You bought your MG on value. Sell it on condition.
A car that did not cost a lot tends to get a cheap look at the other end. A number over the phone, no interest in what is in the boot, and nobody who ever saw it.
We do the same job on every car we buy, and on a cheaper one the things that come with it matter more, not less.
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Two MGs, two different worries
- Sell your MG ZS EV
- For the household that never put a box on the garage wall and charged from a power point instead. That page is about what the cable in the boot is worth and how not to hand it over for nothing.
- Sell your MG MG4
- For anyone bracing to be valued like a petrol hatch and then charged again for having a battery. That page sets out what we read instead of the comparison.
The whole range
Every MG we buy, sorted by what it actually is
Battery electric, plug in hybrid or hybrid. Which of the three it is decides where the inspector spends the time.
Plug in hybrid
- HS Plus EV
- QS
Hybrid
- MG3 Hybrid+
- HS Hybrid+
- ZS Hybrid+
The MGS5 EV, the Cyberster, the HS Plus EV, the QS, the MG3 Hybrid+, the HS Hybrid+ and the ZS Hybrid+ all go through the same valuation as the two above that have pages written about them. Pick yours by name in the form at the top and nothing about the call changes.
If yours is one of them, that is worth knowing rather than worrying about. The less familiar a car is, the more room there is for somebody to price it cautiously and then call the result a valuation. Pick it by name in the form, tell us what came with it, and it gets looked at the way anything else does.
Bought on price
A cheaper car is not a cheaper job
You did the sums before you bought it. The worry is that nobody will do any sums at all at the other end.
You almost certainly did the homework before you bought this car. You compared it against everything else of that size, you knew what it was going to cost you, and you bought it because the arithmetic worked. There is no need to open a phone call by talking the car down before anybody has looked at it, and it is worth catching yourself before you do.
What actually costs a seller here is not the price the car started at. It is being waved through. A quick glance, a number, and no interest in what is in the boot or on the wall of the garage. On a car that did not cost a lot to begin with, the pieces that come with it are a bigger share of the whole than they would be on something expensive, so leaving them out costs you proportionally more. That is precisely why they are the first things to get left out.
So nothing about the process moves with the price. An inspector comes to your home or your work. Battery state of health is read on the day rather than assumed, and on an electric car it moves the value more than the odometer does. Whatever is coming with the car is counted, whatever is owed on it is settled directly with the financier, and the paperwork is signed on your phone. The number at the end of all that is smaller on a smaller car. The work behind it is not.
Before you send it through
Two things MG owners raise first
Is a car like mine worth your time?
Yes, and it comes up often enough to be worth answering plainly. The inspector travels to you whatever the car is, the battery reading is taken the same way, and the offer is put together the same way. A smaller number at the end is a smaller car. It is not a smaller job.
There is a ZS EV and a ZS Hybrid+. Which one am I choosing?
The one on your car, and if you are unsure, say so when we call. They share a nameplate and they are not the same car to inspect, so sorting it out early saves everybody a conversation. We buy both.
Have it priced on what it is, not on what it cost.
No obligation. Send the car details through and we call you back with a real price range.