MG ZS
✓Good comfort for city driving and on the local busy roads
✓Decent value for money compared to competitors in the category
✓Excellent price-to-value ratio – one of the most affordable small SUVs locally
✓Spacious cabin with 470 liters of cargo space (1,171 liters with rear seats folded)
✗Noticeable engine noise at higher speeds and on busy highways
✗Limited customer service in remote areas and long wait times for repairs
✗Low build quality – hard plastics, excessive road noise at highway speeds, and poor insulation
✗Limited performance – the 1.5-liter petrol engine is relatively weak (132 hp) with higher fuel consumption in dense city traffic
Toyota Yaris Cross
✓Well-suited to the local dense and hot urban traffic
✓Reasonable fuel consumption throughout
✓Exceptionally low fuel consumption (averaging 1:18 per 100 km with the 1.5L petrol engine)
✓High reliability and relatively low maintenance costs compared to competitors