MG4 Trophy

MG is taking on the establishment with this affordable EV hatchback and it might just be the best of its kind

- STUART GALLAGHER

CARDS ON THE TABLE, I'M NOT THE biggest fan of MGs. A Volvo 480 once tried to take my legs off when it decided it wanted to come through the passenger door of the MG Midget I was a, er, passenger in, and after two MGF long-term test cars and the now Mrs G's own hateful example, if I ever sit in an MGF again it will be too soon. The fact that people handed over their money for one instead of an MX-5 remains one of the world's biggest mysteries. That I turned down a free MX-5 and sold a 306 Rallye to fund the purchase of said Gallagher-household MGF is a decision I still can't explain nearly two decades on.

Enough of the therapy. The MG4 EV is neither a two-seater sports car nor a hot hatch with some red stickers and bold claims of out-accelerating a Ferrari Testarossa, but it is quite possibly the best electric-powered hatchback on sale today although admittedly that's a pretty shallow pool of excellence to go fishing in.