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Quorted from that same article...

BBC wrote:MG Rover has said it is not in administration or receivership and that Ms Hewitt's statement had been premature.

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...the same ammount of tax payers money goes into supporting foreign industries and supporting illegal immegrants and travellers! This money is nothing to the HMGov - would you rather spend your tax payers money on the unemployment benefits of 6,000 Longbridge workers and redundancies from the suppl...

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...and if that photoshop didnt do any favours... the official pics look like this : http://www.xpower-mg.com/gallery/data/9158/medium/167MGZT_DTM.jpg Not the only ZT V8's to be racing in 2005, either! http://www.xpower-mg.com/gallery/data/9158/medium/167Front-2.jpg

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Indeed, old shaped ZS 180's can be picked up unregistered for about Â£12- Â£13k from some dealers with them in stock still...

Maybe you should ask some ZS owners what they think of the ZS - might get a better responce than from the Turbo owners forum

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I'm impressed with your knowledge

I'm sure I saw someone post on another forum recently that the window control came from a Ford originally?

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Hard to think where just under a million car's have gone in the past 15 years

Broken up as parts spares for the new MG Zeds

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You must have seen half of the MG'M's left in existence?

Ever thought of starting a museum?

I'm amazed you can still find the support and parts for these models, they were very quickly abandoned by MG and left to hide under a rug!

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This car is still up for grabs folks, about 500 books of tickets have been sold so far! Tickets are a mere Â£2 each, and the car is loads of fun! Runner up prizes still include the chance to have Â£400 worth of goodies from MG-Rover's store at Longbrige, which last time I went had stocks of everythi...

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Looks like a Mynheer Centari rear bumper... hardly a unique kit!

Maybe thats why the high price, needs to recover some of his bills!

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I actually still own my Spectrum 48k!

There are some odd tapes for it about too, but I think they've all seen better days...

I think one that may have (ironically) survived is 'C5 Clive'

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If you're excited now, wait until July

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What a combination - Microsoft <bleak> Outlook and B <ig> T <esticles> It might be that the username no longer exists if its an old account, thus the password you supplied is automatically wrong, as it doesnt match that username (cuz it doesnt exist). If really stuck, remove any accounts you dont ne...

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radddogg wrote:...Also, I saw what I believe was an MG ZT V8 today. Maybe a V6 as I couldn't read whether it was V6 or V8. However it di have 4 pipes coming out the back (not the ones for smoking tobacco)

4 pipes (2 each side) is a V8

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Thanks!

Anyone who wants to see the car you can win, it will be on display at Silverstone courtesy of WSR and Kernahans all weekend as part of the BTCC!

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1995 Rover 100, 1119cc SPi.

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Yes, MG do rally the ZR in 1600 form, but also in 1400 form! I'm not sure where the rumour of 300BHP Turbo came from? Dont rally cars need production engines? In fact, you can buy the ready-to-fit bits or indeed a complete car from MG Sport'n'Racing. Tony Jardine (ITV F1) also rally's ZRs. IIRC, the...

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www.austin-rover.co.uk is another valuable resource for those interested in the past of many of the UK marques!

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Thanks Bjorn, this raffle is being advertised elsewhere as well, so it is possible that many of your members have bought them through those means The WSR team are fantastic people, anyone who pops along to the races is always given a 1st class welcome by them Its been on for 1 week, and already hund...

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I have been given very kind permission to put up a post letting you all know about a raffle organised by xpowerforums! Anyone who has been a keen BTCC follower will know that MG are no longer backing the WSR team this year with the MG ZS touring car, but they are going it alone, and getting some gre...

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As of yet, only changes to the 45 have been announced. None for the ZS, but that will most likely be done at the motorshow. So the fact the link was to a pic of the new ZS...? Incidently, the ZS press release info : MG ZS â€“ A NEW STYLE R-EVOLUTION An exciting new-look MG ZS is revealed today (Apr...

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Reid, Turkington and WSR did an excellent job on Saturday! XpowerForums.com has sponsored all 3 MG's, including the one of Jason Huges in the Kartworld / Varta V6 ZS. In fact the money raised by the forum members donation was higher than Â£1500 for either team alone! The URL is now on the rear bumpe...

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Explain to me then why they are desparately selling off large chunks of the company's land and why there are rumours of Longbridge closing and production moving to Poland?! MG SV production is behind schedule, they have no medium size replacement car (since TWR went belly-up, hence the tie-up with ...

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wiledw wrote: and to offer the 4.6 with 'soggy' wheel/suspension/steering setup; then it really would be in a class of its own.

Have a read on www.rover.co.uk under the new 2004 75 section... your wish may yet be true!

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Then you can rest happy knowing that the 2004 facelifted Rover 75 is getting a modern day equivellent with a 4.6V8

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There's been talk of one for years... the 'exclusive' derived by Auto Distress was another photo-bodge attempt of a normal TF with a hardtop fitted and some lines smoothed.

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I think there is a demand for a new MG coupe... the MG enthusiast that doesnt want a soft-top or a Rover 45 wants an MGB GT replacement! In fact, I think this is one of the few brands I think a good Coupe will work for! (Unlike Ford for example). In terms of struggling competitors... Daewoo failed a...

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It's also the way the cars just don't compete with what is out there at the moment - price and quality. Not just the sport ones, but every model rover make you can find a better one, normally at a lower price as well! I would have to disagree there, the Rover 25 Impression S (1.4) : - Driver's airb...

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According to one of the stand members the brake calipers had 3mm clearance, but production ones have been tested to ensure 5mm clearance on all alloy designs. It was launched at this show because this example is a circuit race-car (the one that won its first outing to Thruxton aparently) - not a pro...

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mg-rover.org and the xpower forums are two of the biggest around. xpower is very bias towards the mg z's though. It would be... its an MG forum, not a Rover one... like this one is Rover, but not MG It is mainly aimed at the Zeds, but does cater for the F's, TF, SV and all the classics and thats no...

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IMHO : 25 - A SUPERMINI, its rivals are the Pug 106, Citroen C2, Honda Jazz, Ford Fiesta etc.. stop pretending its something its not - A CIVIC rival! Its still very good for its interior size in class, and whilst the interior could do with something new, the car overall is very good. Worth noting th...

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Anyone interested in some images there are some on X-Power Forums... I hope the moderators will forgive me for the cross forum mentioning, but hopefully the results justify the methods! [edit 13-01-04 to update the URL] m The show-car is in 2003 design (not the 2004 facelift, which is still under wr...

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Taken from the MG X-Power website. (www.mg-xpower.com) (08/01/2004) MG Sport and Racing's latest model, the exciting MG ZR XPower 210, will make its first public appearance at the Autosport International Show, January 8-11 at the NEC, Birmingham. Developing 210 PS, the MG Xpower ZR 210 is the first ...

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A lot of discussion seems to be about whether the 200/25 even deserves a Rover badge... as historically only MG and Austin made the small cars 'for the people' whilst Rover built the big engined German beating brutes - a trend the MG-ZT is trying to re-set with the 260 and 385 (and rumours of a 75 V...

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Which 1.4 Rover engine are we talking about here? Whilst the lower 16v engines, along with the older 8v equivellents have about 84Ps (82BHP-ish), the higher spec 16v ones carry 103Ps (100BHP-ish). IIRC doesnt the VTR have originally 90BHP (now 100BHP) and the VTS 110BHP - from a 1.6? In terms of wei...

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I believe quite a large % of Rover75 sales are of the '120' variety... its still a 1.8 engine, and is mainly aimed at those who cant afford a ZT190, as company cars, for which the 120 is a massive tax saving (apparently - I've never looked

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