RE: MG Asks Owners And Fans: Name That Road
Discussion
The difficulty for naming the roads is that some of the better cars from the past organisations which made up what became MG Rover were either named after places like Oxford and Cambridge which mean very little when applied to roads as they are fairly widely used anyway, or there were numbers which again could be difficult 1100 Avenue to be named after the best selling car of its time, 1800 Road if it is a bigger road, or 2200 Highway if it is a bit faster.
andyps said:
The difficulty for naming the roads is that some of the better cars from the past organisations which made up what became MG Rover were either named after places like Oxford and Cambridge which mean very little when applied to roads as they are fairly widely used anyway, or there were numbers which again could be difficult 1100 Avenue to be named after the best selling car of its time, 1800 Road if it is a bigger road, or 2200 Highway if it is a bit faster.
There's not too much to choose from is there?Only one I could think of was Midget but that sounds ridiculous in the context of a road. If you were to dig into the BL heritage, there may be richer pickings but maybe there'd be trade mark issues.
Gad-Westy said:
andyps said:
The difficulty for naming the roads is that some of the better cars from the past organisations which made up what became MG Rover were either named after places like Oxford and Cambridge which mean very little when applied to roads as they are fairly widely used anyway, or there were numbers which again could be difficult 1100 Avenue to be named after the best selling car of its time, 1800 Road if it is a bigger road, or 2200 Highway if it is a bit faster.
There's not too much to choose from is there?Only one I could think of was Midget but that sounds ridiculous in the context of a road. If you were to dig into the BL heritage, there may be richer pickings but maybe there'd be trade mark issues.
Actually, TC Parade has a nice ring to it. And Chummy Lane could be a good place to live or work.
Gridl0k said:
Yes, silly me, tens of thousands of jobs lost and all the IP sold to the Chinese for peanuts (including the MGF patents, accidentally) but the new car isn't crap according to one guy on the internet, and therefore all humour and the last 40 years' worth of reputation is void.
What's your point exactly?
Actually, the MG6 isn't crap according to Autocar, who tested one a few weeks ago. All it needs is a decent six-speed 'box as opposed to the auto they got with the test car, and it'll be fine. As it is, they're offering a Skoda Octavia-sized car, which handles like Peugeots used to, and costs Fiesta money. MG have already said they're going for Mazda's market - NOT BMW's - and already they've undercut them with a car that's fun to drive and not badly finished either. The next model in the pipeline is a front-engined, rear-drive roadster to properly take on the MX5.What's your point exactly?
I think they're being quite realistic, actually. Basing themselves in Longbridge will give them a realistic perspective on what the competition are doing and what European low-cost sports-saloon/roadster fans want, and the Chinese have masses of money to deliver too.
Compared with the Phoenix disaster of a management, it looks far more promising. At least they want a foothold in Europe, rather than to take the money and run.
I wish it well. In honour to Cecil, I think Kimber Drive would be a decent name.
300bhp/ton said:
Gridl0k said:
Yes, silly me, tens of thousands of jobs lost and all the IP sold to the Chinese for peanuts (including the MGF patents, accidentally) but the new car isn't crap according to one guy on the internet, and therefore all humour and the last 40 years' worth of reputation is void.
What's your point exactly?
What's yours? It sounds more like your not getting any lovin at home more than anything What's your point exactly?
Don't tell me there's actually Rover fanboys who are going to start coming out of the woodwork to cry over the fact people here are making jokes about this?
I'd rather have a 335d or GTR anyway.
@ some of the suggestions.
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