New runout pricing for MY24 excite 51, get it while it hot
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 September 2024 to 30 September 2024. While stock lasts. Excludes fleet, government, or rental buyers, or with any other offers.
Edit: The deal will now expire by the end of this month. Thanks to @Barry Quinn.
Sorry my sentence wasn't finished correctly…
Was supposed to be - As someone who has owned one for nearly a year, I would highly recommend this EV at this price.
Still going strong and still happy with it.
@Eeples: Are you saying many have experienced it? Vibration through the wheel is almost always a wheel balance issue.
With older cars it can be certain worm from end components - unless its something weird and unexpected.
@King Tightarse: I am saying that if you google up "mg4 xpower vibration issue" you will see it is a known issue.
And mg has attempted (unsuccessfully?) to fix it (apparently in 2023).
That is why I was asking Ruffaga. (Apparently he does not have that issue; but has read about that issue too).
@Eeples: Yes I read up on it,
It seems that is is a weird case - an actual design issue with the XPower model. The engineers seem to have stuffed up the ergonomics of the the front end with the extra motor.
FWIW in any normal auto situation it almost always just a wheel balance.
@Eeples: I've never had the issue. I've read about it. When I hit 110 it's smooth as + fun. I actually smile when I get to open the car up on the freeway
It's not even EOFY. Damn.
Nice. The 51 has a LFP battery too
What the difference between my23 and my24? Just build date?
MY23 — 7 Year / Unlimited Kms Warranty
My 24 — 10 Year / 250,000 Kms Warranty
MY23 FTW!! 🥳
I don't think that is quite right. From the warranty page:
For vehicles retailed on or before 31st July, 2024, a 7-Year Warranty applies.
If you buy now and it is new you should get 10 years warranty.
I've seen some dealer demos that have been priced to be just below this deal. Those: difficult question. They still have not been retailed. But MG might cause trouble. I'd be careful with those.
Game changer!
The main question I have is if you don't have solar and plug into the wall. Is EV generally cheaper then petrol car per km?
Yes, usually a fair bit. You get about 6km from 1kWh.
At my regular grid price that would be 5c / km. With an off-peak tariff that could be a lot less. With solar I "pay" about 1c/km for lost feed in tariff.
The only time charging costs are similar similar to petrol is when you have to use a DC fast charger.
Plenty of electricity plans will give you offpeak energy for less than 10 cents per kWh.
3 kWh will get you roughly as far as 1 liter of petrol, so yes its way cheaper to run than an ICE car even without solar.
About 1/4 to 1/5 the price of fuel charging at home.
If you have to pay high prices at a public charger (on a long trip) it can end up around the same or even more expensive than an efficient modern diesel, but those are obviously edge cases
Wow. MY 23 in September 24. Depreciation should be gigantic.
It is model year. Not year that car rolled off the factory floor. Just means they haven't released an updated version yet.
Has anyone had any experience of getting MG cars repaired if something breaks and not part of warranty? There was some news that parts are hard to come by and long wait times.
no brainer at this price
In a theoretical war can an aggressor-aligned manufacturer do an over the air update to overheat the battery and make it catch fire?
In light of the pager incident this week, these speculative questions don't sound so crazy anymore.
Immoral Israel is capable of anything.
Terrorism bankrolled by the US government
And the US politicians bankrolled by aipac. So much for democracy
Showing as $41,415 at my local dealership?
Could start tomorrow, but there’s a link show the discount price.
I checked the service price, $296 at 24th month, $907 at 48th month, $296 at 72th month, $907 96th month…. Repeat. A bit expensive for EV?
Yes, agreed. Year 4 is over the top. With more EVs on the road (and hence hopefully more qualified mechanics) you will very likely get a logbook service from an independent mechanic a lot cheaper once you get to year 4.
https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/mg-mg4-prices-…
this has NOT be reflected on their site yet
the EV wars, begun they have
its going to be funny to see how the other Chinese, let alone the traditionals respond or maybe they won't and it'll be death by a thousand cuts
also knowing what the pricing is in china they got more to go if they need to
like sony, they dont need to cut that severely as there's still more fat there… like paul keating they want to do them slow
What are the prices like in China?
Yeah give us an idea of 'local' Chinese equivalent prices
Sheesh pricing getting crazy
Current EVs are either too small or too large for us. Why don't we have a Cerato/Corolla Sedan sized EV is just bizarre.
Has a bigger boot than the current Corolla hatch.
Are you talking about the volume only? We need to fit in a pram in the boot and a Sedan does that perfectly fine. Don't know about this one but the Megan E-tech for instance has a good boot volume but its just too deep but does not have enough depth for a full size pram.
Tested an umbrella fold pram in one today - McLaren TechnoXT so quite a big one but admittedly not a standard pram. And it fit. It was tight but it fit, and there was enough room for stuff around it and with the parcel shelf in too. I was quite surprised it did. Another option is that it would probably fit behind the front seats in the kids' footwell
Just about everything has a bigger boot than the Corolla hatch. Silly car tbh. The sedan is ok but I wish Toyota Australia sold the wagon here
Agreed but look at the boot size of the Cerato hatch and sedan. Class leading.
@Rimas: Yeah and it looks like its replacement, the K4, will be even more spacious. Considering getting a hybrid one next year
@beltdrive: I hope they're not going to put their jerky DCT in it, like they did in i30 Hybrid. You can already get hybrid-like economy in the 2024 i30 Sedans as they have started to ship them with CVT transmission. Smooth drive and returns 5-6 L/100km without hybrid complexity
Thanks OP. Bought 2. 1 to drive and 1 for parts.
That’s smart
Only if you tend to have a lot of accidents. Otherwise with 10 years warranty, getting spare parts is someone else's problem…
@beltdrive: What do you mean? The car has 10 years warranty. There are exclusions, but those tend to be easy to get consumables like tyres, brake pads, wipers, 12V battery.
If anything major develops a fault, MG is on the hook. Even if you had suitable spare parts, I doubt they'd buy them from you rather than getting them from the factory…
Is there a realistic ev second hand market at all? I know they are on the sales sites, but that's not what I'm wondering. Do they hold value?
How do they value used cars given the battery deteriorates? Maybe it's just new and dispose.
Of course, with new cars going on crazy specials, used ones will drop in price as well. Pick your timing. But every car loses value (including ICE) over time, and quicker when new models replace an old one.
Battery: the only ones that I wouldn't touch are Nissan Leafs, with no battery cooling they are doomed to degrade faster. Plus their outdated CHAdeMO plug.
All other brands: I have been looking for months and found very few bargains second hand, hence very interested in this deal.
lol Nissan leaf are actually well known for reliability and battery longevity.
If you mean that they usually come with 5 battery health bars out of 10, and a range closer to 60km than 100km…
Yes, there are newer Leafs with bigger batteries from more recent years, but those aren't exactly bargains. In WA, where new EVs still get $3500 from the state goverment, I can't find any of those cheaper than this…
Second hand Teslas are excellent value
Getting one cheap isn't actually as easy as many want you to believe though
So what you are really saying is that it isn't good value.
Basically people selling it second hand want only 1-2k less than what you can buy a new one for. The one they are selling could be up to 3 years old though.
with WA EV rebate this is only $27500! Cheaper than anything on the market at the moment
Some mg4 excite 51 are less than 28k drive away
$28k plus the $3500 rebate? Where?
There are some dealer demos on carsales. The dealer got the $3500 and took it off the price. Means the discount for buying a demo is actually minimal, especially if the demo only gets 7 years warranty, which is possible.
Might suit people who are strapped for cash and can't wait for the $3500 to be reimbursed many moons from now…
Check on Carsales. Quite a few less than 30k driveaway.
These will be $20k used in no time. Biiiig car market crash coming
What about people on new picanto?
Thanks. Please can you share more info on the expected crash
It's already happening…. MG selling this car for $30k should be enough proof of what's to come.
Oh right. Kind of like looking at the stock market and one share price goes down and saying "Big market crash coming".
I've had an mg4 for 6 months now and I love it. Great zippy car. Easy to drive and very manoeuvrable. Would recommend!
Which model you have? Good to know that it's a great zippy car. How much mileage it gives? Please share your experience if possible.
Genuine question, how does it feel when you see your car drop by 10k like this?
Anyone else who bought one previously too - feel free to chime in.
Yes it sucks but what can you do? That's life. I don't own MG but know the feeling. Sure you could've waited etc but as a buyer sometimes you just need to buy and can't wait for whatever reason.
It's like any bargain right? Sometimes there's a good deal. Other times you might need to (gasp) pay full price.
I’m enjoying driving the car. Petrol free , 8 cent charging. Instant torque and zippy around urban setting. What not to love? Luckily for me I lost less than 3k after rebate for 1 month ownership.
It will be my home battery once Ambibox is here.
8c charging??
Genuinely asking, are car companies predicting something? Like a massive economy crash? The recent flux of car deals is a bit strange to me tbh.
Getting in front of the price war - 12 new companies hitting the AU market all at once
☝️ nailed it. Competition is about to explode.
Some of the tarrifs in USA and Canada may mean an oversupply in battery packs? A good deal for us
Lots of new Chinese brands are about to launch in the next 12 months or so with various models (EVs & ICE vehicles) catering to different price ranges. Once EVs are cheap enough in the future compared to ICE cars, it will be difficult for ICE manufacturers to compete IMHO. Governments need to invest heavily in infrastructure to support EVs throughout Australia for EVs to gain solid momentum.
The rest of the world can see the problems coming but our government is oblivious.
So many mistakes.
Took too long to raise interest rates. Waited and watched how other countries handled things and the results before making needed changes. Then went overboard because much like Melbourne's lockdowns we can do it better and longer…
Now they have let all the incompetent public servants take ownership of employment within their own ranks and got rid of all the contractors who actually did the work and hired all their mates into long term permanent jobs. The payouts because of this will be many years coming and a massive burden taxpayers will fund for many many years.
And all these hard working contractors are now working multiple part time jobs and the employment numbers are up!
So the much needed stimating rate cuts the economy needed a couple of months ago won't happen until next year after all the hard working people have to sell their houses to just survive.
So sure the car market could indicate something. But it's just a sign of the inevitable shift to electric that is happening in China and other forward thinking countries. We are lucky to have zero taxes and get some of these amazing vehicles and aren't suffering having to buy an overpriced horrible hybrid appliance vehicle made by some massively indebted legacy auto maker
Very well said mate.
Sadly I know too many good hard working people on the wrong side of the ledger right now. Not saying they didn't end up there because of their decisions but the government has made this scenario and it shouldn't have happened with proper governance
@choofa: I agree, some of the government decisions taken in the past few years haven't helped as expected, and people are suffering because of that.
incompetent public servants take ownership of employment
The public sector is an absolute fortress. There is no way for an outsider to get in. I have over 10 yrs of experience in my field plus a masters and a bachelors and several relavant certifications. I also have impecable references. However, I just gave up applying for APS jobs after TWO YEARS of trying. It's like either you have years of experience working in that very same agency or department (i.e. you're already in their cult) or no soup for you.
You don't want to work there. It is leaking good people daily. The farcical decision to let them control their own hirings is a disaster already and will cost billions to rectify. The rusted on perms needed a shakeup and to justify their positions but instead they've been given total control and hired all their mates and it will be impossible to change this now
to let them control their own hirings
What's the alternative though? Has been different before?
@DontNeedThis: Have you worked in the pubic circus?
Many will blame the big 4 gouging and sure they are right but the answer is not total control for those lazy leeches who just sat at home and did nothing during covid and got promoted by default
The public service was a farce pre covid but it's ridiculous now
@choofa: Yes they absolute just hire people like themselves. Other toxic bitty's that spend more time playing politics than doing a job.
Now they have let all the incompetent public servants take ownership of employment within their own ranks and got rid of all the contractors who actually did the work and hired all their mates into long term permanent jobs. The payouts because of this will be many years coming and a massive burden taxpayers will fund for many many years.
There is several things wrong with this take. Contractors aren't entitled to payouts. Keeping a contractor on staff long term to do the same work as a public servant for 30% more pay is a waste of our taxes. Unlike the private sector government hiring needs to follow an open hiring process.
The payouts are many years down the track for those perms just hired after they've worked for 10 years, achieved nothing and siphoned those tax dollars for no real gain.
It's not a waste if those contractors do their job efficiently unlike 90% of public servants.
Every permanent public servant ends up costing way way more than that 30% extra you pay a contractor.
@choofa: It's hard to discuss this objectively when you assume a public servant doesn't do their job effectively but a contractor does. We are talking about long term roles not project work. So an email comes in or the phone rings and the public servants just ignore it? Their boss doesn't care that the team is falling behind and work is not finished?
The entire reason contractors are used to do ongoing work in the first place is because the teams are understaffed. There isn't much opportunity to slack off in that environment.
The reality is contractors do the same work for more pay. They all work to the same boss in the same environment
@greatlamp: Are you not aware they have just removed almost all contractors and hired permanents to do project work?
Contractors have to do their job or they get the chop. Perms don't have to do anything and if they don't feel like it they get extra support
Have you ever worked in the public service?
I have and have seen public service projects last over a decade. Insane waste of time and money
@choofa: Don't full time employees aspire to get promoted? They are all 64 year old spinsters that do 3 hours of work a day while waiting for retirement?
You work in the public service but you spout stereotypes like someone who hasn't
@greatlamp: The point is this change is a false positive. The government has chopped off an industry that supported it and helped achieve so much and replaced it with a less efficient and very costly legacy.
But the key part of this is there is a huge number of hard working people no longer in full time employment who have taken up multiple part time jobs to make ends meet.
So the jobs numbers look good as more jobs are filled but underneath it all is a disaster as it cloaks the real problem and will stop the financial decisions that need to be made.
going overseas or got a work car i bet lol