MG MG4 vs MG Mg4 Urban

What's the difference?

The small BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) sedan segment of Australia’s new car market is logically where those looking for the lowest priced entry point to EV ownership go shopping.

Chinese manufacturer MG has focused on value-for-money in a practical city-based BEV with the release of its front-wheel drive (FWD) MG4 EV Urban, which offers a lower priced alternative to the premium rear-wheel drive/all-wheel drive (RWD/AWD) MG4 EV range with which it shares showrooms. 

We recently spent a week aboard this well-equipped five-door hatch to see if it's well suited to city living.

MG needs a win, and the MG4 Urban may be the right car at the right time to give the Chinese brand a major boost.

It has been a rough few years for MG, with sales in decline for the past two years, which has seen it tumble from Australia’s favourite Chinese car maker to a distant fourth place behind BYD, GWM and Chery. 

Part of that could be because of its rapid expansion, both in terms of its total number of models but also the size of the vehicles it’s offering. The larger QS SUV and U9 ute have both received underwhelming responses from the car-buying public.

So, MG has returned to its roots - small, affordable cars. The MG4 Urban, not to be confused with the MG4 Hatch, is its new price-leading electric car and the company’s new management hopes it leads a sales revival.