I noticed when test driving an MG4 that there were no grab handles, no rear wiper and no heat pump on the 22 plate demonstrator. I was also disappointed in the boot size, which on paper did not look much smaller that out outgoing car, but in practice, because MG counts the space under the boot floor, it is significantly smaller. Also I noticed the passenger seat adjustment was inferior. I know some cars don’t have rear wipers these days (a Hyundai Tucson we drove was the same), but I’m old fashioned and like them. But grab handles and a heat pump, come on! Anyway, to cut a long story short, we liked the car enough despite its shortcomings to order one. When it came, it had grab handles a heat pump and a rear wiper! But strangely, it didn’t have a black roof. It must be that the 23 cars have had a bit of an update while at the same time losing the black roof. When it came to choice of colour, we discounted orange as we thought it might attract the wrong kind of attention. The Henley blue was too bright. Black and white were out: I find white a pain to keep looking good and out outgoing car was black (not our choice as we ordered one of the last two cars left in the country and it was black). We discovered that our outgoing car had white undercoat, which made it look dreadful when scratched. I liked the grey, but the Mrs said it was too dark so we plumped for the dark red. I think it looks stunning. But guess what? When I was washing it last week, I noticed a white spot on the leading edge of the bonnet. It was a stone chip and the flipping car has got a white undercoat! Why manufacturers don’t have colour matched undercoats so that when a stone chip or scratch happens, it doesn’t look quite as obvious, I don’t know….
very interesting to read this I will be test driving the MG4 I want the trophy model with the folding mirrors camera sat nav etc how are you finding the car ride etc which model have you got I would have the dark red too