New registrations in Europe
8,278 new MG MG5 cars registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland between 2020 and 2022, from the European Environment Agency's CO₂ monitoring of every new car. In 2022 the largest markets were Germany (2,736), Sweden (2,364), France (1,263).
| Year | New cars | CO₂ g/km |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,862 | 0 (WLTP) |
| 2021 | 142 | 0 (WLTP) |
| 2020 | 274 | 0 (WLTP) |
Averages are weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value (NEDC until the WLTP switch). European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · re-use permitted with acknowledgement
Year by year
| Year | New in Europe | Licensed in the UK |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 107 |
| 2024 | — | 1,560 |
| 2023 MG5 | — | 2,044 |
| 2022 MG5 | 7,862 | 6,589 |
| 2021 | 142 | 4,724 |
| 2020 | 274 | 246 |
New in Europe: registration year (European Environment Agency) · UK: year of manufacture, end of 2025 (DfT/DVLA) · MOT: year of first registration, tests in 2023 (DVSA) · Finland: year of first registration (Traficom) · a year gets its own page when at least three of these cover it
In New Zealand
52 MG5 cars are on the New Zealand register; 44% arrived as used imports.
| Model year | Registered | Sold new in NZ | Used imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0
In Finland
388 MG5 cars were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026: 0% petrol, 0% diesel, 100% electric. Mileage is the odometer reading at the last inspection.
| First registered | In use | Average mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 0 km |
| 2023 | 231 | 8,000 km |
| 2022 | 147 | 43,000 km |
Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use, 30 Jun 2026 · CC BY 4.0
Road collisions in Great Britain
From 2021 to 2025, 272 MG5 cars were involved in road collisions in Great Britain that injured someone and were reported to the police. 3 of those collisions were fatal and 65 caused serious injuries. As with any count, models with more cars on British roads appear more often.
| Year | Cars in injury collisions | Fatal | Serious |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | 0 | 24 |
| 2024 | 66 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 71 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2 | 14 |
Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data 2021–2025 · Open Government Licence v3.0 · how we count
In the United Kingdom
15,270 MG5 cars were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, by year of manufacture.
| Built | Licensed | Off the road (SORN) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | — |
| 2024 | 1,560 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2,044 | 19 |
| 2022 | 6,589 | 57 |
| 2021 | 4,724 | 52 |
| 2020 | 246 | 4 |
Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124) · Open Government Licence v3.0
MOT test results in Great Britain
3,911 MG5 cars took their annual MOT test in 2023; 87% passed first time, against 92% for all cars of the same ages. Older cars fail more often, so compare a year with the same year of other cars.
| First registered | Tests | Passed first time |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,915 | 87% |
| 2021 | 1,724 | 85% |
| 2020 | 272 | 89% |
Why they fail
Share of all first tests that ended in a fail because of each part of the car (one test can fail on several).
| Area | MG5 | All cars, same ages |
|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 0.0% | 2.7% |
DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests of cars only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail