MG cars at longbridge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-13054842

"The first new MG for 16 years has rolled off the production line in
Longbridge"

Still using old BL brakes then !

 

From what i can see, it looks like a fucking rover 200.

 

Just looks like all the other mid-size hatchbacks to me.

 

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Hardly a "sports car", is it? Not even a hot hatch. Meh.

 

Fly like a (M)G6


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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

"The 1.8l petrol, turbo-charged MG6 has a top speed of 120mph (193km/h)
and takes 8.4 seconds to go from 0-60mph."

How fucking slow?

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Rather slower than my 1.8l petrol, turbo-charged shopping trolley.

 

Rover 200.

 

I had a 1997 216SLi bought new - itg was an unreliable and badly built
shieheap but was quicker than this semi-Chinese POS.

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Rover 216SLi

0-60: 9.3 secs
Top speed: 118mph

So no, not really.

 

But, still very fucking crap.

 

Yes, it looks awful, but it apparently drives very well.

It's only a low-pressure turbo, in the same way a VW 122bhp TSI lump is
low-blow, too.

And the top speed is constrained by an electronic limiter.

 

FFS, *why*? 155 I can understand, but 120?

 

I thought that and would expect it to compete with sales of Protons, Kias &
Hyundais in the old gimmer market. Until I saw the price. Top of the range
Proton is £12k new with the MG starting at nearly £16k. Kia Cee'd start at
under £12k and have a 7 year warranty. I think the Chinese have some way to
go to catch up with the other Orientals in the cheapie car sector.

 

Insurance. Apparently they've managed to get it stuck in a low group by
fitting the limiter.

 

It's bigger than something like a Kia Ceed, and has lots more power than
any of the cheapie orientals.

It's closer in size to a Mondeo, but circa £4k cheaper than an
equivalently powered Mondeo hatch.

I can see the diesels ending up on company car lists - they'll offer big
discounts to get the name out there on the roads, and fleet managers
will be sucked in by the 'British' badge.

 

(SteveH) wrote in

won't shit CO2 figures and dire residuals undermine that thesis?

 

ISTR my Golf GTi 25 years ago managed 8.3 seconds and 120mph from a 1.8l
8v non-crossflow engine.
Although this MG looks somewhat larger.