[0:00] This is the new MG S9 and it is the best
[0:03] value for money car in the UK right now
[0:06] and I'm going to explain why. I'm Matt
[0:07] Watson. You're watching Carw Wow.
[0:12] You can get an MGS9 on Carw Wow for just
[0:15] over £31,000. This range hopping version
[0:17] through Carw £335,000.
[0:20] It's mad. This car is absolutely
[0:22] massive. You're getting a lot of metal
[0:23] for your money. That's 3 m 4 m. It's 5 m
[0:28] long and there's a benefit to it being
[0:30] so long. It's a sevenseater and the best
[0:33] thing about it is there's loads of room
[0:36] in the back even for adults. So, let's
[0:38] just fold this out the way. Right. Come
[0:40] on. So, you can see what's going on.
[0:41] Let's get Nick. Nick's tall. He's over 6
[0:43] foot.
[0:45] You got enough room there?
[0:46] >> Oh, loads.
[0:46] >> Look at this. I've got decent amount of
[0:48] knee room. Head room's okay. And the
[0:49] best thing is this. Look,
[0:52] these back seats.
[0:55] That is insanely good for a sevenseater.
[0:58] The only area where they dropped the
[0:59] ball a bit is this. Look, there's just
[1:01] one old school USB port there for
[1:03] everyone to fight over. For such a big,
[1:05] sensible car, I think it looks all
[1:06] right. It's got a very like intense
[1:08] grin. It's a bit like this, isn't it?
[1:10] >> You want to know how I got these scars?
[1:13] Yeah. Similar, isn't it? But it doesn't
[1:16] look like a budget vehicle, you know? It
[1:18] looks way more expensive than its price.
[1:20] and it's copied some features off
[1:22] expensive cars such as this chrome
[1:24] hockey stick. It's like an old 7 series.
[1:26] I also think this part of it is very
[1:28] similar to a Scoda Kodiak. I don't think
[1:31] it looks any better or any worse than a
[1:32] Scoda Kodiak apart from one feature at
[1:34] the back here which is pretty terrible.
[1:36] Bear with me for a moment cuz I need to
[1:37] get something. The horrendous fake
[1:40] exhaust tips as I'll illustrate now with
[1:42] the carwow stick of truth. Awful, awful,
[1:46] awful. And those aren't the only
[1:47] annoying thing about this car. The start
[1:51] stop button is hidden behind the
[1:52] steering wheel. So look, from your point
[1:53] of view, you miss it. So because the
[1:55] car's quiet and it's mainly in electric
[1:56] mode, you forget to turn it off. You
[1:58] just get out. Especially if you're in a
[1:59] Tesla and you're used to doing that kind
[2:00] of thing. And then you try to lock it
[2:02] and then it's a course. Oh, it's
[2:05] annoying. Oh, turn off. I wish you
[2:08] wouldn't do that. In fact, you know
[2:09] what? I hate keyless go because you
[2:10] often lose the keys and can't go. This
[2:13] happened earlier.
[2:18] Drew, have you got the smart key? It
[2:20] thinks there's no key in it. I gave it
[2:22] to you and I haven't had it since.
[2:24] >> I put it in here cuz then the car I
[2:26] started the car.
[2:27] >> Right. I'm going to get out. Let you
[2:29] guys look. You had it though. I handed
[2:30] it to you, didn't I?
[2:32] >> And then you just can't remember.
[2:33] >> I had it because I turned it on.
[2:35] >> Have you looked under the seats
[2:36] properly? Even the pit of doom. It's
[2:39] not.
[2:41] >> He wouldn't have jumped out.
[2:43] >> Where did you put it? I would have put
[2:44] it
[2:46] on the screen there.
[2:50] Let's never do that again. And do you
[2:52] know why you're doing that? Because the
[2:54] car is liable to lock itself. Once
[2:56] again, keyless go issues. It's honestly
[2:58] it's bollocks. It's bollocks. Am I just
[3:01] old? Yes. Shut up. I'm not a fan of the
[3:04] poppy Audi door handles, which are
[3:06] ripoff of Land Rovers. It's a bit like
[3:08] shaking hands with the kind of all
[3:09] flimsy. Also, these doors are huge,
[3:11] which does make it easy to get in and
[3:12] out when you have them open wired. It
[3:14] also makes it really hard to get into
[3:16] the car when you're in a tight space.
[3:18] You're not going to squeeze through that
[3:19] gap, are you? Not even I. You only have
[3:21] slow wireless charging. And the design
[3:23] of the pad is stupid. Look at it. Look
[3:24] at the shape of it. It's not It's not
[3:26] symmetrical. So, while your phone fits
[3:28] in that one Oh, that's good. It doesn't
[3:30] fit in that one quite. Can you see?
[3:31] Great. Oh, and also when you accelerate
[3:33] it, just do that. As you can see,
[3:35] there's no phone button on the steering
[3:36] wheel, which means that if you do a
[3:38] voice command and it doesn't understand
[3:39] it and it ends up calling some Tinder
[3:41] date from 10 years ago, you constantly
[3:43] just hang up. You have to do it on the
[3:45] screen and you end up in panic mode.
[3:46] Speaking of the screen, if you want to
[3:48] turn off the annoying beeps and bongs,
[3:49] you have to press car,
[3:52] go down to Oh, over speed warning. I'll
[3:55] turn that off. Then scan down. Where is
[3:57] the other one?
[3:59] This is one you definitely want to turn
[4:01] off. the driver distraction monitoring
[4:04] cuz it's way too strict. Yes, go away.
[4:06] But all that kind of thing is very hard
[4:07] to do when you're driving. Bloody
[4:09] annoying things. The car sometimes makes
[4:11] this weird worring noise from under the
[4:13] bonnet for no reason. You'll hear it
[4:15] randomly. It'll probably appear in a
[4:17] future take. For such a big car, there's
[4:19] only two positions for isopix anchor
[4:21] points here on the outer middle row,
[4:23] none in the rearmost row and none on the
[4:25] passenger seat. Wasted opportunity.
[4:27] Unlike with a Cherry Tiger 8, which has
[4:29] DC fast charging, this plug-in hybrid
[4:32] only has old school AC charging. Also,
[4:35] while it's supposed to do 353 m per
[4:38] gallon, this is how much I'm averaging.
[4:39] I hate the way when you fold down this
[4:41] seat that drops down. So, then you have
[4:44] to go get back. However, I'm done
[4:46] criticizing this car because there's
[4:47] loads I like about it as well. I like
[4:49] the light roof. So, you got sunlind, but
[4:51] it's still nice and bright in here. And
[4:54] the sunroof is massive. Plus, look,
[4:55] look, look, look. It is a sunroof you
[4:58] can open and it's standard on all
[5:00] models. All cars also get 360 degree
[5:03] camera lock with top down view where you
[5:05] can see through the car. Very good. You
[5:07] don't just have one, but you actually
[5:08] have two customizable buttons on the
[5:10] steering wheel which you can actually
[5:12] configure to do lots of different
[5:13] things. I've got the left one doing
[5:14] regenerative braking between low,
[5:16] medium, and high. And I've got this one
[5:19] on the right doing a 360 camera. The S9
[5:22] has an electric only range of 62 mi. as
[5:25] a result has very low emissions and it
[5:27] falls into the 10% benefit in kind
[5:29] category. That means for a high rate
[5:30] taxpayer it's going to cost you about
[5:32] 1,500 quid a year to have this car
[5:34] through your company. Also, look, it
[5:36] comes with a handy cup holder in the top
[5:37] of the engine. It'll probably appear in
[5:39] a future tank. Perfect to Monday. That
[5:42] should warm it up. It's making that
[5:44] noise again.
[5:46] Where's the keys? It's cuz it's on
[5:50] there. It stopped. Look, no noise.
[5:53] Considering this car is such good value
[5:54] for money, you'd think that it'd have a
[5:56] budget feeling interior, but it doesn't.
[5:58] The design looks smart. Some of the
[6:01] materials are nice. Controls such as the
[6:03] drive mode selector and the switch gear
[6:06] nicely damped. The steering wheel feels
[6:08] expensive. It's surprising really
[6:10] though. If you do start tapping, some of
[6:12] the plastics sound a bit hollow, but
[6:14] nothing wobbles or really caks. I'm very
[6:17] impressed. I'm also impressed by the
[6:19] fact they've got physical buttons for
[6:21] the climate control and actual vents you
[6:24] can move around. Although the vents in
[6:26] there actually move on their own. If you
[6:27] look in there, can you see them moving?
[6:28] Can you see them just panning around?
[6:29] Look at that. Now, the screen, it is a
[6:32] bit dark in terms of the graphics and
[6:34] it's not the most responsive either, but
[6:36] it's all right and the menus aren't too
[6:38] confusing. You can swipe down to some of
[6:39] the functions like that. The digital
[6:41] driver's display is clear, but it is
[6:43] fairly bland. Also, I'm not convinced by
[6:45] this, the gear selector. Wish it was on
[6:47] a column stalk. Just seems a bit of an
[6:50] appendage. Storage is good though. Just
[6:52] want to show you. This look doesn't feel
[6:54] cheap. That's deep as well in there.
[6:57] This feels nice. Two cup holders and
[6:59] glove box is just acceptable. Underneath
[7:02] here though, there's a lot of storage.
[7:04] And we've got a 12vt socket and some
[7:06] USBCs. Plus, the door bins are large.
[7:09] Speaking of large, look at the size of
[7:10] that sun visor.
[7:13] That feels all right. The entry- level
[7:15] version of this car is so well equipped,
[7:16] but for three grand extra, you can get
[7:18] this range topper, which has fake
[7:19] leather interior, upgraded seats with
[7:22] massage and ventilation function, and a
[7:23] Bose sound system, which sounds very
[7:26] good. But which one would I buy? Well,
[7:28] I've actually configured my ideal MGS9
[7:31] on Carw Wow. If you want to see which
[7:32] version is the color I go for, and the
[7:34] saving, click on the pop out banner up
[7:36] there or scan the QR code on screen now
[7:38] or just follow the link in the
[7:39] description of this video. Anyway, I'll
[7:41] tell you one other area where I'm really
[7:43] impressed with this car. How good it is
[7:44] for longd distance journeys. I'm
[7:46] surprised how good this car is at higher
[7:48] speed. So, let's just pick up from 40 to
[7:50] 60. Doesn't take very long. Look at
[7:52] that. 60 mph. It's very quiet. Such a
[7:56] quiet, relaxing car to travel in. I'm
[7:58] amazed how quiet it is. It's as quiet as
[8:01] a luxury car brand like BMW or Audi. How
[8:04] is this just like 30 odd,000?
[8:07] It's madness. It definitely feels more
[8:10] expensive when you're just cruising
[8:11] along in it. But the quiet cabin isn't
[8:13] the only thing I noticed while driving
[8:15] the S9. The visibility is great for the
[8:18] driver as well. It's a huge car, but I
[8:20] feel I can see all around it. So, even
[8:22] when going down narrow streets such as
[8:24] this, I am not phased. You get great
[8:25] view forward as well. You can really
[8:27] judge where the corners of the car are.
[8:29] Look, I'm going to squeeze through this
[8:30] gap here. Just whack up the cameras. No
[8:32] problemmo.
[8:35] So, good. People would be put off this,
[8:36] oh, it's just too big for me. But ah,
[8:39] it's easier than you think. Even the
[8:41] turning circle is all right. Let's get
[8:44] the old cameras up. Can I make it round
[8:45] here? Actually, this is a tidy one. I
[8:47] don't think this is going to work, but
[8:48] let's give it a crack. Don't curb it.
[8:50] Don't hit that car. There's no way I'm
[8:52] getting past that. If I get past that,
[8:54] do I do it? I'm going to do it. If this
[8:56] works, it's mad. Oh, I figured it out.
[8:59] That show where my wheels are going to
[9:00] go, not where the front of the car is.
[9:03] >> Hello. You all right?
[9:04] >> Yeah.
[9:05] >> That's a different one for you.
[9:06] >> Oh, no. Yeah. Oh, it's an MG.
[9:08] >> Yeah, it's good, isn't it?
[9:09] >> That's spooky cuz I've been looking for
[9:11] an MG Z.
[9:12] >> Yeah, it looks posher than an MG,
[9:13] doesn't it?
[9:14] >> It's got that sort of a Range Rover look
[9:16] about it.
[9:17] >> Blime me. Range Rover.
[9:19] >> Guess how much this costs. This car I've
[9:21] got here.
[9:21] >> Well, MGs are normally pretty good.
[9:23] That's why I was looking at them. I
[9:24] suspect it got all the
[9:26] >> This is top of the range.
[9:27] >> Top of the range. I'm probably going to
[9:28] be a mile out, but
[9:32] >> 40.
[9:32] >> 40. Do you know what the actual list
[9:34] price at this one it's about 36 but
[9:37] through carwow £33,000
[9:39] >> is it
[9:40] >> sevenseater as well.
[9:41] >> Honestly this thing is insane value for
[9:43] money.
[9:44] >> That is good value.
[9:44] >> Do you know what we're doing though?
[9:46] We're holding up his majesty's post.
[9:48] >> Yeah.
[9:50] >> Right. Good to see you. So maybe check
[9:53] one of these out. You could use it for
[9:55] your delivery vans. There's loads of
[9:56] space inside it. See you later. Despite
[9:58] its large size, the S9 is a dodle to
[10:01] drive in town. But how will it fair on a
[10:03] twisty country road? This MG isn't
[10:05] particularly exciting to drive, but then
[10:07] what did you expect? It's a 7seater
[10:09] budget SUV from China. It's a bit like
[10:11] complaining that water is wet. And to
[10:14] tell you the truth, it actually handles
[10:16] pretty well, as well as you need it to.
[10:18] It'll grip through the bends. You don't
[10:19] feel like you're going to fall off the
[10:21] road. And generally, it's pretty comfy
[10:23] unless you suddenly hit a bump and then
[10:26] you get a jolt and a clunk. The
[10:28] suspension, you can just tell it's a
[10:30] little bit of a budget car. And you're
[10:31] surprised because otherwise it feels
[10:33] quite premium.
[10:36] There's your clunk. Good clunk. There's
[10:38] another thing that's funny about it. You
[10:39] see, we're coming up to a bend. And if
[10:41] you suddenly try to accelerate with too
[10:43] much steering lock on, the front wheels
[10:45] just spin up all too easily. So, here we
[10:47] go. Bend. Accelerate. Hear that noise?
[10:52] That's the front wheels slipping. It's
[10:53] because this is electric powered. I know
[10:55] it's a hybrid, but it's electricity
[10:56] that's driving the wheels. You get
[10:58] instant pickup and the tires just can't
[11:00] cope. They're like, "Oh no, we're
[11:01] checking out." And then obviously the
[11:03] systems rain things back in. But do you
[11:05] know what? A lot of electric powered
[11:07] front-wheel drive cars, which this is,
[11:09] have that same issue. And to be fair,
[11:11] there's plenty to like about this car. I
[11:13] can forgive it of that. But will I be
[11:14] impressed by the MG's performance? Well,
[11:16] on paper, the stats look good. So, you
[11:18] got a 1.5 L plug-in hybrid, 300
[11:21] horsepower, so it should be reasonably
[11:23] nippy. Let's find out. I'm going to
[11:24] launch it. 3 2 1 floor it.
[11:30] Steady pickup. There we go. It is a
[11:33] heavy car. 2.2 tons. What's the naugh to
[11:35] 60 time?
[11:37] 8.8. In the brochure, they claim it's
[11:40] 9.6. That's good, isn't it? But I said
[11:43] heavy. What's the braking performance
[11:45] like? That's just as important if you
[11:47] got your family on board. All right,
[11:48] let's do an emergency stop from 60 mph.
[11:52] We're looking for a distance of 35 m.
[11:54] Anything over that not great. Coming
[11:56] into the braking zone right now. 3 2 1.
[11:59] And I'm going to break hard.
[12:05] What did we get? Oh, 36 m. Let me stamp
[12:08] on it harder. I think I was a bit
[12:09] chicken. Here we go. Like that is
[12:12] everything.
[12:16] That is like leg day at the gym. That's
[12:17] more like it. 34 m. Not bad for a car
[12:21] this large. Speaking of which, this car
[12:23] is so comfy here in the middle row.
[12:25] Loads of knee room, loads of foot space,
[12:27] loads of head room as well. The seats
[12:29] are quite far from the floor, so you've
[12:31] got lots of under thigh support. And of
[12:33] course, you can slide the seats forwards
[12:35] and backwards. And look at this as well.
[12:37] You can recline them. Oh, I'm impressed.
[12:39] I'm so impressed. Let's try with three
[12:40] in the back at once all aboard.
[12:43] >> Okay.
[12:45] Wow.
[12:46] >> What do you think about that?
[12:47] >> That's really good. This is like among
[12:49] the very best. Just hop out. Thank you.
[12:53] So, if I fold this down, you have
[12:55] covered cup holders. Now, you only
[12:57] normally get this on premium cars.
[12:59] You've got climate control here in the
[13:00] back. Two USBC's, door pockets, massive
[13:04] door bins. What's not so good though is
[13:05] this ice fix anchor points are a little
[13:07] bit hard to get to. So, it can be a bit
[13:09] of a faf trying to fit a seat for the
[13:10] first time, but there's loads of space
[13:11] here for even the bulkiest rearfacing
[13:13] seat. And you know what? The daughter
[13:14] really loves the fact these big windows
[13:16] go all the way down. She loves it. In
[13:19] fact, she's actually put a little mark
[13:20] on it there as her stickers. The range
[13:22] hopping version of the MG gets an
[13:25] automated tailgate with hands-free Come
[13:27] on. There we go. Handsfreeness. Now,
[13:30] with seven seats in place, the boot is a
[13:31] reasonable size. Look, it's not too bad.
[13:33] Got a little bit of extra storage under
[13:34] there. Then you got absolutely acres of
[13:36] space if you fold down the rearmost row.
[13:40] And then, oh booger. If you want to do
[13:43] literally, you do have to do a walk
[13:45] around. Oh, that was the wrong one.
[13:48] It's this lever down here. There we go.
[13:50] Oh, go to the other side.
[13:55] I guess you can't expect electrically
[13:57] operated rear seats in a car at this
[14:00] price. But you do have, look here. Oh,
[14:03] 12vt socket. That makes up for
[14:05] everything, doesn't it?
[14:07] Not quite. And neither do the lease
[14:09] deals. And here's why. We've run the
[14:11] numbers on the leasing price of this car
[14:12] through CarWow and this is how much it
[14:14] will cost per month. This is the total
[14:16] cost of the lease and this is actually
[14:17] the depreciation if you to buy it new.
[14:19] So, it's actually cheaper to buy the car
[14:21] and sell it on than to lease it. Now, if
[14:23] you want to compare the leasing deals of
[14:24] this to its competitors, we've done a
[14:26] special page on Carway. You can check
[14:27] that out. There's a link in the
[14:28] description and in the pin comment.
[14:31] Also, you can just click on the pop out
[14:32] banner or scan the QR code on screen
[14:34] now. But, there is another thing you
[14:35] could do. You might be thinking, you
[14:37] know what? I'm not really interested in
[14:38] a lease anyway. I'm going to buy a used
[14:40] car because you could get a Volvo XC90
[14:43] for well a bit more than this actually.
[14:45] A 5-year-old XC90 is still more
[14:47] expensive than this car. Here's one I
[14:49] found on Carw Wow. And there's the added
[14:51] risk when you're buying used, isn't that
[14:52] that it might have had a shady past. So,
[14:55] here's a car vertical report of an XC90,
[14:58] not one that was on CarWow, which has
[15:00] had seven damage reports. You can even
[15:03] see the damage of the car. That's why if
[15:05] you're thinking about buying a used car,
[15:07] you absolutely positively have to do a
[15:08] car vertical history check to make sure
[15:10] it doesn't have a shady past. And if you
[15:12] do that, use the code car wow for 20%
[15:15] off. Or of course, you could just play
[15:17] it even safer and buy new. And there is
[15:20] no new car that is as good value as this
[15:24] MGS9. So if you need a sevenseater on a
[15:27] budget that is actually a mighty fine
[15:29] car, go right ahead and buy this MG. I
[15:32] hope you enjoyed the video. If you did,
[15:33] give it a like. Let me know if you agree
[15:35] with my verdict in the comments below.
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