olliewebb
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- MG4 XPOWER
People wouldn't have compared it to a hot hatch if they'd bodied it as an Crossover, Saloon, or Estate.I get where you’re coming from, having recently owned an R55, mini cooper S. It certainly had a rock hard suspension that people associate with hot hatches, which the Xpower doesn’t but I prefer it that way. You shouldn’t compare the two on handling as the XPower is a different balance between weigh, comfort, handling & power. Just the balance I want. Still handles very well and the fact that the cinch review track time beat a JCW Mini Cooper shows that. It uses power to compensate for weight on the track times. On straights of course it annihilates most cars on the track time list. The only other EV in the top 25 that comes close is the BMW i4 M50 costing twice as much. Which in my book makes the XPower a game changer for EVs.
I've only got it for two years any way - by which time the ID.2 GTI might be out, and the availability and price of the Ioniq 5 N might be good (there might also be 'warm' hot options by then too). It's an experiment for me really, try running an EV for two years and see how livable it is, I know that's a privileged position to be in, but I do want to test it before the carrot turns into a stick.
I might've gone for an updated i3 if they'd kept making it but increased the range and performance. Or the MINI hatch if the electric was available in five door and had, well, more range and poke. I drove the F56 electric and while it was fun, my car with the Bluespark box would destroy it.
I change my cars more often that some people change their underwear. And besides I've got a TF and a Midget for summer weekends.
As for the Cinch lap - not sure about the guy driving and his background... ideally I'd like to see one of the journos with a background in 'hot laps' (Steve Sutcliffe, Chris Harris, etc) to test them back to back on the same day. There does need to be more reviews of the thing vs. it's rivals by the performance mags/YouTube channels if MG are serious about chasing the performance car market - doing drag races doesn't particularly prove anything other than confirm my view that it's an EV Muscle Car in a hatch body.
Any way - this is starting to get very 'Piston Heads' in this thread, not a bad thing, I just assumed MG EV owners were a different crowd haha!
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