MG ZS BEV, 44kWh

Doc el brown · 26-08-2020 5:17pm

Doc el brown wrote: »

I have taken a screen grab of the vrt calculation I did a few weeks ago and it is 439€. Are you saying it should be cheaper as the OMSP is wrong? Ill appeal it then too.

Thanks, and best of luck to you too. It will certainly stand out. Where are you based?

Screen grab

stesaurus · 26-08-2020 10:07pm

Doc el brown wrote: »

Screen grab

Yeah that's what I paid. There's no way it should be valued high enough to incur VRT but its because it's not on sale here.

I'm in Gorey but spend a lot of time in Dublin.

Doc el brown · 26-08-2020 10:49pm

stesaurus wrote: »

Yeah that's what I paid. There's no way it should be valued high enough to incur VRT but its because it's not on sale here.

I'm in Gorey but spend a lot of time in Dublin.

Ok well I will question it too and hopefully they will look at it.
Where will you get yours serviced?

I'm in west Wicklow

stesaurus · 26-08-2020 11:32pm

Doc el brown wrote: »

Ok well I will question it too and hopefully they will look at it.
Where will you get yours serviced?

I'm in west Wicklow

SERE in Belfast seems a good option. Hopefully with the MG5 out soon they'll finally arrange a dealership in the South.

Doc el brown · 26-08-2020 11:47pm

stesaurus wrote: »

SERE in Belfast seems a good option. Hopefully with the MG5 out soon they'll finally arrange a dealership in the South.

Hopefully yes. I was in SERE a few weeks ago to test drive the zs. They have a huge operation there and they are really sound folks too.

Doc el brown · 31-08-2020 7:55pm

KCross wrote: »

The 6 month requirement to avoid VAT will be based on the date on the invoice that you produce when at the VRT

Hi KCross,
Is this the date you bought the car, so it has to be more than 6 months old when you bought it in the UK? Thats my understanding.
The car I bought was registered 31st Jan 2020 which is more than 6 months. And I bought it in the middle of August which is stated on the receipt from the dealer. I will avoid the duty.

Doc el brown · 31-10-2020 10:01pm

Mg coming to frank keane motors

https://www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/mg-returns-to-ireland-with-electric-crossover-1027237.html

stesaurus · 31-10-2020 10:17pm

Doc el brown wrote: »

Mg coming to frank keane motors

https://www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/mg-returns-to-ireland-with-electric-crossover-1027237.html

Must give them a ring Monday to book in for a service!

Doc el brown · 31-10-2020 10:54pm

stesaurus wrote: »

Must give them a ring Monday to book in for a service!

And a BMS update for me haha

BigAl81 · 01-11-2020 11:05am

Cool!!

Interesting bit in that article as well....

"It will be followed in the next few months by the MG 5 EV Sportswagon estate, which comes with a bigger 52.4kWh battery and a claimed WLTP range of 345km"

irishgrover · 01-11-2020 11:09am

BigAl81 wrote:

"It will be followed in the next few months by the MG 5 EV Sportswagon estate, which comes with a bigger 52.4kWh battery and a claimed WLTP range of 345km"

I've seen a couple of reviews and they are all very positive. An ev estate is exactly the car I want.
But, and a big But, its missing all the driver assists, no mg drive, no lane assist, no adaptive cruise control....these omissions make it of very limited appeal.

stesaurus · 01-11-2020 11:23am

irishgrover wrote: »

I've seen a couple of reviews and they are all very positive. An ev estate is exactly the car I want.
But, and a big But, its missing all the driver assists, no mg drive, no lane assist, no adaptive cruise control....these omissions make it of very limited appeal.

The MG5 isn't a new model. It's basically a re-badged Roewe that's 3/4 years old.
It will be priced similar to the ZS if UK is anything to go by. So you get extra range over the ZS but missing some of the newer features. Still going to be hard to beat value wise.

k123456 · 01-11-2020 1:40pm

stesaurus wrote: »

Must give them a ring Monday to book in for a service!

Let us know, if they have reservations dealing with a UK MG import..I hope they wont

Doc el brown · 01-11-2020 9:59pm

k123456 wrote: »

Let us know, if they have reservations dealing with a UK MG import..I hope they wont

I cant see them having a problem taking a booking if the car is an import, but what I can envisage is that they wont have the training and knowledge of how to fix issues if any arise. I can first hand report that this is an issue with many MG service centers in the UK inc Belfast. There is also a European (mainly UK input) MG ZS EV forum I follow where this is widely reported too.

ba_barabus · 02-11-2020 9:06am

Doc el brown wrote: »

I cant see them having a problem taking a booking if the car is an import, but what I can envisage is that they wont have the training and knowledge of how to fix issues if any arise. I can first hand report that this is an issue with many MG service centers in the UK inc Belfast. There is also a European (mainly UK input) MG ZS EV forum I follow where this is widely reported too.

This has been the experience of MG customers since they returned to the UK in 2011. A pity they haven't changed. Worth checking around the floor underneath where they cut it to fit the battery pack. A known rust spot.

Idbatterim · 02-11-2020 9:21pm

the ZS here is from 29k, is that after grants? fair bit cheaper in the uk if so...

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mg-zs-ev-gets-extended-discount-offer-following-record-sales#:~:text=MG%20has%20extended%20its%20attractive,price%20down%20to%20%C2%A323%2C495.

Doc el brown · 02-11-2020 9:45pm

Idbatterim wrote: »

the ZS here is from 29k, is that after grants? fair bit cheaper in the uk if so...

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mg-zs-ev-gets-extended-discount-offer-following-record-sales#:~:text=MG%20has%20extended%20its%20attractive,price%20down%20to%20%C2%A323%2C495.

Dont you know that the irish version will probably be stripped down, and we will get the paddy spec. Thats why its prob cheaper

Round Cable · 03-11-2020 10:18am

I can see why they waited until the end of the transition period to begin selling here. A low mileage top of the range one can be bought from the UK for €24k, while the lower spec one here will be €29k!

liamog · 03-11-2020 11:19am

Given who the importer is, I suspect the reason Frank Keane are picking up the MG Import licence is due to Mitsubishi leaving the market, let's just say they have a gap in the group.

liamog · 12-11-2020 3:15pm

Article from electrive https://www.electrive.com/2020/11/11/mg-brings-evs-to-ireland-australia-new-zealand/

MG Motor is expanding into Ireland in the company’s process of expansion in Europe. In Ireland, the company will only be offering plug-in models. MG has also officially launched its first ZS EV in Australia and New Zealand.

In Ireland, all three electric models will be sold starting this month. These are the all-electric MG ZS EV and new MG5 EV, as well as the plug-in hybrid MG HS Plug-in. The ZS EV will be introduced first. MG is partnering with the Irish distributor Franck Keane Group to bring electric MGs to Ireland.

Thierry12 · 12-11-2020 8:33pm

liamog wrote: »

Article from electrive https://www.electrive.com/2020/11/11/mg-brings-evs-to-ireland-australia-new-zealand/

Excellent news

MG5 EV looks brill, will definitely look at that

Estate
156bhp
52.5kWh battery
340km
0-100km/h 7.5 secs

Kramer · 12-11-2020 9:05pm

Thierry12 wrote: »

Excellent news

MG5 EV looks brill, will definitely look at that

Estate
156bhp
52.5kWh battery
340km
0-100km/h 7.5 secs

0-100 is quite slow though, but it does seem quite decent value.

12-11-2020 10:04pm

Kramer wrote: »

0-100 is quite slow though, but it does seem quite decent value.

That's not slow really not for 150 Hp, most average diesels are 9-12 seconds.

12-11-2020 10:05pm

So is the generator available then like the Rex ?

Thierry12 · 12-11-2020 10:53pm

Kramer wrote: »

0-100 is quite slow though, but it does seem quite decent value.

Sure

If your driving a Tesla or Porsche it is

If you drive a Dacia like most MG owners its a rocket

BuzzFish · 13-11-2020 10:18pm

Thierry12 wrote: »

If you drive a Dacia like most MG owners its a rocket

Moved from BMW 330e to MGZS EV and couldn't be happier.

Thierry12 · 13-11-2020 10:45pm

BuzzFish wrote: »

Moved from BMW 330e to MGZS EV and couldn't be happier.

Nice

Like all hybrid's it the worst of both world's with the 330e, only has 100bhp or so and over 10s to 60 in EV mode, needs that little 3 cylinder engine roaring hard to get anywhere near the ZS EV 0-60 of 7.6 secs with it's 353nm and 143bhp

Did you look at the MG HS hyrbid or wanted full EV?

BuzzFish · 13-11-2020 11:05pm

Thierry12 wrote: »

Nice

Like all hybrid's it the worst of both world's with the 330e, only has 100bhp or so and over 10s to 60 in EV mode, needs that little 3 cylinder engine roaring hard to get anywhere near the ZS EV 0-60 of 7.6 secs with it's 353nm and 143bhp

Did you look at the MG HS hyrbid or wanted full EV?

You don't know what you're talking about. The 330e does not have a "little 3 cylinder" engine.

My reply was more that it's not Dacia drivers that would drive the MG. The build quality of the MG is superb and the technology on board leaves the 330e for dead with MG pilot, lane keeping, cross traffic and pedestrian emergency braking etc.

stesaurus · 14-11-2020 12:39am

BuzzFish wrote: »

Moved from BMW 330e to MGZS EV and couldn't be happier.

Haha snap!

Thierry12 · 14-11-2020 10:01am

BuzzFish wrote: »

You don't know what you're talking about. The 330e does not have a "little 3 cylinder" engine.

My reply was more that it's not Dacia drivers that would drive the MG. The build quality of the MG is superb and the technology on board leaves the 330e for dead with MG pilot, lane keeping, cross traffic and pedestrian emergency braking etc.

My bad I was confusing it with the 225xe which has the 1.5l 3 pot from i8

MG is aimed at the Dacia market, not BMW

Its an affordable Chinese car. didn't mean and offence

Glad you like it, will be looking myself

MG ZS BEV, 44kWh

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