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Firstly, the review you speak of is 6 months old so not sure why you are bringing it up now?
Secondly, MG is a sporty brand, there is no getting away from that. SAIC resurrected the brand knowing this, so they really should be making sure the cars handle as such. If they want to have a softer and less sporty handling car then they should bring back the Austin name and market it under that.
When they talk of low quality i think it is fairly safe to assume they are talking about the interior plastics as opposed to reliability. Now i have mentioned before that in my own opinion, far too much kudos is given over to the quality of the interior plastics, but i realise i am in the minority, for most folk, this kind of stuff, i.e, showroom appeal, is what gets bums on seat's.
Regarding safety, Autotrader did not crash test this car, Euroncap did, Autotrader's comments are based on the results, just as they would be for any other car. Criticising Autotrader for pointing out the ZS's below par results is pointless. It is a well known fact now that these new 'active' crash avoidance safety measures will have an impact on the Euroncap scores. And frankly, using the excuse that the car costs (only) £12k is a non starter given that the much cheaper Dacia Sandero performs better for adult protection, much better for child protection, and much better for safety assist. In fact they only category the ZS better's the Sandero is pedestrian safety, and even then by only 2% (59% vs 57%). If you are willing to overlook this stuff, well that is your choice, but don't shoot the messenger!.
If you like the MG go ahead and buy one, i won't be knocking you for it. But i fail to see the point of this post?
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