Back to their roots. New MG's

Slacko · Post by **Slacko** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:52 pm

My local X MG/Rover dealer in Sheffield is now franchising the new MG's 3 & 6\s as well as Chevrolet's. After selling them for donkeys year, they have reverted back from selling Hyundai models An old established company they are good to deal with & very obliging. Also I can still get the odd Rover parts if I need them.

Post by **Punx0r** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:16 pm

Good to see

It'd be nice to see a few more on roads.

They seem perfectly nice cars, but I guess nowadays, in such a crowded market you've got to be better than good.

joshreynolds · Post by **joshreynolds** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:08 pm

I live 5 minutes from there in Thorpe Hesley, bought my first car a Le Mans green 1.4 zr from steads

1994 BRG Coupe · Post by **1994 BRG Coupe** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:25 pm

Considering that MG was the sporting arm of Morris its sad to see bland euro boxes carrying the badge.

the only parallel I suppose might be the MG Magnate.

Sneekyparrot · Post by **Sneekyparrot** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:44 pm

1994 BRG Coupe wrote:Considering that MG was the sporting arm of Morris its sad to see bland euro boxes carrying the badge. the only parallel I suppose might be the MG Magnate.

Exactly! That's the prob with them, bland and under powered.

We looked at the 6 goto to be 2 yrs ago and my partner summed it up.
Great front end but just runs out of life at drivers door with a horrible back end.

If they do a proper wide arched btcc rep with some decent bhp then it might be worth another look.

Compared to the mk2 ZS it sucks.

P.

Dave_ZS · Post by **Dave_ZS** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:01 pm

They need to bring out proper sporty numbers. Been saying that for a while.

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:13 pm

People arent buying fast cars these days, its a niche market!

beef · Post by **beef** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:23 pm

I like both of them but they both need bigger engines in them when we was up a POL this year was talking to one of the mg guys he said there 3.0lt v6 is ready and waiting that's what should be in the 6 and the 3 needs the turbo N series they really need to pull there fingers out and do something

1994 BRG Coupe · Post by **1994 BRG Coupe** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:47 pm

mg-richard wrote:People arent buying fast cars these days, its a niche market!

Its styling that counts, they need to look sporty to be MG's. These have no character. It'd be interesting to see a Clarkson review

Post by **Punx0r** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:29 pm

mg-richard wrote:People arent buying fast cars these days, its a niche market!

Good point, but it isn't an economy car either! It's stuck there in the middle with it's mediocre petrol engine...

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:19 am

mg-richard wrote:People arent buying fast cars these days, its a niche market!

Sales figures suggest what they sell is already nicher than niche! I've read that MG 6 sales figures for May was 13, across 40 or so dealerships...

I doubt having some 3l V6 versions is going to do any harm, but no. Instead you can get the "BTCC Edition" - featuring super special BTCC stickers and, erm, nothing else!

Slacko · Post by **Slacko** » Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:00 am

I'm originally from Ecclesfield Josh, now High Green so not far from you or Ecco! :drive:

irishZS96 · Post by **irishZS96** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:28 pm

great to see more dealers reverting back to the MG franchise. Any word on whether the new MGs are coming over to Ireland?

Post by **Punx0r** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:05 am

I saw an advert for the MG3 on Discovery last night (during Bear Grylls)

noonan mckane · Post by **noonan mckane** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:45 am

They're horrible. Just horrible. In the future, I doubt we'll reminisce about MG going "Remember the one that looked like a Nissan Primera?"

I wish them no success at all. I wish they'd just take them back to China. I don't want to even look at them. That car company robbed us blind. They lied and they cheated and then they tucked what was left of our car industry under their arm and f***ed off, laughing.

I'd buy a MINI before I even looked at a brochure for their 'MG'. And I wouldn't use a MINI to put used nappies in.

Slacko · Post by **Slacko** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:09 pm

Are you sure Noonan that's not what the previous owners did too??

southside · Post by **southside** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:44 pm

noonan mckane wrote:They're horrible. Just horrible. In the future, I doubt we'll reminisce about MG going "Remember the one that looked like a Nissan Primera?"

I wish them no success at all. I wish they'd just take them back to China. I don't want to even look at them. That car company robbed us blind. They lied and they cheated and then they tucked what was left of our car industry under their arm and f***ed off, laughing.

I'd buy a MINI before I even looked at a brochure for their 'MG'. And I wouldn't use a MINI to put used nappies in.

Not quite. BMW finished Rover off, it was all downhill from that day. Then Phoenix 4 took over and all they cared about was lining their pockets. NAC were already in talks with MG-R about investing before the collapse in 2005 but the Chinese were wise and knew if they waited they could pick up the whole company for peanuts. That's business.

NAC then made a hash of things before current owners SAIC took over and actually started doing something.

I'm not a huge fan of the new models but it wasn't SAiC's fault that MG-R went under.

There was talks of a turbo engine being developed for the 3 which excited some people but then it turned out to be a GM unit 1.0 turbo economy engine that will be shared with the Vauxhall Adam.

To date only roughly 1000 MG6's have been sold in the uk in 3 years.

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