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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 (19606 clicks)
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$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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    • Commodore64 on 01/08/2024 - 15:06
      +17

      It's enough to drive the kids to soccer

      • superm86 on 01/08/2024 - 15:28
        +2

        And back?

        • salem on 01/08/2024 - 18:41
          +20

          Why would you want them back? You just got rid of them!

          • FuRyZ on 02/08/2024 - 09:22
            +1

            @salem: This is OzBargain after all. I better see a deal later today on how to get rid of kids and the potential savings.

      • Brianqpr on 02/08/2024 - 10:23
        +2

        What if they live in Sydney and have Perth Glory away?

    • coffeeinmyveins on 01/08/2024 - 15:32
      +36

      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
        +14

        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

        • furythree on 02/08/2024 - 00:53
          +2

          very true

          but most people are driving in the city. different products targetting different people and different use cases.

          i think hybrids are the only closest middle ground that would work for anyone in country side or driving long commutes regularly.

          fully electric for the near foreseeable future are primarily targetting city driving, where the majority of start/stop fuel wastage and pollution would benefit from as well

          I wish people would stop being so deranged with the vandalism

          boggles my mind people treating petrol cars like their personal identity or needing to find edge cases to discount the fact that a product isnt perfect. Nothing is (not talking about your comment, just saying generally)

        • aka nioh on 02/08/2024 - 08:24

          Also to add. Model 3 rwd gets approx 400km while driving around Sydney in this 'cold weather's with AC on. Driving country side at 110km/hr I average around 300km.

          I wouldn't recommend this car for country driving due to how spaced out the chargers are especially if one gets vandalised as I'm gonna guess this car only has about 240km of highway range in cold weather. For a city car it's great and nearly half the price of the tesla with more room

      • figarow on 01/08/2024 - 19:29
        -3

        No there are genuinely people out there that drive hundreds of kms per day/days and suffer anxiety when they forget or are unable to charge up in time.

        • tonyjzx on 01/08/2024 - 20:07
          +4

          surely then i would expect these people to be smart and just buy a 4x4 diesel ute with extended tanks?

          no?

          i dont do 320km in a week so i can live with this

        • devize on 01/08/2024 - 21:41
          +5

          The vast majority are not driving hundreds of kms per day.

          • Hugh G Rection on 02/08/2024 - 12:17
            +1

            @devize: lol, exactly. hundreds of km per day sounds horrible, i would have to move there or find work closer to home.

        • ProlapsedHeinous on 04/08/2024 - 12:09
          +1

          I used to be a courier, doing 10 hour days and usually only averaged around 280km a day. I'd say your edge case users are well in the minority, And they would definitely be better off with a hybrid or plain ol petrol.

    • Timm on 01/08/2024 - 16:49
      +1

      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

      • figarow on 01/08/2024 - 19:31
        +1

        Yeah but if I forgot to get fuel yesterday and jump in the car today I can either drive a few minutes and instantly fill up or use a can of fuel from home for instant fix.

        • Dandaman21 on 02/08/2024 - 06:47

          My EV was charging overnight at 8c/kwh (works out to be around $1.40/100km) while I slept so I don't need to remember to get fuel or drive a few minutes to wait 10 minutes for a bowser to take 5 minutes to fill up. :)

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

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

      • Headless on 01/08/2024 - 19:24
        +2

        Ouch, fuel efficiency is so bad on your car!

        • twig on 01/08/2024 - 20:26
          +1

          Oof, our 40L jazz gets 550km

        • inasero on 14/08/2024 - 13:49
          +1

          2007 Corolla Auto gets 650km on 55L

      • spaceflight on 01/08/2024 - 21:07
        -1

        Except you can add more range to your Subaru just about anywhere in about 2 minutes.

        That's not as easy or fast for an EV

        • spad on 02/08/2024 - 15:40

          And then working a few more hours to pay for something that costs you $2/L

      • smartProverble on 02/08/2024 - 11:05
        -1

        That's pathetic wth!

  • Mortgagetightass on 01/08/2024 - 14:47
    +8

    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
      +18

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

    • GordonD on 01/08/2024 - 14:55
      +56

      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
        +12

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

        • tonyjzx on 01/08/2024 - 15:20
          +12

          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.

                • Rally Dave on 02/08/2024 - 12:31

                  @rooster7777: Being as the CCP is supporting and supplying Russia in the war on Ukraine, they should be putting the tax on them as well, except our government is to afraid of the negative results when China attacks our economy again (and all the tight arses want their cheap car no matter the consequences)

          • furythree on 02/08/2024 - 00:56

            @tonyjzx: why do we still have the luxury car tax lol

            toyota and holden left years ago

        • 0jay on 01/08/2024 - 16:52
          +2

          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
        +4

        You aware that this car cheaper in China right?

        • tonyjzx on 01/08/2024 - 20:06
          +1

          everything is cheaper outside

          even human life

        • furythree on 02/08/2024 - 00:57
          +1

          wait things are cheaper when you dont have to add on shipping and taxes?

          amazing

          • DmytroP on 02/08/2024 - 13:35
            +1

            @furythree: Not sure about this one, but most of the EVS available here are way cheaper in China even after taxes and shipping are taken into account.

      • seek on 01/08/2024 - 20:57
        +1

        used EV car value will be ugly in a few year's time when all the novated lease reaching its life and coming onto the market.

        • furythree on 02/08/2024 - 00:57

          yes but a EV driven to the ground via a lease will be valued differently to your mum driving kids to soccer and get groceries twice a week

          • May4th on 02/08/2024 - 10:35
            +1

            @furythree: most EVs driven on a lease are by your soccer mums. this is NL people are referring to

    • 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
        +19

        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
          +10

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

          • furythree on 02/08/2024 - 00:59

            @Caped Baldy: im still waiting for those go kart sized pod like EVs from sci fi movies and Toyota has teased as concepts for 20 years

            like seriously. its easier to just buy a golf cart so i can go to the shops. i dont want to drive a hulking suv everywhere

        • skyworxx on 01/08/2024 - 16:57
          +1

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

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

          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
        +9

        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
          +7

          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
            +14

            @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
              +4

              @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
              +2

              @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.

                • Droz on 10/08/2024 - 15:36

                  @bboz: I did go through the release notes for the Golf and Polo to get those number! Agree about the almost 20k at one point, but that seems a long time ago.

                  I did mean that the Golf and Polo became larger, like all the cars from the 80s like the 323 becoming a much larger Mazda 3 later in the future.

                  For sizes:

                  The Volkswagen Polo 1996 has 1 variant. The length is 3715mm, the height is 1420mm and the width is 1655mm.

                  Polo 2024 Length 4080mm, the height ranges from 1442 to 1450mm and the width 1751mm.

                  the Volkswagen Golf 1996 has 15 variants. The length 4020mm, the height ranges from 1400 to 1425mm and the width 1695mm

                  Golf 2024 4,284-4,290 mm L x 1,789 mm W x 1,456-1,463 mm H

                  They are definitely getting larger… But the prices seem to have gone up a LOT

              • furythree on 02/08/2024 - 01:02

                @Droz: has always made more sense to buy a subaru impreza than the Golf

                the impreza base model was the same cost as the polo last i checked but features of the golf.

          • 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
              +1

              @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
        +8

        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.

          • Bisky1 on 01/08/2024 - 19:49

            @rooster7777: All you need is something even better from an 'EV' [pun intended, expected value], and you can divest / diversify.

            S&P500 >> Lithium mining for me, for example.

      • 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.

    • krisspy on 01/08/2024 - 20:56

      Doubt it'll get there. Cheapest hybrid is $25k from mg. $30k maybe doubt it'll be 25

  • fgfash on 01/08/2024 - 14:56

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

    • Mortin on 01/08/2024 - 15:02
      -3

      I know that some MG cars have zero star crash rating

      • rooster7777 on 01/08/2024 - 16:26
        -2

        english built mg midgets and MGAs?

      • taki on 01/08/2024 - 18:31
        +2

        That depends on the region. Lower rating would be Top rating in China because smaller/practical city cars dominate (so much safer for all).
        In US/AU, killer 4WD/utes are not taxed correctly, which reduces the safety of the smaller cars/pedestrians/bike/bicycle riders.
        Bad management leads to more expensive/risky environment & the Insurance Co-s charge much more :(

      • Mortin on 01/08/2024 - 22:50
        +1

        MG 5 receives zero-star ANCAP safety rating
        https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/mg-5-receives-zero-sta…

    • loksmack on 01/08/2024 - 15:14
      +3

      5 stars in 2019 for the pre-refresh model (which, afaik, is the same car underneath).

    • The Vat on 01/08/2024 - 15:36
      +3

      ANCAP listing here: https://www.ancap.com.au/safety-ratings/mg/zs-ev/aed04c

    • GordonD on 01/08/2024 - 15:02
      +39

      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
          +7

          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
            +1

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

        • z28 on 01/08/2024 - 15:50
          +4

          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
          +3

          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
          +1

          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
        -2

        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
          +11

          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?

          • Minimum chips on 01/08/2024 - 17:33
            +5

            @HentaiEnjoyer: If there's one thing we can say for absolute certain about this world, it's that no-one learns anything from history. We're doomed to repeat it again and again.

        • 0jay on 01/08/2024 - 17:03
          +8

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

          It implies the manufacturer is confident that they can warranty their vehicle for ten years without risking profit which to all intents and purposes means they are building to a quality that will withstand the rigours of domestic use over ten years without requiring substantial warranty service or/and repair.

          So what it implies (if you wanna be picky) is that the manufacturer believes it's built well and they betting they profits (both immediate and future re reputation) on it being true.

        • LowRange on 01/08/2024 - 18:40
          +1

          4 year mark, still like the day i drove it off the lot. Will tell you what it's like at the 8 year mark when it happens. But the experience has been every bit as good as when i paid double for my VE SSV Redline i bought new.

    • Fredfloresjr on 01/08/2024 - 15:08
      +2

      Common Brandon, Buy a Ferrari for $600k and let me know if you can sell it for $500k after 6 months.

      Brandon forgot to realize that ALL cars depreciate.

      • loku123 on 01/08/2024 - 16:07

        ALL cars for us peasants.

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