FIRST DRIVE: MG takes on Tesla with new IM5 and IM6. Game over, Elon?
Today you are getting two for one. Not only do you get the two of us, but you also get two brand new electric cars that are designed to take on Tesla. Bum. But here’s the thing. All YouTube titles say the same thing. Tesla beta Elon Eliminator. All that sort of stuff. That’s the algorithm for you though. But these ones really are designed to take on Tesla. This is a Model Y rival. That is a Model 3 rival. But what are they? Place your bets now. Absolutely. And before we tell you, please subscribe cuz we’re nearly at 200,000 subscribers and you should see what Nicola has planned when we finally The six and the five. Not the Y and the three. Yeah, definitely not the wine in the three. You’ve got to applaud MG for its ambition. Not content with a range of affordable EVs that sell extremely well, it went sporty with the Cyberster. There’s talk of a coupe version of that car heading our way later this year. And now, well, it’s going premium, taking on Tesla and trying for a slice of the lucrative fleet and company car market. So the IM part of the name, well that stands for intelligence in motion. And in China, it’s sold as a completely separate brand to MG. So here we have the IM5, the Model 3 rival, the IM6, the Model Y rival. And look, when you think about range, charging, performance, pricing on these cars, they really do have it nailed to take on Tesla. But they’re not just going for Tesla, they’re also going for BYD. So, if you’re considering a a Seal or a Sea Lion 7, MG have come along and gone, “Hey, look what we have to offer. We’re here.” Tada. They look very very similar. I mean, the only difference that you can kind of see along the front is that yours has like the eyeliner flick along the top, whereas mine’s gone for like a sort of subtle under under eye DRL. I don’t I don’t think the underline is subtle, but I think it’s very striking. I’ve also got kind of little little lashes here at the front. Oh, I don’t have lashes. I’ve got lights. Oh, you do? You do? No, I don’t have Yeah, I’ve got a little bit of like aerodynamicness going on through here. Yeah. And then obviously we’ve got the new badge. I think the main way you see them apart is really in the side profile and the rear cuz this is definitely a chunkier car. I think that’s probably the looker out the family. Yeah, I’d agree with you on that one. And that’s not just because it’s blue and a nice shade of blue. I think this is the looker of the two, but I I quite like the new look of the badge. It’s not a New Look MG badge. So, this is the IM badge, which is how they are sold in China, but here in the UK, they will be sold as a subbrand of MG. So, you get the NG badge at the back, and you of course buy them through NG dealership. So, very familiar. Okay. Um, that makes sense. It does, doesn’t it? But here’s the thing. I mean, I’m currently driving a BYD Seal as my long-term car for electrifying. So, I think it’s only fair that I test out this one cuz then I can make good comparison. That makes sense. And I will test out the Model Y. Sorry, the IM6. IM6. IM6. Yes. Now, you may well not be in the market for a new EV. So, did you know that we do it on the IM6. It’s the same pretty much on both cars. They’ve definitely gone down the Tesla route with that, haven’t they? And actually, if you look in here, you can see that it is much more Teslaike than say BYD, which has a lot more switches and buttons. It’s quite paired back, quite minimal in here. Um, you’ve got the screen, which is hard to miss because it is huge. It is, uh, 20 about 21 in, I think, like a panoramic screen. You’ve got your nav and your infotainment apps on that side. This is all your driver information. And it has a kind of 3D screen that comes up which reminds me very much of Tesla. So when you’re on the road or when you’re pulling out of a parking space, you get to see everything that comes around you. It’s really quite clever, very useful, I think, just to be able to get, you know, that visual of what’s happening around you. So that’s one screen. Now, this is the screen that you’re going to use a lot. This is 10 1/2 in. Um the brightness adapts automatically depending on the weather conditions and darkness and light which is quite clever. Um okay so let’s just talk you through this. Now you don’t have as you can see many physical buttons here at all. I’m happy to say that you do have indicators and you do have a gear selector. So they haven’t gone that Tesla. Um but a lot of it is controlled here. So that’s the quick function that gets you into all the climate control. There is also a voice activation that you can use as well. Um, but that’s what you’re going to be using if you want to change your temperature settings. Down here on the main screen, you got a few little widgets of things that you use a lot. So, you’ve got your parking cameras. This is an automatic park function, which freaked me out when I tried it earlier. Right, let me show you the parking feature because it’s quite clever. So, if you press the little button down there, I’m going to stop. Okie do. park. It’s identifying the parking spaces and it’s decided which one I’m going to go in and it’s now up to the car. So, it will do this maneuver which of course is something that we’ve seen. Oh, it’s going up on the curb. Oh my god, it went up on the curb. Oh my god. Not sure if it should have done that anyway. Yeah. Oh gosh, it feels quite quick. Oh, I just hate these parking things. Okay, it was in in a swift two maneuvers, but I’m not sure it should have gone up on the curb. There are four different scenarios of parking. Um, basically reversing into a parking space doing what I’ve just shown you. It can pull out for you. So, if you’re in, say, a um a supermarket car park, you know, where you get those really narrow um lanes in between parking spaces, it can do that maneuver for you. And if you get stuck down a one-way street as well, it can remember um where you’ve just come from and can direct you out again. It’s a really clever system, even if it did give you a bit of a heart attack at first, but you get used to it. And if you go into this screen, this is where again you’ve got your your sort of physicalish buttons for um your fog lights and also for um mirrors, all of that. And then along the side here, there’s a whole, you know, other set of things that you’ll use. You’ve got your driving modes. You’ve got all the ADAS safety systems. And if I take you back to the home screen, if you do a quick press there just on the steering wheel control, this brings you into a panel that controls the ADAS systems. Now, it may well be that you’re driving on a road that you know really well and you don’t want all the systems on. So, you can turn them off quite easily here, which again, I think is something that will probably go down quite well with people. Confirm and out of that. Um, there’s also about 200 odd different colorways that you can get in here. Sort of this ambient lighting that you can see in the door. So, if you go into that one and pull down there and you pet lights and you’ve got all of this different stuff. So, here’s these are all your different ambient lightings. You can have single color. Oh, that’s nice. There we go. Firefly, Milky Way. You can play around with that to your heart’s content. You can also choose to have different welcome modes when you arrive at the car. So, you got mode one, mode two, and mode three. Let’s move away from that because there’s one thing I want to show you that’s really clever. If you go into here in scene mode, there’s two things that I really like. The first thing is rainy night mode. So, on a really dark rainy night, if you engage that, it literally brings up cameras to show you straight away what’s happening outside the car. It also starts to demiss the windows straight away again. and it just darkens the screens automatically. So, if you’re in a, you know, really horrible rainstorm, you can activate that. I think it’s a really clever little system. So, let’s take that one off and go into my other favorite one, which is nap. Nap. There we go. I’m going to open nap. There we go. When you’re charging, had a long drive. Kids have been driving you mad. Oh, yes, please. Can look out through that nice pano roof. And you can choose to have the sound of Misty Mountains. Let’s turn that up a bit. There you go. Misty Mountains. That’s just quiet night. Nothing at all. But I like this one. Ah, the sound of the sea. Okay, see you later. Bye. Whoa. Oh well, Jenny is having a welldeserved nap from all the hard work that she’s been doing. I’ll do all the work, shall I? I’ll tell you all the practical stuff when it comes to this car, right? Everything that you see in here is standard. Everything. Even if you go for the entry level model, you get all of this. You get all the nice materials. These are uh synthetic leather, by the way. So, you’ve only got two options of color to choose from. You’ve got either this gray or everything in white. Those are your two options. You don’t have to pay for those because, again, they all come as standard. Panoramic roof as standard. All the tech standard. Heated steering. Uh heated and ventilated front seats standard. Heated rear seats standard. V6 has massaging seats. This one doesn’t, but it’s all a standard. And I find that brilliant. The only options that you’re choosing really when it comes to this car is the exterior color and the battery. That’s it. I also really want to give a shout out to this. I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever noticed this on any other car before, but they’re curved to shape to the roof, and I find that really satisfying. This is a bit like an iPad cover. You can just kind of go I like that. That’s great. Everything else is standard wireless charging. This is 50 watts and it will cool down your phone as well. So, it’s got a little fan there cuz everyone knows that your phone overheats every time you try and wirelessly charge your phone. And within the armrest in here, this matches the temperature of the car. So, like say it’s a really hot day and you’ve got the air con on, you can then put your drink or something in there and it will keep that the same temperature as your air con. If it’s a cold day outside and you want to put your Greg’s pasti in there because you want to keep it warm and you’ve got the rest of the car warm, it matches in there. You can turn that off and on if you want to, but that’s very satisfying. Again, standard. That’s bloody good, isn’t it? I’m going to make a statement. I prefer this to the BYD seal. I’ve currently got that as my longterm. And I do prefer this layout in here. This is very Porsche, isn’t it? They’ve stolen that from Porsche. That’s not a bad thing. There’s one thing that bugs me a little bit and that’s the mats, which I’m wondering if you can change. I know Malice likes these because they feel really nice. So, like if you were to put bare feet on these, they’d feel really nice. Like they’re nicer carpets than what’s going on in your home. But I think because you can kind of mess around with them that just make things look a little bit messy, but they do feel really nice. That actually that would be a really nice bath mat. That’s how you would put it in nap mode. If I was Jinny, I’d put it into nap mode. I’d lay down. I’d take off a mat, just sit there and stroke it. What I would do, [Music] do you know what? Every now and again, I keep finding satisfying things in cars. I really like that. That’s like a ridiculous thing to point out, but that’s very satisfying. This is very spacious back here. So, that is set up for my driving position. I am 5′ 6 and a half. Oh, I forgot to tell you earlier. Um, this seat can be moved in 12 ways. That can be moved in six. Again, that’s all standard. And the panty roof back here makes it feel even more spacious. Headroom’s not bad, is it? That’s all right. These seats are very comfortable. There is one USBC port down here which means whoever sat back here will have to fight to the death. And then you’ve got couple of cup holders in there. Lovely pocket door bins. Lovely. You got a magnet thing here which I’m assuming means that you can like clip on like a phone holder, that kind of thing, which would be super convenient for your passengers. But everything back here is all nice and squid. Nice and squid. Comfy squid. Loveliness. Yeah, I quite like it. Oh. Uh, that’s your door handle, by the way. It’s just a button there, just in case you were looking for it. Now, a lamp. Ah, now here’s where you can see that the windows are double glazed. Again, that’s standard. So, that’s good for like exterior noise, getting a bit of deadening going on inside. Very nice. Meanwhile, I’m going to show you the interior of the IM6 because this has a party trick. Oh, it is more spacious back here, isn’t it? This feels bigger. This is a big old boy. It is. I mean, yeah. Look at this leg room and head room. So much better in here. Okay. So, you still get the panoramic roof as standard, but you get this attachment as well. And you press this and it’s the biggest screen I ever did see. You can also watch a lovely video of Nikki Shields. There she is. So, this will shut the kids up, wouldn’t it? Sitting back here. Put on electrifying because we all know that kids are a big fan of the YouTube channel. She looks great. Hey, Nikki. She can’t hear me. It’s fine. Um, but back here, this is stunning. But having this down does affect your rearview mirror. So, you won’t be able to see out the back. So then what you got to do is go on the steering wheel, scroll up and then it will come up with the rear view camera because otherwise can’t see nothing. Close that. The other slight difference is this. You just got a little bit more storage in there. You still got the two cup holders, but just a bit more storage in there. Apart from that, same thing. Same. If I was a passenger back here, I would just be doing this all the time. Same. The IM6 is very Aston Martin at the back, isn’t it? Very DBX is what I think they both maybe have slight kind of, you know, resemblances to that. Well, Manos has a really specific reference of what he wants to make of this car, which is the Mitsubishi Eclipse, which is such a niche reference. So, if you get it, then let us know in the comment section below. Or what else do they remind you of? Let us know in the comments below. Now, you can see straight away boot size is definitely bigger. There’s a difference between the two. Yes. But how do we get into the boots? I know. Over to Uni. Go on. No. Cold. Very cold. Really cold. Co. Cold. No. Cold. Cold. Very cold. Oh, warmer. Warmer. Warmer. Yes. I don’t know why you’re so happy. Oh, I could have been there all day. Took long enough. Right. First of all, shout out to hatchback. Oh, honestly, in my BYD seal, it’s not a hatchback. This is so practical. They have nailed that because the boot on a lot of cars like that, like the Model 3 for example, for me quite short, I’m literally like Yeah, it’s very clever. Look at this. I mean, this is 457 L of space. If you fold down the rear seats, then it’s 1,290 L of space. But we do have to acknowledge when you are comparing this with a Tesla, their numbers are always different because they do things the Tesla way and they decide we’re going to measure all the way up to the roof, which is not what we do, not what everybody else does in the industry. Literally, every other manufacturer doesn’t do it that way. So, it makes it seem like the Tesla has a bigger boot, but it doesn’t. I think these might be a bit bigger. Um, but they only measure up to like the parcel shelf or the bit that you’re just going to use most or the top of the seats, if you will. But look, look at this. That’s good. That’s crazy. It’s great. That hatchback is a winner. Wow. Oh, an absolute winner. So, as you would expect, this is the larger of the two. It is 655 L. Seats down 1,640 L. Are you reading that from your hand? I might be reading it from my hands. Did you write it on your hand? I did write it on my hand. When you were at school, did you cheat on your homework by writing on your hand? Couldn’t possibly say. Couldn’t possibly say if I ever did that. And there’s a frunk, 32 L, which is bigger actually than that one. Yeah, we’ve got an 18 liter frunk. It’s a It’s a modest frunk. I think we say it’s modest. [Music] Like the This has got a subfloor. Um, I think I managed to fit my child into the subfloor once on the Tesla and I don’t think he would go in that, not only because he’s grown and he’s now 15. So, but it’s still got that good size. I like the fact there’s no load lip. It’s really nice getting things in and out. And of course, because this has got the air suspension, you can raise and lower the ride height. Really important to remember the air suspension is only available on the launch model. You don’t get that on other cars. How did you handle? You haven’t got one. You do. You don’t have one. Yeah, but there isn’t one. It looks like it does. No, it doesn’t. I asked. It really doesn’t. No, it’s got Oh, it doesn’t. No. Should I just put No, put it back. One other thing to mention. Have you got a little IM mag in your boot? Yeah. What’s that about? So, this is a magnet. And in China, you can get accessories that go on there like um a like a box for keeping shopping and storing things in that is very very strong magnet. So yes, that’s what that’s for. Why? Cuz it’s useful. You could just I mean you’ve got hooks. You just use the hooks. It’s useful. Okay. So, let’s kick off the driving section with range, which is pretty similar across both cars. So, there are two choices of batteries in Nyx IM5. A 73.5 kWh LFP battery or a 96.5 kWh NMC battery. That’s chemistry which is better suited to longer range cars. Now, this IM6 only gets that bigger battery. So, those figures are the usable capacity, by the way. So that gives you between 304 and 441 miles of range in the IM5 depending on which setup you go for the single motor, the long range or the performance. And in this you just get two options from the larger battery. 388 mi in the long range which is pretty impressive. That drops to 313 if you trade that for power and go for this performance version. Now, on paper, those figures are better than the figures you get from the Tesla or the BYDs, for example, but that’s actually because the battery is bigger, not because these cars are necessarily more efficient, and it’s a bit too soon to talk about that. We haven’t spent long enough in them. We’re going to come back to you more on that when we can put them up properly against the rivals and also spend more time driving them. Now, charging is impressive, though. That’s thanks to the 800vt architecture that we mentioned. It can charge at 350 kW. That’s faster than the Teslas, faster than the BYDs. Caveat though is you need a charger that can deliver that power, which is easier said than done at the moment. If you can get one, you could theoretically charge from 10 to 80% in this car in just 17 minutes, which is really speedy. Slower AC charging is 11 kW on both models, which is in line with the rivals. Now, the version of the IM5 that I’m driving right now is the full topsp spec dual motor performance version. So, it’s 52,995 and it’s got a battery that’s 96.5 kW hours. Right, first thing I need to tell you is how stupidly powerful this thing is. This has a lot of horsepower. This is the dual motor performance version. So, this has 741 horsepower. It’s ridiculous, right? I know it’s technically not as powerful as Jinny’s IM6, but this is actually much quicker off the mark. This will do naugh to 62 in 3.2 seconds. Yeah, let’s give you some perspective. Okay. Um, the current BMW M3 Competition has the same time. The 2009 Nissan GTR, that was 3.2 seconds. The BYD Seal Performance, which is the one that I’ve got as my long-termer, that’s 3.8 seconds. the Tesla dual motor performance version. That’s 3.1 seconds. Welcome to the world of modern EVs, folks. It’s stupidly fast. Stupidly fast. I can tell you now. This feels quieter than the seal. That’s probably largely thanks to the double glazing on the windows. I can’t hear anything that’s going on outside. I can occasionally hear the bumps in the road, but that’s about it. It does drive very nice. I do wish it was a bit smoother, I think, because in the seal, the sidewalls on the tires are super chunky. So, it makes that really, really smooth, whereas this isn’t quite as smooth, but this is quieter. So quick. That’s so quick. Oh, that’s too much power. That’s insane. I mean, it’s got a top speed of 166 mph. Jesus, do you need that? I don’t know. You know, I also have to give a shout out to the turning circle in this car. So, it’s got fourwheel steering. Why are you beeping at me? I’m not speeding. Oh, it’s cuz of the attention thing. Ah, here’s a shortcut. Press the button on the steering wheel. Boom. And then you can turn everything off. Close all. That will turn off your driver fatigue. That will turn off your uh speed monitoring, etc. And it will stop all your bing bongs. We love a shortcut. We do. Yes, we do. I know they’re there for safety, but sometimes they get annoying. Yes. What was I saying? Turning circle. So, this turning circle in this car is about 10 m. It basically means nine times out of 10, you won’t have to do a three-point turn. You can just do a full UI. It’s actually got a tighter turning circle than a VW Polo. That doesn’t make any logical sense, does it? When you think about the size of this car compared to a Polo, this rear view mirror achieves nothing. I think it’s because it’s a hatchback. The rear window is very, very slanted. So, actually, you can’t really see much going on back there. So, I think majority of the time you’re probably going to turn on your rear view camera. Let’s go around this. Oh, that did that well, didn’t it? Four-wheel steering again. It means roundabouts are a dodle. Steering is quite nice. There is a bit of weight behind it. Feels quite powered, if that makes sense. So, like while I’m taking corners, I can feel the car trying to assist me taking the corner, which is not a bad thing. I know that Jenny prefers a little bit more weight to her steering so that she can have a bit more control over things and she feels more connected to the car, but this is quite nice. I quite like this. I do. I’d say visibility is probably the only downside here, and I’m only really talking about that. It is the smallest rear view mirror I ever did see, but it’s also kind of pointless because you can’t really see much out of that rear window anyway. So, you just do that, wouldn’t you? Turn that rear view on and you just focus on that instead.Oop. Meanwhile, I can tell you about regen braking. Now, you only have high and standard and low, which is very similar to what you’ve got in a BYD seal. You don’t have full one pedal driving, which is what you’ve got in a Tesla. a Tesla will bring you down to a complete stop. This and a BYD won’t do that. Although they have said that there is a chance maybe in the near future that they’ll do some software updates and then they’ll be able to give you some one pedal driving in the future. So, on to the IM6. And this is the launch edition. It’s £52,995. That gets you the 100 kW hours battery, allwheel drive, and the star of the show, air suspension. So, that and the wheels are really the only difference to the other models in the range. Oh, and the performance of course, naugh to 62, 3 and 1/2 seconds. Top speed 148 mph. Not quite as bonkers speed-wise as Nick’s version, but it still does feel properly quick when you put your foot down. Now, one thing that has bugged me as I’ve been driving around in it is the position of this bottom screen down there. I don’t mind everything being in the screen. Um, it’s actually really easy to navigate. It’s a very intuitive system. It’s nice and quick and responsive. However, I don’t like the way I have to look down to get to it. Um, I think the difference for me in say a Tesla or a BYD is that it is just a bit more in your ey line. Now, I imagine once you get used to the car, you won’t need to do that as much, but I have found that a bit difficult on this first drive. I’m also very glad there is an easy um option to bring up the camera, which is just a little flick on the button there, because rear uh visibility really isn’t great. It’s a very narrow little window, so you will want to make use of that camera. That was a very good addition. Whoever decided to put that on an NG. Excellent. Now, the setup’s very similar to what you get in the IM5, but of course, the launch edition gets this air suspension, and you can raise and know the ride height, which is really handy, actually, when you’re getting stuff in and out of the boot. Honestly, I think that’s probably the only benefit it brings. I just don’t think it’s doing an awful lot to improve the ride on this. I have driven both cars. The IM5 does not have air suspension and it rides really very very nicely. This doesn’t feel as engaging, but it also doesn’t feel as comfortable. Um, I think sadly, just as the BYD Cline 7 doesn’t drive as well as the Seal and the Model Y doesn’t drive as well as the Model 3, this car also loses a bit of its finesse. I get I guess because of its extra bulk and its extra size. I’m just a lot more conscious of the lumps and bumps in the road than when I was driving the five. The whole car just feels a little bit stiffer. The steering doesn’t feel as direct. And I really miss that addition of the strong regenerative brakes even more in this than I did in the IM5. As with the five, you can play around with different drive settings. Um, you can set it your personal choice. Sport mode on the steering for me. for maximum fee, I’ll be staying old school. But sadly, I just don’t think overall it’s as nice to drive as the five is. Um, I guess it’s the sacrifice you make for having more of a practical car with more space, but given that the five has also got that hatchback. Oh, I don’t know. I think I might be tempted to go for that. And what it’s made me really want to do actually is drive the smaller battery, that entry level version with that I think 73 and a half kW battery. Um, I think that could be really interesting to try. Sadly, they haven’t got any for us here today, but we will drive that as soon as we can get our hands on one. Look, I’m obviously much more conscious of the differences between the two because I’ve driven them back to back today. Um, if you were coming just to the six without having that reference point of the five, I don’t think perhaps the things that I’m picking up would be as apparent. What’s going to be really interesting is when we get this car next to the Model Y and the Cine 7, for example. Um, so yeah, if you aren’t already, make sure you subscribe to the channel cuz we’ll be having twin test and triple tests on all of those coming soon. It’s worth bearing in mind that the air suspension only comes on the IM6 launch edition at the moment, but we’ve been told that you may be able to add it as an extra on other models in the range at a later date. And it could be quite handy, I guess, if you plan going off-road as it does give you that increased ground clearance. Pull into the car park and press crab mode and see what gun what’s going to happen. Crab speed is zero. Let’s do a good do. There it is. Put it in. Okay. Okay. Enter crab mode. So now what do I do? Put it in drive. And then what do I do? I don’t get it. Oh. Oh. Oh, that’s so weird. Hang on a minute. Right, allow me to try and explain this to you as I’m creeping. That is fully turning like all four wheels. That is the W. That’s so weird. Okay, I’m technically going straight even though I’m not. That is wild. Right, this Right. So, this is crab mode. That’s so weird. I need to turn that off cuz that’s that’s creeping me out. I don’t like it. Clever though. I don’t know how often you would use that, but it’s got a party trick, so that’s that’s kind of cool. That was weird. When it comes to warranties, it is impressive. Both the IM5 and the 6 get MG’s impressive 7-year 80,000 mi warranty, which is better than BYD’s 6 and Tesla’s 4 and can only be matched by the Kia EV6. It’s too early to know the Euro Encap safety scores yet, or insurance, which will no doubt be hefty in those top power versions, but we will update the review over at electrifying.com as soon as we know. So, keep an eye out for that. So, we drove and now we can deliberate. We can because that’s what we do. You do. And here’s the thing. If I had a pound for every time someone said Tesla beta on YouTube, I would be a very, very wealthy lady. We both would. So, I think we need to look at them as completely separate entities. And for me, what I really like about these cars is that everything materialwise and uh interior wise and tech and tech is standard. Yeah. So, all you’re choosing in terms of your options is the battery situation and how you want to drive it. If you want all-wheel drive, if you want rear wheel drive, if you want that kind of thing, that’s the only thing you’re choosing. So, if you’re going entry level, you’re still on to a winner. Yeah, I like that. It is. It’s a really smart move. Yeah. And I think the other reason we obviously can’t compare them at the moment with their Tesla counterparts or BYDs or other cars is because we don’t know what the residual values are yet. And that of course sets the monthly payments, which is how we all buy cars. So, we will update the review over at electrifying.com once we get those in. So, if you’re watching this video, it’s probably worth checking that because it may well have been updated. I think what’s been interesting for me on the list price is that that car, the A IM5, undercuts the Tesla. So, it’s on the entry level, it’s about £500 less. On the performance versions, it’s a few,000 less. Whereas, this is more expensive than the Model Y, which surprises me, actually. Yeah, that doesn’t actually make sense. I don’t If they’re undercutting here, why are they not undercutting there? I don’t know. And I guess it’s when we see those residual values that we’ll have a clearer picture of all of them. Yeah. But here’s what we are going to do in the future once we’ve got all of the cars is we can line these up with its rivals. We can get this versus a Model 3 versus a seal. We can do that whole thing. So, if that’s what you want to see, make sure you subscribe to the Electrifying YouTube channel. Thank you very much and we will see you next time. And don’t forget, when we hit 200,000 subscribers, Nicola has something special planned. Special? Special? Special plans? I I definitely have planned. I don’t have anything. You not got it planned yet? Give me ideas.
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Join Ginny Buckley and Nicola Hume as they get behind the wheel of the brand-new MG IM5 and IM6 for their first UK drive. These two all-electric newcomers from MG aim to shake up the EV market with sleek design, smart tech, and serious value for money. But how do they perform on British roads?
In this video, the Electrifying.com team puts both models through their paces, exploring practicality, range, charging, and what they’re like to drive in real-world conditions.
Good enough to beat Tesla at its own game? Time to find out.
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0:00 – Intro & Overview
1:30 – IM (Inteligence in Motion) Launches in the UK as MG’s luxury sub-brand
3:25 – Are you looking for a used EV?
4:00 – Screens and Tech (self parking test)
9:36 – Interior Quality and Practicality
12:37 – Rear seats comfort
15:38 – Boot and Frunk
19:31 – Battery sizes and Range
20:49 – Charging speeds
21:22 – IM 5 Driving Impressions
26:18 – IM 6 Driving Impressions
30:32 – Crab Mode
32:01 – Warranty and Safety
32:30 – Cheaper and better than a tesla ?
