MG ZS EV Excite Pre Reg $29,990 (Was $40,990) - 50 Only @ Ebbett MG (Rotorua & Pukekohe)

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MG ZS EV Excite Pre Reg $29,990 (Was $40,990) - 50 Only @ Ebbett MG (Rotorua & Pukekohe)
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Hamster on 15/01/2026 - 07:46 ebbett.co.nz (969 clicks)
Last edited 15/01/2026 - 08:39 by 1 other user

Saw this advertised on Facebook, and seems like a great deal for a 2026 EV of this size. Usually retailing around $40k, these vehicles are basically new with as few as only 50km on the clock. If you look on trademe you will see some advertised.

Ebbett has secured a limited bulk buy of MG ZS EVs, allowing us to offer electric SUV ownership at an unprecedented drive away price.

Including 7-Year / 160,000km Warranty* & 7-Year Roadside Assistance

Powered by a 51.1kWh battery, the MG ZS EV Excite offers up to 320km of WLTP driving range.

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  • justaddwater on 15/01/2026 - 08:20

    saw a 2021 with 100k on the clock sold for 15k yesterday on trademe

    • spicymeatball on 15/01/2026 - 08:28
      +8

      I had newish MG PHEV for a rental recently and it was the biggest POS I've ever driven. Aside from feeling heavy, it didn't like 'EV only' mode and would turn it off for any number of dumb reasons, not to mention the interior just felt cheap. Also saw that MG3 got a 4* safety rating despite the front seat detaching in a frontal accident.

      If I was to buy one of these things I'd be doing a lot of research around them from past and existing users.

  • stoolz89 on 15/01/2026 - 09:23
    +3

    My aunty has one of these. 2023 model I believe. 3 times it has decided to slam on the brakes while on the motorway for no reason, almost causing an accident. Shes taken it back each time to get the software updated……..

    • Dazza on 15/01/2026 - 13:20
      +1

      To be fair ive had this happen on a BMW i4 too many times to count too

  • Matrixx on 15/01/2026 - 09:32

    How fun is it to take these on long drives? Example, drive down to Welli from AKL?

    • Rhys on 15/01/2026 - 09:44

      Well you'd probably need to make 3 planned stops to charge up on said drive. They market as 320km which would be say 2 stops but given all the hills you'd probably get 200km per charge.

      • Everettpsycho on 15/01/2026 - 09:50
        +2

        If you are going coast to coast the hills largely negate themselves as you are starting and ending at the same altitude. Yes you'll use more going up, but you'll regain a lot coming back down. Unlike petrol the regen braking means that energy isn't just wasted unless you brake heavily, and instead is put back in to the battery.

      • RockCartel on 15/01/2026 - 09:57
        +2

        I doubt it will get 320km range driving at 100km/h
        And charging from very low battery remaining isn't efficient.
        Perhaps need to plan stops every 200km
        Disclaimer (I don't own an EV), so would be great be get some real would feedback from an owner of one.
        Edit: the comment below confirms 200km is more realistic.

  • Rhys on 15/01/2026 - 09:43
    +1

    Imagine seeing this after paying full price a few weeks/months ago.
    If you're going MG I'd go petrol, the lack of power and mileage is problematic, I rented one. They say 320km but we barely got 200km. Any hills or stop start traffic drained the battery.

    • justaddwater on 15/01/2026 - 16:23

      If you paid full price for this model in 2026 I feel bad for you son

    • DannyV on 15/01/2026 - 20:17
      +1

      I just brought their newer MGS5 EV which replaces this model - and have been really impressed. Got from Wellington to Taupo with one quick stop in Waiouru to charge.
      I would say these older models have alot worse reviews than what we brought so people need to do their research for sure.

    • Everettpsycho on 15/01/2026 - 21:34

      Hills will reduce your battery but only if you go up them and have no intention on coming back down. EVs actually do better on hills as ICE used more fuel going up and then still burns fuel while coasting back down, the EV will use regen braking to store some of the energy you get back and your battery will go up in charge not down.

      Range wise most people 200km a day is plenty of range, you get home, plug it in and tomorrow you have 200km again. Unless you took the rental car home and used it as your regular vehicle you won't experience that side of the ownership. They are nice to live with but I don't think evs lend themselves to rental cars where you either need to go far or you are not at home so stressing about how the hell do you charge the thing.

  • RockCartel on 15/01/2026 - 09:52

    Sales dies last year https://evdb.nz/v/mg-zs-ev
    The price of low km 2nd hand models isn't much cheaper. Overpriced in the current market? https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/mg/zs-ev/search?sort…

    • justaddwater on 15/01/2026 - 09:57

      many competitors in the market now. 5+ year old tech

  • goglobalnz on 15/01/2026 - 10:42
    +3

    I'll be contrarian

    We bought one in November 2022, higher spec model for just over this price.
    On one hand yeah if we'd waited we could have got the newer one for less money, but won't lose sleep on it.

    It's a good little car. Realistic 300km range. Bigger inside that I thought. Pretty zippy. Quite a lumpy/bumpy ride, so if you're thinking of getting one I'd give it a good test drive including over judder bars. Warranty is good and overall we're very happy with the purchase

    It'll depreciate but I expect we'll have it for 10+ years and the kids will get in when they're old enough to drive.

    • LuckyB on 15/01/2026 - 12:49

      And there's servicing costs to consider even for EV as per MG warranty cover conditions.

      • QCon on 15/01/2026 - 15:48

        We get ours serviced out of the MG network for much cheaper. The warranty doesn’t prohibit it as long as a problematic service or lack of service didn’t contribute to the fault. The warranty isn’t even too relevant anyway as it is covered under the Consumer Guarantees Act.

        • justaddwater on 15/01/2026 - 16:25

          Have you had to fix anything on the car under warranty?

  • ard on 15/01/2026 - 12:56
    +2

    Rented a 2024 petrol HS, so wrong year, model, and power plant for this thread but maybe it's relevant because my complaints are about the electric windows (yes) and the adaptive cruise which could be common with the ZS. There were some good things, like very few driving warnings (I never got reminded to watch the road) and all four windows had the option to go all the way with one flick of the rocker, the way only the driver's window does in the lesser cars I'm used to. But whether that happened or not was unpredictable: sometimes you'd have your finger jammed hard on it and it wouldn't be moving. Release, give it a sec, try again, and you'd probably be good, but only if the sec you gave it was long enough. Or you'd try to nudge the window a little and off she'd go like a greyhound. What the window was doing before you hit the switch had something to do with it, but that wasn't the whole story. It wasn't anything obvious like a two-stage switch we were being indelicate with, in case you're wondering. I could tell that software was deciding whether the glass should be moving and the software was poo.

    Adaptive cruise would lose the car in front on corners, even gentle ones, and so would accelerate you into them. I know that adaptive cruise is best on motorways but I've had cars that did it much better on straightish dual carriageways than the MG did.

    Both these things could be lived with if they haven't been resolved already. Just saying to play with everything on your test drive.

  • Stoic on 15/01/2026 - 16:47

    Wonder what the build date on these are. Were they built a few years ago but only registered in 2026?

    • nevergofullretail on 15/01/2026 - 17:53

      Most likely 2025 model, unregistered. So if they sell this year it will say 2026 on rego

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