MG is expanding its Dutch range with the Marvel R Electric, an electric SUV that immediately positions itself as a top model at the top of the MG food chain. The MG Marvel R Electric has a starting price of €45,985 in the Netherlands and can be ordered from the end of October.
Highlights MG Marvel R Electric
- MG’s electric top model
- To be ordered at the end of October
- Rich standard equipment
- Luxury from €45,985
MG’s Dutch model range consists of the newly updated electric ZS EV and the plug-in hybrid EHS Plug-in Hybrid. MG’s European expansion drive has not yet calmed down. The brand still has the electric MG5 Electric in the barrel that is on the agenda for next year and at the end of October you can already knock on the door of MG dealers for the electric flagship of the brand: the MG Marvel R Electric.
MG Marvel R Electric
MG already released the first specifications of the Marvel R Electric in the middle of this year, but it is now also known what the 4.67 meter long electric SUV will cost in the Netherlands. MG asks at least €45,985 for the Marvel R Electric. For that amount, you will receive the keys to the rear-wheel drive Marvel R Electric Luxury at one of the MG Brand Stores. A step above is the four-wheel drive Performance version, the absolute top version for which MG asks €50,485.
MG Marvel R Electric – Frunk, only for the rear-wheel drive Luxury
Regardless of the version chosen, the MG Marvel R Electric has a 70 kWh battery in its bottom. With the standard 11 kW 3-phase charger, that battery pack on a fast charger can be filled with power from 5 to 80 percent in 42 minutes. The maximum charging capacity is 92 kWh. Each MG Marvel R Electric can also tow up to 750 kilos and both versions have a heat pump as standard. The luggage compartment of the SUV is 357 liters. If you throw the back seat flat, you can carry up to 1,396 liters of stuff. Under the ‘bonnet’ of the rear-wheel drive variant is a 150 liter second luggage compartment.
MG Marvel R Electric Luxury
The rear-wheel drive MG Marvel R Electric has two 180 hp and 410 Nm strong electric motors. This sprints the 1,810 kilogram version to a speed of 100 km/h in 7.9 seconds. The top speed is 200 km/h. Those who do not try to approach these values should be able to cover 402 WLTP kilometers with the MG Marvel R Electric in Luxury version.
The standard equipment of MG’s top model is not wrong. MG gives the Marvel R Electric Luxury a 12.3-inch digital instrumentation as standard and a remarkably large vertically oriented screen in the center console that is 19.4 inches in size. The soft- and hardware of this MG iSmart connectivity system supports things like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and falls over the air (OTA) to update.
MG Marvel R Electric
Also when it comes to safety systems, you don’t have to leave the Marvel R Luxury. MG tops off the electric SUV with systems such as adaptive cruise control, Lane Keep Assistance, Rear Traffic Alert, blind spot detection, automatic high beam and even Traffic Jam Assist as standard. The list of MG indulgence continues with LED lighting all around, two-zone climate control, 19-inch alloy, a 360-degree camera, privacy glass, leather-trimmed seats, electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors, mood lighting and a panoramic glass roof. We’re not there yet, the list continues with an induction charger, keyless entry, an electrically adjustable driver’s seat with memory function and a leather-wrapped steering wheel. In addition, thanks to MG’s Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) system, you can charge things like laptops and even other EVs.
MG Marvel R Electric Performance
As its name implies, the Performance trim is the more powerful and sportier version of the MG Marvel R Electric. In addition to the two electric motors, this four-wheel drive variant has an additional electric motor that drives the front wheels. The system power of this variant is 288 hp and 665 Nm of torque. Those more powerful electric motors and the associated higher weight of 1,920 kilograms ensure that some of the range of the Marvel R Electric is taken away, although it is still a perfectly deployable 370 kilometers (WLTP).
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MG’s parent company has a portfolio in its home country of China that, in addition to MG, also includes Roewe. Roewe has a series of R-models, electric cars that are higher in the market than the other models of the brand. The MG Marvel R Electric is not sold as MG in China, but as Roewe and is therefore one of those higher-quality models.
AutoWeek has already driven the MG Marvel R Electric. You can see here how we liked it.
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