A couple of days ago, we reported about the sudden and unannounced launch of a new car in Pakistan, the MG5 EV, by MG Pakistan. The company didn’t hold any launch events or specifically announce on its social media handles; the car just emerged in some of the posts on the company’s Facebook and Instagram pages. Further digging revealed that the vehicle has been on display since mid-December 2023 and is for sale at different MG dealerships.
After deeper digging, we got the official specs, features, price, and booking details of this electric vehicle and shared them with you. Although we uploaded a photo of the car, it was not in real-time; instead, it was from a brochure. So, adding the final piece of the puzzle, here are exclusive photos of the MG5 EV.
Exterior of MG5 EV
In these photos, you can see the unique style of its alloy rim, the MG badge on the front bonnet, LED side indicators with double-tone side view mirrors, roof rails, chrome door handles, and LED tail lights. The car sure looks stylish and sleek, especially the 16-inch alloy wheels with 205/60 R16 tyres. The other noticeable features are tinted windows, front and rear aero wipers, rear parking sensors, and a high-mounted LED brake lamp.
Interior
These photos show different specs and features of the interior of the car, including fabric upholstery, a 6-way adjustable driver seat, a 10.25-inch color touchscreen with Android Auto & Apple CarPlay, a 7-inch color driver information display, Rotary gear selector, Auto-dimming rearview mirror and Auto air conditioning with odor filter. The pictures give a good idea about the space and feel of the interior.
The station wagon seems a good choice for a family trip with comfort or a convenient intracity ride with friends. As per the company, the current price of the car is Rs. 13,546,000, with a booking price of Rs. 5,000,000 and a tentative delivery time of 90-120 days.
Do you like the look of the MG5 EV? Please tell us in the comments section.
Rs. 13,546,000 what ??? Even in France we are getting MG5 for half the price, and the MG5 is imported from China to Europe.
I thought given the segment the car could be a good model for Pakistani Market, well for this price, forget it.
Don’t bother to launch…
The good choice for family trip remain the not to much old Honda BR-V for 6 300 000 PKR with 7 seats or If you want a good road traveler 5 seats, there is Honda Civic RS 9 900 000 PKR.
This car will be a useless launch
@waqas,
So are there absolutely no other options in 1 caror in your opinion? Only civic. A compact car for a caror or the very old BR-V for less than a caror.
If it is such a good option, why did production of the Civic stop in India due to poor sales, and from what I gather, it is not doing greatly in Europe either. As you claim your are stationed in France, shouldn’t you know this?
I read up on it and one of the reasons that the Civic did poorly in India was that people did not think it was a good deal getting a compact car in the price range where they could get much better and more feature rich SUVs. A mind set that is still taking its time in the Pakistan market.
For local options, what about the Hyundai Sonata? A mid sized sedan with lots more features, space, comfort and a much nicer interior. Or, for much less, don’t you think the Hyundai Elantra is an excellent option? And please lets not get into the age old go-to argument that it is “bad because it is not selling well”. The Isuzu D-max has for some reason almost failed in Pakistan, yet in southeast Asian countries, especially Thailand and Malaysia, it is dominating and has been outselling the Revo/Hi-lux for years.
Lastly, the BR-V is not a true 7 seater as even Pakwheels itself in their video review of it said so. Its more of a six seater. But, yes, as this is Pakistan, people will always squeeze in the passengers.😆 But still, there are a lot of other (7-5 seater) options in the SUV segment in the market that fall in under the 1 caror mark. You can save money AND get a better deal. For example, the Haval H6 has been doing very well this last year and their sales are the few vehicles sales in Pakistan that saw a sustained increase. Their sales increased from 442 units sold in 2022 to 2475 units sold in 2023. While the old three had their graph go down, Haval/sazgar’s graph went up. So that should also fall in as a good option wouldn’t you agree?
The Changan Oshan X7 is another very good option. And in the range of the BR-V, the DFSK Glory 580 Pro is a good option as well, which, you might be interested to know has just been introduced in the UAE. Not just the 580 But a whole line up of DFSK SUVs. So if it is good enough for them, it should be good enough for us.
@waqas,
So are there absolutely no other options in 1 caror in your opinion? Only civic. A compact car for a caror or the very old BR-V for less than a caror.
If it is such a good option, why did production of the Civic stop in India due to poor sales, and from what I gather, it is not doing greatly in Europe either. As you claim your are stationed in France, shouldn’t you know this?
I read up on it and one of the reasons that the Civic did poorly in India was that people did not think it was a good deal getting a compact car in the price range where they could get a much better and more feature rich SUV. A mind set that is still taking its time in the Pakistan market.
For local options, what about the Hyundai Sonata? A mid sized sedan with lots more features, space, comfort and a much nicer interior. Or, for much less, don’t you think the Hyundai Elantra is an excellent option? And please lets not get into the age old go-to argument that it is “not selling well”. The Isuzu Dmax has for some reason almost failed in Pakistan, yet in southeastern countries, especially Thailand and Malaysia, it is dominating and has been outselling the Revo/Hi-lux for years.
Lastly, the BR-V is not a true 7 seater as even Pakwheels itself in their video review of it said so. Its more of a six seater. But, yes, as this is Pakistan, people will always squeeze in the passengers.😆 But still, there are a lot of other (7-5 seater) options in the SUV segment in the market that fall in under the 1 caror mark. You can save money and get a better deal. For example, the Haval H6 has been doing very well this last year and their sales are the few vehicles sales in Pakistan that saw a sustained increase. Their sales increased from 442 units sold in 2022 to 2475 units sold in 2023. While the old three had their graph go down, Haval/sazgar’s graph went up. So that should also fall in as a good option wouldn’t you agree?
The Changan Oshan X7 is another very good option. And in the range of the BR-V, the DFSK Glory 580 Pro is a good option as well, which, you might be interested to know has just been introduced in the UAE. Not just the 580 But the whole line up. So if it is good enough for them, it should be good enough for us.
@Ali Khan
Well i’am agree that they are many options in the country like Hyundai Sonata and Elantra.
I’am also not denying the fact that the BR-V is closer to a 6 seats than a 7 but it is still one seat more than the MG5 above.
What i don’t understand is why are you on fire ???
Is better to not do Market comparison if you don’t grasp the specificities.
Honda Civic failed in India, i’am not surprise, India is a peculiar car market, is a market of small car, it is fiting their over crowded cities, lack of space as well thir environment standard, in otherwords, is fiting their needs.
Many car sold in India are closer to Asean countries, wich you can check, and in Pakistan we have bigger car, many cars sold in Pakistan are sold in Middle-East as well North America.
Is no surprise Pakwheels opened in UAE.
As example the biggest sedan for Hyundai in India is Verva, Verna is in the same segment as Proton Saga in Pakistan. And for Hyundai Pakistan is the Sonata. The latest generation of Civic grow in dimension getting closer to the likes of Sonata, and you wonder why it failed in India ??
Too bad you didn’t mention North America where Honda Civic is selling like Hot cakes, and is one of the best selling sedan out there.
So here i made a short comparison of India and Pakistan car Market, were they are far apart each other.
I’am not gonna talk about Europe were Honda was always one of the lowest seller but ironically the Civic Hatchback was the best selling model from Honda for many years, today i think is the CR-V .
Anyway you need to learn the difference in car Market before making unreasonable comparison.
And suddenly why are you praising the other chineses models available ? Oh! now i get it
You are one fire because i put a negative comment on a chinese cars …
As always you don’t change still remains biazed
@Ali Khan
Well i’am agree that they are many options in the country like Hyundai Sonata and Elantra.
I’am also not denying the fact that the BR-V is closer to a 6 seats than a 7 but it is still one seat more than the MG5 above.
What i don’t understand is why are you on fire ???
Is better to not do Market comparison if you don’t grasp the specificities.
Honda Civic failed in India, i’am not surprise, India is a peculiar car market, is a market of small car, it is fiting their over crowded cities, lack of space as well thir environment standard, in otherwords, is fiting their needs.
Many car sold in India are closer to Asean countries, wich you can check, and in Pakistan we have bigger car, many cars sold in Pakistan are sold in Middle-East as well North America.
Is no surprise Pakwheels opened in UAE.
As example the biggest sedan for Hyundai in India is Verva, Verna is in the same segment as Proton Saga in Pakistan. And for Hyundai Pakistan is the Sonata. The latest generation of Civic grow in dimension getting closer to the likes of Sonata, and you wonder why it failed in India ??
Too bad you didn’t mention North America where Honda Civic is selling like Hot cakes, and is one of the best selling sedan out there.
So here i made a short comparison of India and Pakistan car Market, were they are far apart each other.
I’am not gonna talk about Europe were Honda was always one of the lowest seller but ironically the Civic Hatchback was the best selling model from Honda for many years, today i think is the CR-V .
Anyway you need to learn the difference in car Market before making unreasonable comparison.
The BR-V is one seat more than the MG5 but similarly, the glory 580 is a true 7-seater so it is one more than the BR-V and in the same price range.
Car brands in India are offering much bigger cars which are not available here. The Suzuki Ertiga, Suzuki Fronx etc. Or the huge lineup of Hyundai SUVs or even local brands like Tata and Mahindra are offing SUVs that are also being exported abroad.
The Indian market has seen a big shift. Due to the increase in the purchasing power of the average Indian, small cars which used to be dominant in the market have seen a big slump in sales recently. Check out the top ten best selling cars in India. It’s all mostly SUVs and sedans. Vehicles which cost an arm and a leg in Pakistan. (It’s the same case for the Asean countries as well.)
And recently, brands like Mercedes, BMW and Audi are eyeing India as a big driver of their car sales. The reason is that the younger generation Indians have much better buying power and like to go for such vehicles, and can. Last year, Jan. to sept, BMW alone sold almost 10,000 cars. The small car days of India are now fading.
So, as I said, the only reason that the Civic failed in India was that, now that people have the capacity to actually buy these “big cars” easily, they saw that it was not a good deal.
The reason that Verna is the biggest car by Hyundai in India is because the rest of the line is dominated by Crossovers and SUVs and EV. And, as is happening in the rest of the world, sedans are going out of style.
Anyhow, that was not my point. I simply wanted to ask if the civic is the only go to option that you think is viable? You did agree that the sonata is an option. The civic might be close to the size as you say but that means it is still smaller. Better features, better space and better interior, shouldn’t those things matter when spending a caror?
Yes, “sold” being the operative word. The Civic hatchback for the European market back in the days of the 8th gen, i.e. “reborn”. Now that was something. It was amazing! That was Honda knocking it out of the park! it was a game changer. But instead of going with it, Honda did what Honda does best and took a step back. they toned things down. Why do that? It was a best seller.
Also, the CR-V sales have been on the decline in Europe. They were around
20,200 in 2020,
17,300 in 2021 and
14,600 in 2022
Recently Elon musk gave an interview and his words about Chinese car brands were “If there are no trade barriers established, they will pretty much demolish most other car companies in the world. They’re extremely good.” His words not mine.
And I know you have read up on how the Chinese brands are making a very noticeable impact in the middle east/UAE AND the Asean countries. This is not hyperbole. Its simple fact. You claim we are close to those nation in “types of cars”. So then, what’s good for them is good for us.
So yeah! these are now reputable vehicle brands who have good presence in multiple countries around us and from what we have seen and read, we know that people are satisfied with their products. Now that we have them here in the price range that we are discussing, all I was asking was, shouldn’t they be options for consideration? or should we forever be stuck in a rut because we are just too scared for some reason or, due to peer pressure, not willing.
Lastly as this article is discussing an MG EV the MG5 station wagon. It is a sales success in the UK and has been for years. The best budget EV station wagon on the UK market. And people in those countries have to be more ‘price & cost of ownership’ aware. They don’t have a ‘sultan ka Khoo’ or ‘Bilal Gunj’ or ‘Shobah’ to relay on. They have to pay full price for all repairs. That makes cost of ownership very expensive. Yet, they choose these new brands. Why is it that they can do so with confidence and we must always be badge scared?