New MG6 advert...

[Megaflow]

So, according to the Chinese, the new MG6 is the first all new MG for 60 years.

Err, what was the MGF then?

[Jayho]

A Rover...

[eesbad]

Thought it said 16 years?

[Regiment]

Saw one driving through town last Sunday, didn't look to bad but nothing special.

[Megaflow]

eesbad said:

Thought it said 16 years?

Hmm, need to listen more carefully. I've now heard it 3 times and sure it said 60.

I'll listen more carefully next time.

[DanB7290]

I'm pretty sure it was 16 years,in which case, 1995 was about the time the MGF came out. But the ad isn't right anyway, 'designed and built in Britain'. No, it comes in a box from China and we nail it together.

[eesbad]

http://cars.uk.msn.com/reviews/articles.aspx?cp-do...

16 years since the MGF...

[soad]

Sixteen, not sixty years.

[Mr2Mike]

DanB7290 said:

I'm pretty sure it was 16 years,in which case, 1995 was about the time the MGF came out. But the ad isn't right anyway, 'designed and built in Britain'. No, it comes in a box from China and we nail it together.

No, it was designed in Britain.

[slipstream 1985]

if ever a company should have been bailed out mg/rover was it. at least the money pumped in would create/keep british jobs and some british manufacturing.

[Megaflow]

eesbad said:

http://cars.uk.msn.com/reviews/articles.aspx?cp-do...

16 years since the MGF...

Looks like I need a hearing check...

[SV8Predator]

Megaflow said:

Looks like I need a hearing check...

What are you laughing for?

You've made a complete (uninformed) arse of yourself.

[Ozzie Osmond]

slipstream 1985 said:

if ever a company should have been bailed out mg/rover was it.

Oh for goodness sake....

With customers staying away in droves what could possibly be the point of chucking in taxpayers' money?

[McSam]

Actually thought it was a reasonable advert.

I heard sixty as well, though - but rejected that as it must've been sixteen!

[Alfachick]

slipstream 1985 said:

if ever a company should have been bailed out mg/rover was it. at least the money pumped in would create/keep british jobs and some british manufacturing.

I thought it had been bailed out once if not twice actually.

[Blue Oval84]

slipstream 1985 said:

if ever a company should have been bailed out mg/rover was it. at least the money pumped in would create/keep british jobs and some british manufacturing.

It was a lost cause, the rot was too far set in for it to be worth wasting our cash on it.

[DanB7290]

Mr2Mike said:

No, it was designed in Britain.

I know, but I just think it's a bit cheeky when they say its built here as well. It comes in boxes from China and is assembled something akin to flat pack furniture, but I don't go round claiming my Ikea wardrobes were made in Scotland

[PlayersNo6]

Blue Oval84 said:

slipstream 1985 said:

if ever a company should have been bailed out mg/rover was it. at least the money pumped in would create/keep british jobs and some british manufacturing.

It was a lost cause, the rot was too far set in for it to be worth wasting our cash on it.

BMW couldn't make a go of it either and they pumped in a lot of cash - much more than BAE.

[mgroadster]

slipstream 1985 said:

if ever a company should have been bailed out mg/rover was it. at least the money pumped in would create/keep british jobs and some british manufacturing.

Would you want a K series engine in your car? with a headgasket change at every fuel fill up?

[DannyVTS]

16 years... not 60. They're referring to the MGF coming out in 1995...

You 'tard