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MG's best-seller is facelifted after three years on sale, with orders now open

MG Motor's biggest-selling car, the MG Motor ZS crossover, has been updated for 2020 with an exterior redesign and, it's claimed, a "real uplift in specification and quality". 

The Kia Stonic rival, on sale now from £15,495, has been given a revised front-end look with an evolved hexagonal grille design, new swept-back full-LED headlights and an aluminium-effect lower-grille treatment. 

New alloy wheel designs also feature, while the rear-end revisions extend to a revised bumper, more aluminium-style trim and refreshed tail-lights. A new colour - Battersea Blue - has also been added. 

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The claimed quality boost inside comes courtesy of a new dashboard design with more extensive use of soft-touch materials and detail stitching. The ZS also borrows the 10.1in touchscreen from the larger MG Motor HS SUV, with DAB, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard. Exclusive-trim models add sat-nav and a 360deg reversing camera. Floating 'piano key'-style buttons are used for climate control functions, while a front armrest is now a standard fitment. 

MG doesn't specify any dynamic changes to the ZS. The model's chassis is said to be "developed for UK drivers" by the firm's UK engineering team, with three driving modes to alter the steering and suspension responses. 

The sole engine choice for the ZS is a 1.5-litre four-cylinder unit mated to a five-speed manual gearbox, promising a 0-62mph time of 10.9sec and 41.4mpg. Updates for the electric ZS EV are expected to be similar but have yet to be announced. 

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nimmler 4 July 2020

wtf overpriced pathetic car

nasty cheap chinese car, should cost £10k not £15.5k considering that it is made in china using slave labor using cheapest pos parts.

Quality boost? only thing that will get a boost is the bribes the ccp owned company will pay to reviewers to give positive press of this underwhelming car

jonboy4969 5 July 2020

nimmler wrote:

nimmler wrote:

nasty cheap chinese car, should cost £10k not £15.5k considering that it is made in china using slave labor using cheapest pos parts.

Quality boost? only thing that will get a boost is the bribes the ccp owned company will pay to reviewers to give positive press of this underwhelming car

 

There is always ONE moron that has no clue about what they are talking about....

haudit 5 July 2020

One racist, xenophobic moron.

One racist, xenophobic moron. 

FastRenaultFan 3 July 2020

The interior looks the same

To me. I have to say I preferred the way this looked before the revamp better it looks like a SEAT with that grill now. I preferred the lights of the pre revamped car as well. Saying that it is good to see it getting lots of praise and hopefully it starts to do really well so maybe we over on this we shore will get them too.
Just Saying 3 July 2020

Great posts above

Fair play to MG.
IMO they got a little lost for the best part of ten years, or more, but pleased to say they are back albeit different customer
Go MG.