Pick up our MG HS 1.5 manual , Black, 29/05/21, covered 305 miles in 3 days to visit relatives.
Good Points
From outside looks very imposing, mix up of a Mazda CX5 and an AUDI A3. Interior has more than a passing resemblance to a Mercedes GLA. The room inside is impressive and the seats very comfortable, even after a 126 mile journey. Dial layout make sense , except for no rotary temperature dial which would make sense.Road presence and driving hight are very good, it’s a very calming vehicle to drive, rear view mirror is a little low, headroom is really good, several people commented on it at the services one even asked if MG was Mercedes Group ?. Boot is ok but take out the plastic underfloor tray and relocate the puncture kit and a folding wheelchair fits in leaning the load space empty. Engine is ok for crusing about in, it’s not a race car, and as it’s a manual it responds well to dropping a gear.Road noise is ok except on the concrete sections of the M25 but it’s no worse than our other car.
Not so good.
Dealers, really struggle to source and track stock, took over 14 weeks from factory. The car would look so much better with tinted rear windows , even the dealer agreed. Over a 260 mile round trip MPG was 39.6 , mostly 74 MPH on the motorway, not to bad. The drivers info screen had an overload of information at times and the front collision warning is very sensitive. Sat Nav is ok .I would like the buttons on the steering wheel swapped around, audio on the right data on the left.
Overall a big improvement on our Grandland , especially the feeling of interior space. Not expecting any problems with the car, if we do it’s for the dealer to sort out anyway, but the dealer network really needs to up it’s standards.