DB Go Rex
Prominent Member
Your question is laced with comments designed to provoke.Okay considering the original question, consider this: The 1.5 Yaris Hybrid question
As well as the Mg4, me and the mrs actually don't mind at all the new(ish) 1.5 Yaris hybrid. A funky looking stout thing, but granted that's an acquired taste.
Now, before anyone plays the 'oh, but you can't compare them, they're different classes of cars' card, yes they are, but I'd argue that many (certainy me) people often 'compare' many a different car size/class/type when deciding where theiir money goes- you can't compare an i20 N with an MX5, but I bet people do when deciding what to buy, you can't 'compare' a KONA to a Fiesta, but I'd imagine people do. Sometimes people look at different cars and 'make' them fit their needs, based sometimes on emotion ( i.e I just fancy that car) and where they want to spend their money.
Anyway, we saw above that a 34p standard tariff rate means (£0.34 x 64) it costs about £22 to 'fill up' an mg4 to ~ 250 miles of distance. MUCH more if I do it when out an about on public chargers.
Now, the Yaris Hybrid, on forums, seems to have staggering mpg values, north of mid 60s, with many a user reporting 70s and even flirting with 80 (one youtuber showing 100 something!). I actually sat in one guy's 1.5 Yaris in supermarket carpark about 2 or so months ago, and he showed me the history of his trips, and the mpg values were a knockout.
So, say the 1.5 Yaris returns me 66mpg (realistic, even maybe understated, going by figures and user reports). That gives about 14.5 miles lper litre, so abut 17L would be needed for 250 miles 'range', so about £28 ish per 250 miles at £1.65 per liter petrol? Even less if going by some of the mpg figures shown by owners.
I can carwow a top of the range one with optional black wheels for ~ £23K. Say £8K less than the Trophy, and say £4K less than the SE long range. And without installing a £1K charger too.
I'm not interested in any woke stuff like how many polar bears I'm saving exiting a slip road in an MG4, compared to a Yaris, so in this rising cost world, where is the compelling argument for the 4 in this case? Adding on too that a portion of the (for now) free car tax on the mg4 compared to the £155 yearly Yaris rate would be at least slightly negated via the difference in insurance groups (21 for the 4, 14 for the Yaris). And in addition, consider this: for a 7,000 mile annual mileage rate, the Mg4 Trophy would need about (7000/250) 28 fills, or about 28 x £22 = £616 on the 34p rate. The 1.5 yaris about 28 (lots of 250 miles) x £28 = £784 annual fill up cost. A difference in £168 a year. If I spend £8K more on the 4, not taking road tax into account (granted, important) it'd take me 8000/168 = 48 years to break even with the 4 Trophy, or 'only' about a quarter of a century with the Se long range. And of course you've comparable warranties- 10 years (15 for the hybrid battery) with Toyota's Relax scheme, so long as you service it with them, which I would anyway. Of course servicing costs come into it, but those vary a lot, as shown by a thread on here. But then you could say how many years of tax and (maybe) slightly less service costs savings on the MG4 could I fit into not having the £1K home charger installation and the lower insurance group if I went for the 1.5 Yaris.... Still good?
And also remember, I'm probably not the only person on Planet Earth pondering and posing questions such as these.
I suggest if you are actually serious, you just go and buy the Yaris, and save yourself and everyone else the time.