Ford Mustang Mach-E (2021-2024) vs MG IM5

The MG IM5 is £900 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £192 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MG IM5 comes out roughly £900 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 203 miles for the Ford Mustang Mach-E and 217 miles for the MG IM5 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG IM5 goes roughly 15 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 32 minutes in the Ford Mustang Mach-E and 65 in the MG IM5, so the Ford Mustang Mach-E loses less time at each stop. So the MG IM5 stops less often while the Ford Mustang Mach-E stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The Ford Mustang Mach-E is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 30 mm narrower than the MG IM5. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 470 mm of total clearance for the Ford Mustang Mach-E and about 440 mm of total clearance for the MG IM5. The MG IM5 also turns in a 1.6 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the Ford Mustang Mach-E and 90% for the MG IM5. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use LFP-type cells, which are happy charged to 100% every day. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.