: 3

HS Petrol/Electric 60k/4 year Service​

£710.88
30/10/2028Age at Service: 4

HS Petrol/Electric 75k/5 year Service​

£415.00
30/10/2029Age at Service: 5
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So (by my reckoning) if you buy a brand-new MG HS PHEV, drive 10k miles per year, then (on its 5th birthday) you will have paid a total of £1,935.02 in service costs (averaging £387 for each of its 5 services). That sounds fairly reasonable to me. (My guess is that the expensive 4th service changes the automatic gearbox fluid, which explains the increase in cost).

However, some caveats:

• The prices above may (of course) go up with inflation
• If you purchase a service plan direct from MG, they do not seem to give you the option to pay that £1,935.02 in one go (upfront). Instead, you have to pay monthly which (somehow) they add about £60 to (giving a total of £1,996.22). Not sure where the extra £60 comes from, but it's not a showstopper of course.

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For the record, the dealer that I bought my car from has just sent me a quote which covers only the 2nd, 3rd and 4th services (because they had already done service #1 when I bought it). Their price is £1,730.94

• This compares with purchasing the 2nd, 3rd and 4th services direct from MG, which total up as £1,324.62.

=> Therefore I think I am going to purchase a service plan direct from MG !!
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Incidentally, if you play around with the official MG website, then it gives you the following information for its 6th year service too:
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HS Petrol/Electric 90k/6 year Service​

£361.94
01/05/2030Age at Service: 5
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[adeace]

I have signed up from my dealer for a 3 service plan with 1 MOT and the prices are exactly as above

HS Petrol/Electric 15k/1 year Service​

£195.40
May 2026 Age at Service: 1
£312.06
May 2027 Age at Service: 2
£301.68
May 2028 Age at Service: 3

Looks like im gonna get rear ended for service 4 then end of May 29