Development HS and ZS cars are currently running out of MG’s UK engineering site at Longbridge, working on tailoring the technology and safety systems for our market.
And the MG3 itself will round off this new model wave that it kicked off, with the arrival of a new petrol-powered entry version. Expected to bring the starting price down to around £16,000, it’ll drop the hybrid tech to leave a 1.5-litre petrol supermini that’s cheaper, but less efficient. “The MG3 was conceived as a hybrid, but the dealers said if we could do a manual petrol model, they would like that,” Allison said. “And the factory said yes.
“I hope that people buy into the hybrid tech, but there will be the kind of person that wants to be the first owner and wants the seven-year warranty.”
The MG2, as revealed by Auto Express earlier this year, will be one of a new breed of affordable small electric cars, rivalling the Dacia Spring and Citroen e-C3, as well as the Volkswagen ID.2. “It feels like the natural place for EVs to go, particularly from an affordability point of view,” concluded Allison.
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