MG Motor is set to introduce a new electric estate model in the UK later this year, the brand’s sales and marketing boss has confirmed.
Speaking to Automotive News Europe, Daniel Gregorious revealed that the model will go on sale in UK showrooms as soon as they reopen after pandemic restrictions are relaxed and be delivered to customers in the fourth quarter of 2020.
He also confirmed that a plug-in hybrid version of the HS SUV would become available this year.
While no UK-specific details of any sort have been officially released, it's understood that the 5 is effectively an updated and rebranded version of the Chinese-market Roewe Ei5.
That car, which has been on sale since 2018, uses a 52.5kWh battery pack and a 114bhp electric motor for a claimed NEDC range of 261 miles and a top speed of 93mph.
It’s possible power could be boosted to the 141bhp of MG’s only current electric offering in the UK, the ZS EV crossover, but expect the official electric range to be less on the stricter WLTP test cycle.
The Ei5 is 4.54m long, just under 1.82m wide and 1.54m tall, making it around 10cm shorter than the Ford Focus Estate, although its 2.67m wheelbase is only 43mm shorter. Expect similar levels of equipment and quality as on the ZS and HS.
When it arrives, the 5 will be the first electric estate of its type on sale. Pricing will increase considerably on the 130,800 yuan (£15,000) base price of the Ei5 in China; expect it to be closer to the £25,495 (post-government grant) of the ZS EV.
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hackjo
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Takeitslowly
hackjo wrote:
That is quite probably as a result of you being a mixture of a racist and a dead slow thinker.
hackjo
Ming Garages
Takeitslowly
hackjo wrote:
So slow, you posted it twice before you found out you had already posted your racist, slow of thought...thought.
Peter Cavellini
Nice face.
It's not that bad, it'll join the Herd, I do see some MG Cars now and again.
Just Saying
Oh dear oh dear
Takeitslowly
Just Saying wrote:
You are clearly well informed and hence that is why your depracting comment is so very apt...not really...MG were one of ONLY THREE OEM's to increase market share last month and by far the highest %age of said three.
Not only, but also...MG were one of ONLY THREE OEM's to show an increase in market share, year to date sales.
Have you even read the reviews of their latest EV, how well they have sold and the VFM they represent?...NO...because you are an uneducated, disinterested, uninformed, lazy, ne'er do well. Souce SMMT. Check it out you MORON.
turbinecol
Engineering
I hope they are not trying to claim any of it was engineered here like in their last interview
gavsmit
Bangers and Cash
I love that TV programme but it makes me so sad seeing all those lovely MG sportscars when they have been reduced to what they are now.
I'm ok with a manufacturer offering good value cars with long warranties (if not the last word in good design / refinement etc.) but why does it have to use a name like MG if it's never going to make sportscars?
Peter Cavellini
How many?
How many cars from China built in China, of Chinese origin, are sold in the UK?, that's why I think MG ass seen as a way in.
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