Just to pass on my experiences, I bought an Essence 64 (White) on the Gold Coast and took delivery on 9th October. It is a July 2023 Manufacture but happy to take it for the price - under A$40000.
A week before we purchased, we were looking at a significantly higher price, when the factory bonuses came through. We were deciding between the BYD Dolphin Premium and the MG4 but the price drop made it a no brainer.
It came with 2 problems;
1. It had the expected sagging undertray, but not sagging very much. I was happy to leave it until the first complimentary service to get it attended to.
2. It also had no data traffic through the Cellular network. Symptoms were that the iSmart app would not get any updates, the weather and traffic on the satnav didn't work. I was able to bind the car to the app, but not do anything in the app. Weather and traffic did work when I connected the car to my wifi in the garage. The Cellular icon seemed to say it was on 3G (not 4G) all the time.
I could not get the Data Traffic button to go on at all, in the swipe down screen.
I booked it in to get it looked at - a wait of around a week to get in. They have resolved the data traffic problem, saying it was not configured correctly from the factory. I would question why this was not picked up pre-delivery, but not much point asking the service receptionist - (she said she had never heard of the sagging undertray problem!)
They also said they were ordering the undertray fix (the bracket and bolts) which were in stock in Brisbane and would take a few days to arrive. No quibbles about whether it was required or not.
So overall, happy that they have sorted the two problems relatively easily.
I am still not seeing weather and traffic updates at times, seems intermittent but reading all the other posts, I am willing to give it a little while and see if it is still a problem when it goes back in for the bracket. Most importantly the iSmart app seems to be working properly now, so I can see charge, etc, unlock and lock doors and get status updates.
Very happy with the car overall, just a pleasure to drive!
someone from Team White will be along shortly to welcome you (a brief moment of Deja vu) We used to life on the Gold Coast!
