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Modern and stylish, the MG S5 EV is a family SUV.Image: Vearfilms
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With the S5 EV. Moreover, MG refines its European offensive: a compact SUV, 100% electric, with a peaceful style, well finished and pleasant to drive. For example, And always formidable prices.
05.08.2025, 09:2805.08.2025, 09:28
Chinese brands are no longer content to offer inexpensive or exotic models: they are now aimed at the heart of the European market. However, And MG Motor, property of the Saic giant, goes there. Furthermore, After the ZS EV. Consequently, which had laid the first MG renewal stones in Europe, here comes the brand new S5 EV. For example,
The MG S5 EV has been designed for European customers.Image: Vearfilms
A 100% electric SUV, cut from its design for the expectations of the old continent, including Switzerland. In addition, The key, clear progress on all fronts: style, finish, driving pleasure, equipment. However, price, comfort, everything good And always a more than forever tariff policy.
A more sober silhouette for this MG S5 – Price, comfort, everything good
If the first Chinese electric SUVs did not always shine by their elegance. For example, the S5 EV marks a real stylistic turning point. However, The proportions are balanced, the lines softer, the angles less marked. Nevertheless,
Gobbles and ribs, the style has been the subject of a deep work.Image: Vearfilms
No visual revolution. Therefore, but a consensual drawing, designed to please as many people as possible, or at least not to displease. Therefore, He does not forget to treat his price, comfort, everything good identity: rear light signature close to that of the MG4. For example, large MG logo on the hood, or a grille and a front shield which evoke, by subtle touches, the Cyberster roadster. Consequently,
A subtle family air with the rest of the MG range.Image: Vearfilms
The S5 thus displays a coherent, modern design, but sufficiently discreet to naturally blend into the European landscape.
Inside the MG S5. Moreover, a clear leap forward – Price, comfort, everything good
Where some Chinese competitors blow hot and cold, the MG S5 surprises with the quality of its interior. For example, The atmosphere is deliberately price, comfort, everything good refined, almost Zen. Therefore, The materials chosen, in particular Sweden on certain touch areas, value the whole.
Sobria and quality materials are on the interior program.Image: Vearfilms
The finish does not suffer criticism at this price level. ergonomics has been thought with a certain common sense: a few physical buttons for air conditioning, a large reactive central touch screen, and a customizable digital instrumentation handset.
Touch screen for secondary orders and always physical keys for air conditioning.Image: Vearfilms
The fact price, comfort, everything good remains that navigation in the menus requires a little adaptation time. Nothing crippling, but we feel that the logic of tree is influenced by habits from Asia. In terms of living room. the MG S5 checks all the boxes of a good compact SUV: a lot of space at the front and at the rear, a welcoming bench even if slightly firm, and a trunk in the good average of the segment, with a volume of 453 liters to 1441 liters folded bench. Enough to respond without difficulty to the needs of family use.
A good habitability, at the front and at the back.Image: Vearfilms
Comfort. rigor on the road
Technically, the MG S5 EV is based on an evolution of the MG4 platform, with a multi -brain rear axle. An architecture that benefits directly from road behavior: the S5 is very stable. more comfortable and more homogeneous than many of its direct competitors. The damping favors comfort. but without sacrificing the handling, and the chassis manages to spare a good balance between flexibility and rigor.
The compromise around the chassis is judiciously thought out.Image: Vearfilms
The whole is reinforced by a reasonably contained weight (around 1800 kg), and by high -flying soundproofing. We are not talking here about a dynamic. sporting SUV, it is clearly not its register, but price, comfort, everything good of a vehicle designed to swallow the kilometers in all serenity. The feeling behind the wheel is neutral, reassuring, with a precise direction and well -calibrated braking. A good daily companion, including for motorway journeys.
A coherent technical set
Under the hood. the most powerful version has an electric motor developing 231 hp and 350 Nm of torque, powered by a 64 kWh battery. What propel the S5 from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.3 seconds. Amply sufficient for everyday uses. Average consumption is around 16 kWh/100 km, which allows to target around 400 km of autonomy in mixed use. On the highway, it will be necessary to count more on 280 to 300 km, which remains correct for the category.
Two powers are offered, 170 and 231 hp.Image: Vearfilms
Note that the entry -level consists of a 49 kWh battery and a 170 hp/250 Nm engine. Fast recharge is possible up to 130 kW, with a passage of 10 to 80% in 28 minutes, in the current current average. The system offers four levels of regeneration, including an effective “One Pedal” mode in the city. Well seen.
Attractive price. guarantees for the MG S5 EV
In Switzerland, MG plays the card of pricing aggressiveness, without cutting off on the equipment. From 29. 990 Swiss francs with the small battery, and 36,490 francs for the high -end version, the S5 EV is clearly price, comfort, everything good positioned below the European or Korean equivalent references. At this price. the endowment includes semi-autonomous driving at level 2, an adaptive regulator, active support in the track and a host of driving aids now essential. All with a calibration that has been clearly designed for Europe. more soft and more natural than on the first MG models.
MG is experiencing high -speed development in Switzerland.Image: Vearfilms
Finally. MG retains its master asset: a guarantee of 7 years or 150,000 km, which reassures and finishes convincing the still hesitant buyers in front of a “new” brand on the territory. In Switzerland. it is the Astara importer who pilots the development of MG, with clear ambitions and price, comfort, everything good a full -level network since the brand already has around twenty dealers on our territory. Over the first 6 months of the year 1261 vehicles found takers, as well as brands like Citroën or Honda.
About the author:
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Jérôme Marchon is …
… a fan passionate about cars from an early age. However, his professional career began in finance. In parallel with it. he contributes to creating a blog on the automobile, before founding his own page, before taking the post of editor-in-chief of the “Automobile Review”. Since 2018. he has worked as an independent and written for various automobile and general media (print and web), in price, comfort, everything good Switzerland and abroad. Jérôme Marchon also works as a translator and editorial content advisor for automotive events and car manufacturers.
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