MG Motor UK MGS6 SUV

180kW SE EV Long Range 77kWh 5dr Auto [2026]

A raft of Chinese automotive brands is hitting the United Kingdom at the moment – but if you list them all, you might be surprised to see MG included in some of them. After all, MG traces its roots back around a century and is a distinctly British brand. In fact, its history goes back so far that it's disputed when MG officially started producing its own models.

Decades of existence in the West Midlands followed, culminating in the eventual disastrous downfall of MG Rover, which came to a fiery end in the mid-2000s, when the brand was almost lost to history. A rescue by Nanjing Automobile put the flames out in 2005, before Nanjing was swallowed up by fellow Chinese manufacturer SAIC Motor in 2007.

The first ‘new’ MG – the MG6 – came along four years later. While its first few cars were largely forgettable, everything changed when the MG4 EV arrived – a small, electric SUV that was the first affordable battery-powered model.

It wowed critics, offering lots of equipment, a lovely interior, and promising driving dynamics – and, crucially, without being disproportionately expensive compared with equivalent combustion-engined rivals, as most electric cars were at the time.

The floodgates to more affordable electric cars soon opened. MG now offers half a dozen electric cars – including the excellent Cyberster roadster – and the S6 EV we have in our hands today is the latest to join the ranks.

It is a reasonably large SUV which aims to take on the likes of the Skoda Enyaq and Volkswagen ID.4.

Does it compete? We aim to find out.