Hi, I've done 1000 miles in my new MG5 EV and I love it, that said I'm coming from a clapped out 307. What I am annoyed at however, is the exaggeration over range. The EV range and my SatNav have very different opinions. It is no exaggeration to say that the MG range in miles is much closer to KM. I'm not a particularly fast driver, keeping to well within 10% of limits and not accelerating quickly at all. And even when in Eco mode with full KERS, it is shockingly bad. Tonight I had 142miles of range in ECO mode for a100 mile journey. Easy, right?! I got to where the range mileage and SatNav distance remaining were both 18 miles, and had to get a charge. And from my 1000 miles experience that is about the size of it. Range is closer to KM than miles. Disappointing but a lovely car. I bought it for the 200 mile range but it's closer to 150. Shame and I feel cheated. Plus the roofbars which I found out about after collecting the car :-(
Interested in others experiences.
Hi Dead my name is Les I’m from Wigan I have just read your post and I can see your new to the forum , well I’m the guy who reported the roof rails issue to MG on the 6th November last year and I have been on at them ever since to sort the problem out about them being none load bearing,but when they introduced the car last autumn the brochures show the car with a bike on the roof and in the accessories pages show cross rails and cycle carriers that you could buy from your dealer which was all wrong
I ordered the MG5 on November 3rd and was told there was a handbook to read about the car, did I get a shock when I got to page 62 where it states the rails or decorative and must not be loaded I went back to the dealer who knew nothing about this I went to 3 other MG dealers same thing no idea what I was talking about in the brochures it said at that time the rails could carry 50kg.
Dean I won’t keep you any longer all I can tell you for now is today the rails are still the same non load bearing but MG are doing some testing on them so at some point they may modify them and you may get a recall to modify your car hopefully soon.
I along with the DVSA and the consumer association or still in pushing MG to get this matter sorted out if you would like to read more about this in the forum go to
MG5 Decorative Roof rails stating at number 1 in that thread and then I come in at number16 after I watched a pod cast on YouTube I knew nothing about this forum until I saw that podcast, there is lots to read on this subject so if you don’t mind can I ask you a few questions as you said in your post you only found out about the roof rails after collecting the car your answers could be helpful in our fight with MG to get the rails altered
1 Was you given a brochure showing on the front cover the car with a bike on the roof when you went to the dealers to look at it
2 When did you order the car and what was the wait before collecting it on dates if possible also from which dealership
3 Was you told that the rails could not be use and where only decorative
4 How did you come to fined out about the roof rails
Thank you for your time ho I forgot the range you are getting is some thing that concerns me also I never expected the car would travel 214/276 miles as advertised but I have learned quite a lot about EVs and I think none of them any make or model do what they advertise I work on what I have seen in lots of pictures on here and other sites plus videos on YouTube the main figure being
Miles per KH generally most so around 3-4 mpkh so the MG 5 has a 50kw battery but only around 47kw are usable so at 3 kw you would get about 141 and at 4 188 but I think you would be very lucky to get 4 consistently anyhow that’s how I work it out plus it very much depends on your driving and the weather.
Thanks les.