Valiant5
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There's a glaring oversight in the Which! Car Guide, published with the February edition of the magazine.
The supplement covers segments of the car market from city models to MPVs, with technical data for scores of models and star ratings, as well as features on subjects including hybrids and BEVs.
As the owner of a new MG 5 Excite, I turned with interest to the pages on estate cars, realising that lead times for the guide would probably rule out any detailed coverage, but expecting at least a mention for the UK's first and only electric estate so far.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I read this paragraph at the head of the Test Lab Buyer's Guide: "Did you spot what's missing? An electric estate. We know of only one, the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo, due in 2021."
Well, yes, I did spot what was missing! Which! prides itself on its thorough research, but the consumers' champion failed miserably here. The 5 was trumpeted earlier in 2020, with specifications and prices announced late summer, so to overlook the only BEV estate seems remarkably careless.
Our ZS EV owners fared no better, with no reference to a car well regarded by them and which is racking up sales at an ever-growing rate.
Considering the negative publicity Which! generated for the 5 with its online coverage of Roofbargate, fair enough, its omission of the MG marque in the car guide is disappoin
ting, to say the least. Which! did, however, give a decent YouTube review of the 5, earlier this month.
The supplement covers segments of the car market from city models to MPVs, with technical data for scores of models and star ratings, as well as features on subjects including hybrids and BEVs.
As the owner of a new MG 5 Excite, I turned with interest to the pages on estate cars, realising that lead times for the guide would probably rule out any detailed coverage, but expecting at least a mention for the UK's first and only electric estate so far.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I read this paragraph at the head of the Test Lab Buyer's Guide: "Did you spot what's missing? An electric estate. We know of only one, the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo, due in 2021."
Well, yes, I did spot what was missing! Which! prides itself on its thorough research, but the consumers' champion failed miserably here. The 5 was trumpeted earlier in 2020, with specifications and prices announced late summer, so to overlook the only BEV estate seems remarkably careless.
Our ZS EV owners fared no better, with no reference to a car well regarded by them and which is racking up sales at an ever-growing rate.
Considering the negative publicity Which! generated for the 5 with its online coverage of Roofbargate, fair enough, its omission of the MG marque in the car guide is disappoin