Top Gear review

[evets]

Holy crap, do I have the same car as they had? I think they had a pre production sample. I will agree that the ride is not plush. But I don’t consider it to be anything near as bad as they purport it to be. To me, it is about equal to the ride my previous Mazda 3 had, I call it crisp. For a mass as large as this beast is, I call crisp an accomplishment. I have no complaints about the ride. I have no desire to throw it around a track like I did to one of my E39s.
So far, my only complaint is the ACC. When trailing a leading vehicle, the throttle adjustments leave a bit to be desired. The adjustment steps are too big, and the adjustment frequency is too low. The result is a perceptible jerkiness (is that a word?). My last car, Mazda 3, performed the same radar tracking flawlessly. I have no idea how much fine control the software has over the motor controller, but it seems to me if a controller can modulate injectors on a ICE, then the same control should be available for a motor controller. Cut the throttle step in half, and double the sample/adjust frequency. Sorry, when I see an easy software fix for a problem, I have a need to report it. Come on SAIC/IM/MG, this a simple bug to fix

 

[Bam Bam]

So far, my only complaint is the ACC. When trailing a leading vehicle, the throttle adjustments leave a bit to be desired. The adjustment steps are too big, and the adjustment frequency is too low. The result is a perceptible jerkiness (is that a word?).

The MG4 had this.

I feel like it has improved over time with software, but it might be because I've just got used to it or anticipate it and don't use ACC in those situations.

Hopefully they will make improvements as time goes on to the software on the IM cars, though I suppose the more cars they have the more difficult it might get to tweak the software on the numerous models as they focus on newer ones.