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Buying

What should I be paying?

The choice is simple: two trims, one motor or two. Simpler than that actually because the twin-motor one comes only with the top Trophy trim.

SE is £37,995. Add £3k exactly for Trophy trim, and another £3k for the second motor. Told you it was straightforward.

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Options? Only paint. If you don't want flat white, which is good only for vans and coffee, you're in for metallics (grey, blue, black) at £545, or tri-coat (gold-beige or cherry red) at £695. 

All cars get the full ADAS and safety suite, LED lights, roof rails, dark rear glass, battery preconditioning, V2L, heated front seats and wheel, reversing camera, phone mirroring, navigation (but no traffic in the SE). Only obvious omission is a heat pump.

Stepping up to the Trophy gets the brighter cabin trim, ambient light, connected services and EV route planner, electric memory seats and heated ones in the back, HUD, keyless entry, electric tailgate, inductive phone charger, electric folding mirrors, 360-degree camera and more. Wheels go up from 19-inch to 20-inch. 

That's the spec in these photos. No surprise MG thinks most people will stump up £3,000 for that lot.

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Service interval is 12 months or 15,000 miles, and warranty seven years out to 80,000 miles.

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