Whats with all the 'mg.co.uk' stickers?
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On the back of that new (IMO awful) MG? Are they stuck on hire cars and demos to promote the new iteration of the brand or do they come on all new MGs?
I hate stickers (except PH stickers!) on cars at the best of times but these just look a bit like the "want to make £00's working from home?" adverts that you see.
I hate stickers (except PH stickers!) on cars at the best of times but these just look a bit like the "want to make £00's working from home?" adverts that you see.
MagicalTrevor said:
On the back of that new (IMO awful) MG? Are they stuck on hire cars and demos to promote the new iteration of the brand or do they come on all new MGs?
I hate stickers (except PH stickers!) on cars at the best of times but these just look a bit like the "want to make £00's working from home?" adverts that you see.
Do you hate my Le Mans and BTCC stickers?I hate stickers (except PH stickers!) on cars at the best of times but these just look a bit like the "want to make £00's working from home?" adverts that you see.
The Wookie said:
I'll have a venture that any non-factory owned car isn't going to have one of those stickers on the back...
Don't think so. There's a guy who works here who's got one, it's his own, and it has the same sticker. I think it must be some corporate-awareness thing.FWIW I reckon it's a pretty good car that just needs a fleet-friendly diesel engine option.
Deva Link said:
MagicalTrevor said:
Are they stuck on hire cars and demos to promote the new iteration of the brand or do they come on all new MGs?
They're stuck on so people will post on forums and ask about them. Well done, you fell for it, and so did I by perpetuating the thread.Wish me luck.
MagicalTrevor said:
Twincam16 said:
Do you hate my Le Mans and BTCC stickers?
Show me a photo and I'll tell you 
And a pair similar to this:
On the inside corners of the rear curved-glass section (it's a Mk2 MR2), so they don't obscure my blind-spot view but are still visible through the side rear 3/4 windows.
Twincam16 said:
The Wookie said:
I'll have a venture that any non-factory owned car isn't going to have one of those stickers on the back...
Don't think so. There's a guy who works here who's got one, it's his own, and it has the same sticker. I think it must be some corporate-awareness thing.FWIW I reckon it's a pretty good car that just needs a fleet-friendly diesel engine option.
Twincam16 said:
I have one of these stuck to the back of my rear-view mirror, and another in the middle of the back windscreen (albeit with the dates of the 2012 event on it):
And a pair similar to this:
On the inside corners of the rear curved-glass section (it's a Mk2 MR2), so they don't obscure my blind-spot view but are still visible through the side rear 3/4 windows.
I should state at this stage that I've also got a SELOC stick in the back window of the Elise. I'm a member so it's 'ok' and reasonably discrete.And a pair similar to this:
On the inside corners of the rear curved-glass section (it's a Mk2 MR2), so they don't obscure my blind-spot view but are still visible through the side rear 3/4 windows.
I'll let you have your LeMans sticker and I'm not quite sure what you mean by the other stickers. You seem like a nice enough chap so I'll let you keep all of them
Just don't get carried away and put mr2oc.co.uk stickers on there!The Wookie said:
Twincam16 said:
The Wookie said:
I'll have a venture that any non-factory owned car isn't going to have one of those stickers on the back...
Don't think so. There's a guy who works here who's got one, it's his own, and it has the same sticker. I think it must be some corporate-awareness thing.FWIW I reckon it's a pretty good car that just needs a fleet-friendly diesel engine option.
He's very satisfied with it. Apparently it drives like a big hot hatch and seems very well screwed together. He bought it mainly because there was more room in it than anything else for the money and he likes MG. Fair enough!
I think a lot of people give it a needlessly hard time IMO. There are far, far worse things you could buy for the money that don't result in any money going to British workers at all, and yet seem to sell in much larger quantities. Base-model Chevrolets and Daihatsus, for example.
The Crack Fox said:
Twincam16 said:
There are far, far worse things you could buy for the money that don't result in any money going to British workers at all, and yet seem to sell in much larger quantities. Base-model Chevrolets and Daihatsus, for example.
MGR only actually employ c.80 people in the UK (out of c.300 SAIC workers in total in the UK), and the PR Manager of MGR UK told me, himself, that the only UK manufactured content in an MG6 is the tax disc. I'm all for 'Made in the UK' products, but the MG6 is (to me) a stale egg-foo-young masquerading as roast beef.Unless you'd like it to go bust again of course?
Once more models arrive, the brand builds up some credibility, better engine options arrive, and the cars get some decent press, the orders will come in, and more and more production will take place at Longbridge, and the workforce will increase commensurately.
SAIC are in it for the long haul.
Twincam16 said:
He works in our office complex but not for one of our companies. I know it's his because I asked him about it in the car park (I was curious - hadn't met an owner of one before). He may well have bought it from the press fleet, it's possible I suppose.
He's very satisfied with it. Apparently it drives like a big hot hatch and seems very well screwed together. He bought it mainly because there was more room in it than anything else for the money and he likes MG. Fair enough!
I think a lot of people give it a needlessly hard time IMO. There are far, far worse things you could buy for the money that don't result in any money going to British workers at all, and yet seem to sell in much larger quantities. Base-model Chevrolets and Daihatsus, for example.
Must say every one I've seen has been either heading in the direction of Longbridge or had someone with a Triple-Eight shirt on driving it, so I would also be curious to talk to someone that's shelled out their own cash for one!He's very satisfied with it. Apparently it drives like a big hot hatch and seems very well screwed together. He bought it mainly because there was more room in it than anything else for the money and he likes MG. Fair enough!
I think a lot of people give it a needlessly hard time IMO. There are far, far worse things you could buy for the money that don't result in any money going to British workers at all, and yet seem to sell in much larger quantities. Base-model Chevrolets and Daihatsus, for example.
Although I haven't driven one I've seen a few up close and, as you mention, the build quality is a lot better than it could be, certainly a way ahead of any other chinese output I've experienced (and I've experienced more than my fair share albeit usually development examples).
Also agree with the sentiments of 'less British' cars to buy, although I suspect some resent the fact that it's being portrayed as a 100% British item.
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