So I have had the X Power a few days now. Here are my current pros and cons:
Pros:
-Obvious one being incredible power and fantastically smooth delivery of it. No wobbles or torque steer or scrabbling around (unless the road is very bad/uneven). It just launches without any drama, and puts a massive grin on your face doing it.
-No rattles or squeaks from the interior so far which is good. This may change with more miles on it, but so far everything seems reasonably put together. Yes, there is some noticeable cost cutting inside obviously, but its not a terrible place to sit/be considering the price.
-Subjective i know, but i think it looks great
-Infotainment system so far seems to have been pretty good. Not the most responsive screen in the world, but Ive experienced worse quite honestly.
-Assignable shortcut buttons on the steering wheel are great, but i just wish a few more options could be added. Having the climate control on there is great though, as it stops the fiddly-ness of using the screen when you just want to turn the temp up or down. Having the 360 camera on the shortcut buttons is good too if you quickly need it.
-Shortcuts on the pull down menu on the screen are good too, but again limited. I WISH there was one to turn the LKA off. There is one to turn the traction control off there, so i cant understand why there isnt one for the LKA or other driver aids (or even other general options). Bit bizarre. However I dont find the LKA too bad at all to be honest; probably as it had the latest software/service bulletin installed on it which made this better.
-Actually quite comfortable suspension wise/not too crashy (although this is going in the cons too for the opposite reason....)
-Quite fun to drive in the bends. Certainly more fun than other electric cars ive driven, and has the advantage of not being a tall SUV as well (but it isnt up to the levels of driving prowess that a Focus ST/Type R/I30N would give you etc)
Cons:
- Wireless charging pad doesnt seem to work all that well (could be my phone, but it works with wireless charging elsewhere ok), and your phone just flies off it anyway as the car is so powerful. Poor design all round, and should have been put elsewhere.
- Seats could be better. They arent uncomfortable or bad as such. However, i think the X power could have done with more supportive/sporty ones, other than just having the stitching colour changed on them..
- MG really missed a trick with the suspension i think. I do agree with a lot of the reviews that say it is still too soft, in spite of them stiffening it up over the standard version. I really think MG should have lowered it a bit more and fitted stiffer suspension. I mean an adaptive system would be ideal, but i guess this would have pushed the cost of the car up a lot more. Oddly it feels like they still tried to make it not too crashy/comfortable, but i would have thought buyers of the car wouldn’t have minded it stiffer.
- Brakes could do with more feel. You can change the feel/force of the brakes, and in sport mode they aren’t too bad, but do feel a bit too spongy in normal and eco modes. However, this is a general criticism of all the electric cars ive tried, which i guess is down to the regen brake systems etc.
Still havent played with the app, scheduled charging and a few other bits yet so will see how i get on with those.
) but I think I'd find an untethered charger a massive PITA. Aesthetics aside they just seem to add more faff for no gain.
