MG will no longer screw cars together at Longbridge.
Discussion
kambites said:
Out of interest, do you actually know anything about the MG6 from an engineering perspective? I struggle to understand how someone who does could consider it to be a "cheapo Chinese car with MG badges stuck on". If anything the engineering is more German than Chinese but it's more British than either.
The assembly and material quality may be shoddy, but the underlying chassis is based on the Rover 75 and is actually very good.
And the diesel engines in them come off a BMW production line. Not sure if that's a good thing or not though....The assembly and material quality may be shoddy, but the underlying chassis is based on the Rover 75 and is actually very good.
The 6 has been discontinued.
My uncle's first one was an early petrol model and his main complaint seemed to the poor fuel economy.
The facelift model he picked up from the factory is a diesel which I think was introduced later. More frugal and it's some kind of run-out model, dark grey with black wheels and red details.
Both cars were very cheap for what they were to be fair.
My uncle's first one was an early petrol model and his main complaint seemed to the poor fuel economy.
The facelift model he picked up from the factory is a diesel which I think was introduced later. More frugal and it's some kind of run-out model, dark grey with black wheels and red details.
Both cars were very cheap for what they were to be fair.
kambites said:
Do they have a diesel? I wasn't aware of that.
Interestingly the 6 isn't listed on MG's UK website any more. Has it been replaced by the SUV thing?
Yes, I believe the 6 has been dropped in favour of the SUV model. Anyone who has a 6 is going to get kicked in the balls when they try to sell it.Interestingly the 6 isn't listed on MG's UK website any more. Has it been replaced by the SUV thing?
KTF said:
Yes, I believe the 6 has been dropped in favour of the SUV model. Anyone who has a 6 is going to get kicked in the balls when they try to sell it.
Given how cheap they were to buy, it could probably be worth nothing at three years old and still have depreciated less than an Astra/Focus/whatever. 
kambites said:
Jimboka said:
Just a marketing exercise for a Chinese car. Nothing wrong with the car but even having the MG badge on it is pointless. A Chinese name on it would sell as many cars here because it is white goods
A Chinese name wouldn't sell as many cars in China, though.
A local Kia dealership has become an MG dealer after loosing the Kia franchise.
All what's on the pitch are some MGs and flags.
A month after becoming an MG dealer they also took the SSYonanggo franchise.
The showroom and everything sports the SSYonanggo details.
Its hard to see how MG could be successful
All what's on the pitch are some MGs and flags.
A month after becoming an MG dealer they also took the SSYonanggo franchise.
The showroom and everything sports the SSYonanggo details.
Its hard to see how MG could be successful
TooMany2cvs said:
Eh? They were just factory-blinged old man's cars (200-25/400-45/75). I had a few of the 45-shape-400s, and they were perfectly decent, but nothing terribly special. Better than the Vectra/Mondildo/Golf GL that were my co.car alternatives...
You notice the difference when jumping from the Rover equivalent into the MG version - it's hard to describe them as being from the same company. The Rover 45 and to a certain degree the 75 were decent cars, but they don't like changing direction, have woolly steering and an unsettling ride the moment you attempt to attack any corner. Fairly okay as normal everyday cars - but not sporty.The MG versions are quite different, they have harder sports suspension, better brakes and taught steering. Jump into a ZS or ZT of the same year/condition/ engine as a 45 / 75 - and it becomes rapidly apparent that they were much more than just a couple of spoilers bolted on (although they did do that as well). MG got hold of them and somehow managed to take some very boring, bland cars and make them handle way better than they technically should have.
Latterly for the 75/ZT, they had some help from BMW (the brakes on the ZT are interchangeable with BMW 3-series and I suspect the idea for a multi-link Z-Axle was possibly German in origin as well).
However none of that has anything to do with the company now - I suspect the people who made my car are long-since out of the car-design business and the next 'hot' Chinese MG will just have some spoilers fitted with none of the hidden engineering underneath. Happy to be proven wrong however.
HustleRussell said:
kambites said:
Jimboka said:
Just a marketing exercise for a Chinese car. Nothing wrong with the car but even having the MG badge on it is pointless. A Chinese name on it would sell as many cars here because it is white goods
A Chinese name wouldn't sell as many cars in China, though.It's just marketing.
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