How is the sales of MG 5? How are the sales?

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In February 2021, SAIC MG 5 sold 8,015 units and MG 6 sold 723 units, a difference of 10 times; from January to February, MG 5 sales totaled 20,660 units and MG 6 sales totaled 1,327 units, a difference of 14.5 times.

Six months ago, the sales volume of MG 6 was twice that of MG 5. Eight months ago, the sales volume of MG 6 reached a maximum of 8,987 units, which was 1.1 times that of MG 5.

MG 6

Not long ago, what was the reason that caused the sales of SAIC MG 6 and MG 5 to soar in a short period of time, and formed a trend of change? aggravating disparity? Is it the level, appearance, price, or other indescribable reasons?

The A-class MG 6 is designed based on the Mazda Angkesela and built with the Honda Civic as a racing rival. It has a young, sporty and passionate appearance and is comparable to the Honda Civic and Hyundai Fes The 100-kilometer acceleration performance of joint venture compact cars such as the Tower, and SAIC's sparing-out marketing and public relations, quickly captured the hearts of countless young consumers.

However, the powerful SAIC Blue Core 15C4E 1.5T engine is prone to abnormal noise and vibration, and the matching 7DCT gearbox has problems such as stuttering, abnormal noise, and inability to shift gears. , which ruined the beautiful image of MG 6.

Typical faults of MG 6

In fact, before the second-generation MG 6 was launched in November 2017, it was listed as a non-purchasable model during the test drive period. Series, just like the Roewe i6 that was launched earlier, it is not a fundamental problem to be equipped with a 1.5T engine. It is an incomprehensible and irrational behavior to use a dual-clutch gearbox to learn from Volkswagen's bad habits.

Relatively speaking, the sports style is better, but the MG 5 is slightly smaller than the MG 6. Although it is also equipped with a 1.5T 7DCT version, it also has a 1.5L 5MT and 1.5L CVT combination. . For a 1.2-ton compact car, although the 1.5L naturally aspirated engine will not drive the entire vehicle into the 9-second club, it has enough power. The most important thing is that the quality is guaranteed and the price is cheap.

It cannot be said that the decline in sales of MG 6 has not been affected by the increase in sales of MG 5, but even without MG 5, MG 6 will still be abandoned by the market.

MG 5

A car is not just about its chic appearance, nor is it just about its excellent acceleration. What is more important than appearance and power is quality.

When many car companies are gradually reducing low-cost and high-failure rate dual-clutch gearboxes and actively adopting 6AT, 8AT or even 10AT gearboxes, SAIC should wake up and at least use chains even for the sake of cost. CVT.

The MG 6 is one of my favorite cars during the test drive. I hope it can make reasonable improvements when it is revised again, even if it only replaces the gearbox.