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VW ID.3 has a new challenger: the MG4 Electric

In our European eyes, the electric MG ZS still has a somewhat droll styling, which evokes a mild smile at best. With the new MG4 Electric, the Chinese brand silences the (smiling) smilers. Also the one at Volkswagen, because with the tightly stylized rear-wheel drive, its arrows seem emphatically aimed at the ID.3.

The MG4 Electric - a five-door hatchback - is slightly longer (4.28 meters) than the ID.3 and MG claims that its new EV offers a lot of driving pleasure thanks to its perfect weight distribution (50:50) and rear-wheel drive - just like the ID. .3. But many potential buyers will still be curious about the battery capacity and the corresponding driving range.

Top version MG4 Electric will be 450 kilometers away... Well, initially the MG4 Electric will be available with two different battery packs: 51 kWh and 64 kWh. The smallest battery is good for a range of 350 kilometers. The provisional top version of the MG4 is 100 kilometers further. The power of the electric motor in the 64 kWh variant is 204 hp, with 51 kWh it has to do with 170 hp. Strangely enough, MG gives the same sprint time (0-100 in 8 s) and top speed (160 km/h) for both.

Later there will be an MG4 Electric with 4WD... We expect the MG4 at the end of this year at the dealers, with starting prices below 33,990 euros of the cheapest Volkswagen ID.3. Later there will also be a more powerful, four-wheel drive MG4. It is still unclear whether the 449 hp and 600 Nm strong topper that is in the price list in China as Mulan. It would be nice, because with that you sprint the average Porsche driver an illusion poorer within 3.8 seconds.

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