Perhaps, to clarify, I don't expect that anyone would be beating a path to our Ora showroom to trade in their sub-1yr old MG4 against a Funky Cat.
What I was wondering was whether any of the features which Ora has included in the Funky Cat would either have made you consider it in the first place (before you bought your MG4), or whether you'd add them to your wish list if MG made some options available for the MG4 at a later date.
I was thinking about this, and remembering the 3-hour YouTube binge on the evening of 31st March when I decided to get the MG4.
First, price was a big issue for me. I really, really didn't want to pay over £30,000 and if I could pay less, so much the better. I started the evening being horrified by the prices I was looking at.
Second, style of car. I wanted a hatchback that would be similar in size and capacity to the Golf I had just decided to give up on. So poky wee cars were out. I'd have gone for another ICE car rather than have to settle for a Polo-sized EV.
I was not that fussed about features, because the Golf was almost 14 years old and I wasn't used to the things modern cars have anyway. I knew I wouldn't get one with a CD player. (The USB player would be fine
if it worked. MG really need to fix this.) I would have liked a sun-roof, but it wasn't going to be a deal-breaker. I positively don't like reversing cameras (I like the SE's radar/sonar thing). I didn't want a built-in satnav.
I saw a review of the MG4, and its looks attracted me from the word go. I saw the price, and my immediate reaction was, "I can have
that, for
that little???" Then there was a review where it was put up head-to-head with the Cupra Born, and the Born only
just edged it on nearly all the features. For £10,000 less, it was no contest - as the reviewer cheerfully admitted.
I would have been instantly put off by the Funky Cat's looks. Why do they give such a pill of a car such a snazzy name? If the price difference had been the other way round, if the Ora had been only £27,000, I'd have looked at it. But I'm really pleased it's the way it is. I love my SE SR. Just fix the bugs, please.
It's interesting that nearly all the responses in this thread have been criticising the Funky Cat's looks. Either you've just tapped into a constituency that likes the MG4's more kenspeckle appearance and is put off by boring boxes, or the Ora designers really need to up their game.
