MG ZS EV Excite MY23 - from $34,990 Driveaway (Was $43,693) @ MG Motor Dealers

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MG ZS EV Excite MY23 - from $34,990 Driveaway (Was $43,693) @ MG Motor Dealers
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vr4indian on 01/08/2024 - 14:41 mgmotor.com.au (5892 clicks)
Last edited 01/08/2024 - 16:35 by 2 other users

$34,990 is the driveaway price for the MG ZS EV Excite MY23 model without any options applied.
Driveaway price includes 12 months registration and compulsory third-party insurance cover. Offers available at participating MG Dealers for new stock vehicles only, sold and delivered between 01 August 2024 to 31 August 2024. While stock lasts. Excludes fleet, government, or rental buyers, or with any other offers.

Most-affordable electric vehicle, after the price of the entry-level MG ZS EV was today slashed by up to $8703 to $34,990 drive-away, the company's website shows.

Quality :
It may fit into someone's budget. May not be like by all. Like everything else, it has its pros and cons.

Warranty:

MG has introduced the longest factory warranty ever offered by a new-car maker in Australia – 10 years or 250,000km, whichever comes first.In effect from today (1 August 2024) for all newly-registered petrol, hybrid and electric MG models, the new warranty applies to vehicles not deemed to be "commercial use" – such as Ubers, taxis, food delivery couriers and driving schools.

Value for Money
Car is depreciating assets unless someone wants to go back to Covid era

Range Anxiety
Many in city, may be fine with 300 km for week usage. May be their secondary vehicle. So it has its own market.

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Comments

  • Ellllllys on 01/08/2024 - 14:44
    +39

    35K for a decent sized EV seems pretty prettaay good

    • OzBozo on 01/08/2024 - 15:25
      -8

      Doesn't have Autonomous automatic breaking AEB
      Or atleast howsafeisyourcar says it only works to 50kmph . Is that true?

      • Geoff-bargain on 01/08/2024 - 15:46
        +46

        If you see something in front of your car press the brake yourself.

        • Logical on 01/08/2024 - 17:04

          damn, that's brutal

        • Whatisthatvelvet on 01/08/2024 - 18:04
          +1

          You make it sound so simple. Oh wait, it is.

      • Chinese on 01/08/2024 - 15:46
        +6

        Post FBT exemption. Under $20k. Better than a base corolla of the old days.

        Looks like Teslsa will soon need to slash prices again

        • Ozbfan on 01/08/2024 - 16:13

          What does post fbt exemption mean? How is it 20k?

          • Brian McGee on 01/08/2024 - 16:18
            +1

            @Ozbfan: If you can purchase on a novated lease you don't pay GST or the FBT associated with a salary sacrifice.

      • Ruddaga on 01/08/2024 - 15:47
        +6

        Man as someone with the MG4 Xpower, I switch off half the shit anyways. So annoying and always assuming you're going to crash every two seconds.

      • Brian McGee on 01/08/2024 - 16:17

        Got the acronym correct but couldn't get the correct feature description.
        Autonomous
        Emergency
        Braking

        • OzBozo on 01/08/2024 - 18:02

          You know what I Valvoline, you mean.

      • Bumblegrum on 01/08/2024 - 17:12

        You do realise that you are supposed to drive the car, put away that mobile phone and drive the car.

      • guidedlight on 01/08/2024 - 17:22

        The BMW X3 sDrive20i doesn’t have this, a $90k car.

    • HD9990 on 01/08/2024 - 16:01

      It's average at best, but best at the price range….

    • choofa on 01/08/2024 - 16:56

      My wife wouldn’t even consider it due to the silly offset charging port right in the front… Are their designers blind? Why wouldn’t you put the charging port where the logo is and make it look symmetrical?
      Do you know how many OCD people there are in this world who will just not even consider this car?

      • z28 on 01/08/2024 - 17:03
        +8

        Yes, so silly of car makers to put steering wheels on one side of the car.

        • U30004 on 01/08/2024 - 17:10

          Lol

      • rvsure on 01/08/2024 - 17:39

        You will appreciate the front charging port when you are at one of those awkward chargers with short charging cable and bollards in front. The Byd Atto struggles at many chargers due to its charging port position on the side.

      • DingoBilly on 01/08/2024 - 17:48

        If you have OCD that bad you'll never be able to buy a car. Every car will have flaws and be assymetrical. In this case you'd be the ones who need the help, not the designer.

        • choofa on 01/08/2024 - 17:51

          I don’t. It’s my wife. But I’ve seen reviews where they’ve said the same thing.

          I think logistically it makes sense but aesthetically it’s quite bad.

          It doesn’t actually bother me but I wouldn’t buy this car anyway

      • KingUltra on 01/08/2024 - 18:01

        Lucky we have the MY21 version whose charging port hides neatly behind the MG logo. As you say if I had seen this version at the time, I too probably would be put off by it.

  • dasher86 on 01/08/2024 - 14:45
    +15

    New 10 year warranty too.

    • Hawks33 on 01/08/2024 - 17:40
      +1

      You will just get unlimited trips to MG service centre for 10 years, parts will take around 2 months and in the end it won't be worth it.

  • c64 on 01/08/2024 - 14:46
    +27

    that's a nice bonus depreciation for current owners

    • bradenpd on 01/08/2024 - 15:03
      +31

      Does anyone not expect their car to massively depreciate? No one buys a car (like this anyway) expecting it to hold its value.

      • Caped Baldy on 01/08/2024 - 15:11
        +26

        Lots of dumbasses out there. Not sure why people think Tesla's are high yield investments.

        • bradenpd on 01/08/2024 - 15:15
          +10

          Yeah exactly. Isn’t it only BMW’s that are high yield??

      • choofa on 01/08/2024 - 15:12
        +17

        Toyota owners since Covid think the crazy run of people paying more for a year old rav4 than waiting 2 years for a new one is going to continue forever

        • twister292 on 01/08/2024 - 16:22
          +1

          Or Tesla…a particular car reviewer did an hour-long whinge on Tesla dropping prices and it affecting existing lessees and owners.

      • BargainMe on 01/08/2024 - 15:29
        +2

        Lots of people seem to think they are an investment but the reality is they are just like any other appliance

      • Bimbobob on 01/08/2024 - 16:44

        Naah Strayans a special breed, every car should aspire to have resale value like a V8 diesel cruiser :D

    • The Vat on 01/08/2024 - 15:38

      Thankfully that's the novated leasing company's problem, not mine

  • ozvictor on 01/08/2024 - 14:46

    Only 320km range ?

    • kamykazi on 01/08/2024 - 14:58
      +13

      Is there an EV SUV for a similar price with better range?

        • putshan on 01/08/2024 - 15:40
          +7

          May I see it?

          • Random guy on 01/08/2024 - 16:02
            +12

            @putshan: A comparable SUV EV? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the website? Localised entirely within your comment?

          • itsmoe on 01/08/2024 - 17:33

            @putshan: The Haval Jolion Premium Hybrid is going for 33k. Hybrid though which might work out better than full EV.

    • Commodore64 on 01/08/2024 - 15:06
      +12

      It's enough to drive the kids to soccer

      • superm86 on 01/08/2024 - 15:28
        +1

        And back?

    • coffeeinmyveins on 01/08/2024 - 15:32
      +18

      So what? My petrol car gets 450km to a tank and it's fine

      THe range anxiety bull about EV's is just stupid.

      • aka nioh on 01/08/2024 - 16:57
        +4

        In the city yes. In the country side no. I've done both. Someone vandalised the nrma charger and it was the only charger for 200km. Also usually there are only 1 or 2 chargers. Can throw you off an hour if all stalls are taken when you get there. Love my Ev for the city. Getting a hybrid for the country road trips

    • Timm on 01/08/2024 - 16:49

      How often do you drive more than 320km non-stop?

      • Bumblegrum on 01/08/2024 - 17:15
        +1

        Frequency has nothing to do with convenience

    • LoftyAu on 01/08/2024 - 17:11

      My Subaru Liberty only does 380km to a 60L tank around town. It's a non issue.

  • Mortgagetightass on 01/08/2024 - 14:47
    +7

    Serious question…. how far away are we from your run of the mill EV hatchback with 350KM Range for 25K driveaway? 2026? 2027?

    • ozvictor on 01/08/2024 - 14:49
      +14

      At MG’s rate you will get it for 25k next year

    • GordonD on 01/08/2024 - 14:55
      +38

      Serious answer … the problem is that these lower EV prices we are seeing at the moment are not the result of the cost of manufacture coming down, its because manufacturers have had to lower the prices they were asking to move the quantity of cars they have geared up to build. Its exactly like when SSDs were cheap for a while there. They'd geared up to build a lot higher quantity than buyers wanted. So they had to take a bath for a while, and all accept losing money for a while until the production volume could be realigned with the quantity demanded.

      European car manufacturers all committed to being all electric by 2030 or thereabouts. Now they're all walking away from that commitment, because they've gotten a reprieve by the EU slapping a big tariff on Chinese-built EVs. An America has put a 100% tariff on them. That leaves China looking for somewhere to sell all these EVs that they're building, and it won't be China, because its economy is stuttering. So Australians, with no local manufacturers to defend with tariffs, might see some really good Chinese EV prices. But, I repeat, its not about them having lowered the cost of building them, just them having to lose money selling them. And no business can keep doing that indefinitely.

      Australians wanting to buy Chinese EVs might also be helped for a while by the emissions scheme. We're still going to want our SUVs. And the manufacturers wanting to sell those can trade emissions credits with the Chinese EV builders so everyone gets what they want. SUV buyers, a lot of whom are business that can write off a higher cost will get those by trading emissions credits so Chinese EVs buyers get them cheaper. So you'll get a cheap new Chinese EV by paying more taxes.

      • Dauphin on 01/08/2024 - 15:09
        +7

        You can if the CCP is underwriting your business in a trade war

        • tonyjzx on 01/08/2024 - 15:20
          +5

          yeah but its better to be like australia where you still have tariffs for non existent car companies

          i personally dont care whoever subsidises my purchases and in reality, EVERY country subisidises their car industries

          yiu dont think the JP KR US or EU subsidises their car companies???

          even then are those subsidises going to bring you a $35k EV SUV from VW? or Toyota or Hyundai?

          • rooster7777 on 01/08/2024 - 16:16
            +1

            @tonyjzx: Que? what do you think the australian import tariff on passenger cars is?

            I'll give you a little hint… less than 1/2%.

            • howcan on 01/08/2024 - 16:26
              +1

              @rooster7777: When was the 5% rate reduced?

              • rooster7777 on 01/08/2024 - 16:51
                +1

                @howcan: From 1 July 2022, customs duty on electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles
                with a customs value less than the fuel efficient luxury car tax threshold will have a ‘Free’ rate of duty. The
                ‘Free’ rate of duty applies to all goods that meet this requirement, except those from Russia and Belarus
                which currently have an additional duty of 35 per cent applied.

        • 0jay on 01/08/2024 - 16:52
          +1

          one person's trade war is another person's free market

          we've all been saturated by economists valorising an unencumbered market (never mind all the corporate handouts they demand out side of their mouths) and now when the market starts to rouse itself and shake off some of the control the toy globalists thought they had they don't like an unencumbered globalist market anymore

      • Anubizz on 01/08/2024 - 16:25
        -1

        You aware that this car cheaper in China right?

    • skyworxx on 01/08/2024 - 14:57

      Probably a while. The cheapest EV (car, not Quadricycle) in Europe is the Dacia Spring for about AUD 30k, but only has 250km range and Australian availability seems to lag 3 to 4 years behind.

      • fantombloo on 01/08/2024 - 15:06
        +12

        but only has 250km range

        IMO a sensible max. range for a city commuter / daily runabout. No need to pay for and lug around a massive battery if it's not going to be used 95% of the time. Lots of pissing contest vibes in the EV space.

        • Caped Baldy on 01/08/2024 - 15:21
          +8

          A cheap EV makes a lot of sense for a 2 car home with easy access to charging.

        • skyworxx on 01/08/2024 - 16:57

          Agreed, but poster was asking for 350km range, presumably to replace the main car

        • xrailgun on 01/08/2024 - 17:11
          +2

          every time EVs are mentioned, every single hillbilly gets on the internet screaming about driving 50000 miles every day uphill both ways towing 10 cows across antarctica, and that anything that isn't catering to them should not exist, period.

    • tp0 on 01/08/2024 - 14:58
      +1

      How far away are we from your run of the mill ICE hatchback for $25k driveaway?

      About 5 years since that was the last time they cost that. All the big sellers are at or over the $30k mark these days.

      • Mortgagetightass on 01/08/2024 - 15:00
        +5

        MG's new petrol hatch is $24,990
        Suziki's hatch is $24,990
        MG's 2023 hatch is $19,990
        KIA Picanto 2024 is $21,990

        These are all drive-away prices, so not sure what you're referring to.

        • Gdsamp on 01/08/2024 - 15:06
          +5

          well all of those are city cars

          5 years ago You could get a small car ( e.g. Kia cerato) driveaway for $19,990

          • bboz on 01/08/2024 - 15:52
            +6

            @Gdsamp: This is correct. I live near a dealership 'alley' and I distinctly recall seeing small cars advertised at 20k drive away. And I am talking, for example, a basic Golf. I always thought they were amazingly well priced and quite easily affordable.

            People have very short memories, it seems.

            I just fell off my chair. Checked the price of a basic Golf now and it is 42k. Forty Two thousand for a basic golf. That is close to what GTi cost a few years back. Outrageous.
            A Kia Cerato is less than 29k. VW can get stuffed.

            • JDMcarfan on 01/08/2024 - 16:24
              +1

              @bboz: thats more than what a GTi cost only 6 years ago (38.5k, and only really one generation older than current model)

            • Droz on 01/08/2024 - 16:34
              +1

              @bboz: VW Polo cost about 20k at one point, not the Golf.

              The 1996 "Budget" Golf CL cost $26,990

              In that same year, the VW Polo GL was released in Australia for the first time for $19,990.

              In 2012 the cheapest Polo was $16,990 for some basic model.

              2013 the cheapest Golf was 21,490, with $500 price drop from the last model.

              2019 Cheapest Polo (Which got larger) was $17,990.

              2019 Cheapest Golf was $24,990

              2024 Cheapest Golf is $39,190!!!!!
              2024 Cheapest Polo is $29,490!!!!

              They've changed the cars a lot, the Polo has become the Golf, and the Golf has gone one up… But also prices have just gone straight-up bonkers since 2020

              • 0jay on 01/08/2024 - 16:57

                @Droz: exchange rates've changed a lot over that time too

              • bboz on 01/08/2024 - 16:57

                @Droz: Sorry but that's not correct. 100% the Golf was 20k. Corolla's were always a few grand more expensive, say 23k.

                the Polo has become the Golf, and the Golf has gone one up

                What do you mean by this? The Golf has certainly not gone up 'in size' since Mk5. Polo has increased in size marginally.
                Perhaps you mean 'gone up' in another sense.

                I've just found several articles from the mid-2010's stating approx 21-24k, so 20k is 100% possible when they put on sales.

          • BLAIL on 01/08/2024 - 16:02
            +1

            @Gdsamp: I was looking to get a brand new 2018 FY19 kia cerato for $21k back then

            • bboz on 01/08/2024 - 17:33

              @BLAIL: Yep. My Dad got one in 2018 - Cerato S with safety pack for under 20k. Was a great deal.

        • tp0 on 01/08/2024 - 15:07
          +1

          They're all tiny cars. A and B segment.

          The current cheapest hatchbacks in the EV market are C segment cars (MG4, Dolphin, Ora). Comparable C segment ICE cars are Corolla, i30, Golf, Mazda 3.

    • Caped Baldy on 01/08/2024 - 15:13
      +2

      Probably 5-10 years. Chances are it will have a sodium batteries which are cheaper but less energy dense. I don't think the technology is there yet for mass manufacturing.

      There's also in wheel motors which means more space for batteries so less range anxiety in the future.

      • beltdrive on 01/08/2024 - 15:27
        +6

        the lithium miners will be salty when that tech gets implemented

        • rooster7777 on 01/08/2024 - 16:25

          Don't sell your shares in lithium miners for at least 20 years.

      • rooster7777 on 01/08/2024 - 16:24
        +1

        Personally I think you're way off the mark. Whether you're talking about sodium, bromide, zinc etc etc batteries.

        Energy in/ energy out, and energy density/weight are critical factors, and nothing commercially produced at a marketable price is there.

        Alternative chemistry battery technology have far more suitable end purposes… which they haven't been used in, due to not (yet) being up to scratch.

        Domestic and grid batteries are classic examples of where energy density and volume are far less relevant than in (moving) motor vehicles…. but they are all lithium.

  • fgfash on 01/08/2024 - 14:56

    What a bargain.. wonder what's the safety rating for this car?

    • GordonD on 01/08/2024 - 15:02
      +29

      Why, because they're built well enough their manufacturers can offer 10 year warranties?

      • Dauphin on 01/08/2024 - 15:11
        +2

        It’s a great warranty - only time will tell if it’s a great car.

        My concern is the insurance costs on these EVs are ridiculous. Often insurance is 10% of the RRP, even with the best driving record.

        • innov on 01/08/2024 - 15:48
          +3

          I was also curious about this as well.. So I went to Youi and the insurance came out to be $1100ish. Seems reasonable considering its the same amount I pay for my 2015 Corolla

          • rooster7777 on 01/08/2024 - 16:27

            @innov: data like that will disturb the bollocks purveyors!

        • z28 on 01/08/2024 - 15:50
          +2

          How much did you pay for your insurance for your EV ? or are you venting your hot air ? I paid similar prices for my EV and ICE (with RACWA).

        • cmyk on 01/08/2024 - 16:34
          +1

          I think that's a myth. Got MG4 and it's the same as my previous ICE.
          I did hear it might be a Tesla thing but I have no interest in Tesla so maybe it's true

        • Analytical Therapist on 01/08/2024 - 17:01

          I have a MY23 ZS EV Essence and can confirm, my last renewal was 2k. I'm also totally not salty about the 10k hit lol.

      • coffeeinmyveins on 01/08/2024 - 15:34
        +1

        Why, because they're built well enough their manufacturers can offer 10 year warranties?

        Offering a 10 year warranty doesn't imply it's built well.

        It's to get you over the fact that these are cheap made chinese cars.

        Also a warranty isn't an invisible shield. I'd like to see what these cars are like at the 8 year mark.

        • HentaiEnjoyer on 01/08/2024 - 16:03
          +4

          cheap made chinese cars

          Isn't this the same xenophobia we've seen time and time again with the likes of Japanese and South Korean cars? Does history not teach us a lesson?

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