MG Motor UK MG4 review

It's £29,995 for the Long Range, £32,995 for the Extended Range. Then only another £1,000 for the XPower – but remember that one might have another motor but loses battery capacity.

As we write MG is giving its own £1,500 discount, labelled MG Grant, as a way to fight the UK Government grant on European EVs. Zero interest and deposit contributions are also part of MG's stock in trade so expect a tempting deal on the finance.

There’s a seven-year (80,000-mile, fully transferable) warranty, but nothing more than that for the battery.

What equipment does it come with?

Absent a base model in the range, the kit list is impressive enough: 18-inch alloys, 12.8-inch HD connected touchscreen, 360 degree parking camera, electric seat for the driver and heated for both, LED lights, active grille shutter.

It also has V2L output, and you think you won’t find a use for that, but when you do…

Tell me something I might not realise.

The Long Range model has had a battery chemistry change for the facelift. It's now the more robust LFP type. LFP usually charges more slowly than NCM, but here it is faster than before, at 154kW peak, for a 10-80 per cent time of 25 minutes.

Extended Range is 40 minutes for 10-80, but of course that's getting you more miles because you're filling a bigger battery. The XPower is worst of all worlds, 30 minutes but for the smaller battery – NCM this time not the LFP because it needs to deliver more current.