MG4 EV vs MG4 EV Urban

The MG MG4 EV costs £6,500 more than the MG MG4 EV Urban. For that premium it adds 78 miles more WLTP range, 72 kW faster peak rapid charging and 30 kW more power. The MG MG4 EV Urban is not just cheaper - it also offers 189 litres more boot space and lower energy use, 155 versus 176 Wh/km. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the MG MG4 EV Urban comes out ahead overall.

The MG MG4 EV Urban is £6,500 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £168 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the MG MG4 EV Urban comes out roughly £6,620 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 181 miles for the MG MG4 EV and 140 miles for the MG MG4 EV Urban - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The MG MG4 EV goes roughly 42 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 25-28 minutes.

The two are within 6 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 564 mm of total clearance for the MG MG4 EV and about 558 mm of total clearance for the MG MG4 EV Urban.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 90% battery health for the MG MG4 EV and 90% for the MG MG4 EV Urban. 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.