【Pacific Auto Network New Car Channel】On April 8, MG5 Scorpio was launched, launching a total of three models, with an official guidance price of 102,900 yuan to 117,900 yuan. Before May 31, 2022 (inclusive), users who book cars can enjoy the "Rimula Red Packet Gift" with a deposit of 1,000 yuan to 4,000 yuan, and the price of the whole series after using the red envelope is 99,900 yuan to 114,900 yuan. At the same time, MG5 Scorpio also brought a number of listing rights, namely the purchase of Trophy models that are worth 2,000 yuan double-layer floating scorpion tail (limited to the first 10,000), 0 down payment / 0 interest / 0 monthly payment, lifetime free basic traffic. Users who book cars during the pre-sale period also enjoy the above "hard stubble quadruple gift".
Exterior design: The aerodynamic kit is extremely exaggerated
The appearance of the whole car is actually very exaggerated, a bit of performance car that feels, is simply armed to the teeth, in addition, but also maintains the very popular slipback shape.
Interior design: both technological and very combative
In terms of interior, there are many small details that make people feel interesting, such as the upward door handle and the SUPER SPORT knob on the steering wheel.
In addition to the performance parameters, the handling performance is more important, mg5 Scorpio's steering feel is very pleasing, the steering is precise enough, the front of the car reacts quickly, and the steering wheel is not vacant, but the steering precision is more than enough, the texture is insufficient, even in the sport mode, the damping is still slightly lighter, this problem has appeared in all the MG sports cars before, and I hope that the back can be improved.
The suspension structure is a front McPherson rear torque beam, and the shock absorber is somewhat soft, so when driving on the mountain road or driving more intensely, it will feel that the body tilt is larger, and the support of the rear wheels will be greatly reduced, so although this car has a high driving pleasure, the limit is not high. Although the above words sound bad, they are actually positive.
Just as racers start practicing from a four-stroke kart at the beginning, enjoying the extreme dynamics of the vehicle is the important purpose, and the MG5 Scorpio, as a sports car in the early 100,000s, is mostly faced by young people whose driving skills are not yet rich, but who have a high desire to drive, and can enjoy driving pleasure in a car and ensure safety.
In addition, on the MG5 Scorpio, with the same SUPER SPORT button as on the MG6 PRO, after pressing it, just like Porsche's "20-second chicken blood mode", the color of the central control screen will become red, and the sound wave will be more obvious, the power response will be faster, and the dashboard will also show the parameters of turbine pressure, water temperature, intake temperature and oil temperature, and the atmosphere will be full.
In the most aggressive mode, the performance of this MG5 gearbox is more satisfactory to the author, the throttle is slightly stepped on the speed is hoisted very high, and the downshift speed is very fast, coupled with abundant power and flexible steering feel, compared to Fox's more pursuit of European steel gun precision driving, this slight rough feeling can stimulate the driver's driving desire.
However, although the SUPER SPORT mode will be more aggressive than the standard mode, but this gearbox still needs to be improved in terms of power response, compared to the MG6 PRO that the author tested last year, the MG5 Scorpio gearbox is still slightly conservative in shift logic, you need to press the throttle down most of the time to downshift, and in S gear, you also need to pull the gear lever again to manually paddle shift, and the manual shift speed is not fast. Although this gearbox is still some distance from being excellent, the price of the MG5 Scorpio is also worth the fare.
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