MG's current TV advert. It's not having its intended effect
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I made the mistake of venturing near the television on sunday afternoon and the main advert in a break between parts of an Agatha Christie program was the advert for the new MG hatch thing with the MGB coming the other way.
I came away from this advert, not wanting their stupid new hatch, but a BRG MGB.......
I think they've shot them selves in the foot rather here.
I came away from this advert, not wanting their stupid new hatch, but a BRG MGB.......
I think they've shot them selves in the foot rather here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbplgppClQM
It just makes me think "wow, cars are big and ugly these days".
It just makes me think "wow, cars are big and ugly these days".
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Interested in the newest blandbox from MG? Not a chance.
Wondering why they never made a road going car based on the Metro 6R4? Yes. Imagine that - 3.0L V6 in the back, 4WD, body kit reigned in slightly, a normal sporty 1980's interior fitted - could have been an incredible car. Shame MG never have the stones to make it!
Wondering why they never made a road going car based on the Metro 6R4? Yes. Imagine that - 3.0L V6 in the back, 4WD, body kit reigned in slightly, a normal sporty 1980's interior fitted - could have been an incredible car. Shame MG never have the stones to make it!
No comment on the MG6 but OP reminded me of 0.43 in this ad back in the early 90s :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3uVsi_cUFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3uVsi_cUFM
Baryonyx said:
Wondering why they never made a road going car based on the Metro 6R4? Yes. Imagine that - 3.0L V6 in the back, 4WD, body kit reigned in slightly, a normal sporty 1980's interior fitted - could have been an incredible car. Shame MG never have the stones to make it!
I suppose you could say much the same about any of the group-B rally cars. kambites said:
I suppose you could say much the same about any of the group-B rally cars.
Sadly yes, but I wonder if MG's fortunes would have been changed by producing daring and successful hatchbacks (considering the Metro Turbo was spoken of, the Metro 6R4 could have been a huge hit) instead of going into the 90's making a second best roadster and tired saloons. kambites said:
Baryonyx said:
Wondering why they never made a road going car based on the Metro 6R4? Yes. Imagine that - 3.0L V6 in the back, 4WD, body kit reigned in slightly, a normal sporty 1980's interior fitted - could have been an incredible car. Shame MG never have the stones to make it!
I suppose you could say much the same about any of the group-B rally cars. busta said:
Except the Renault 5 Turbo2, Peugeot 205 T16, Audi Quattro, Ford RS200...
Well if you're including small volume specials like that, the 6R4 was made in road going form as well. I believe they made around 200 "clubmans". Didn't all group-B cars sell almost exactly the same number of "road cars" at a stupid price for homologation reasons? Baryonyx said:
Sadly yes, but I wonder if MG's fortunes would have been changed by producing daring and successful hatchbacks (considering the Metro Turbo was spoken of, the Metro 6R4 could have been a huge hit) instead of going into the 90's making a second best roadster and tired saloons.
The MGF and then the MGTF were the best selling sports cars in the UK for just about every year of their production - "second best" I suppose is a matter of opinion, but they certainly didn't sell badly. kambites said:
Well if you're including small volume specials like that, the 6R4 was made in road going form as well. I believe they made around 200 "clubmans". Didn't all group-B cars sell almost exactly the same number of "road cars" at a stupid price for homologation reasons?
Yes. I am not talking about 'stradale' or other road going homologation specials. I am talking about them selling a car based on the 6R4, and refined somewhat for every day use, but still essentially being a 3.0L 4WD beast with the engine in the boot! Much like Ford sold many, many Sierra Cosworths - and the demand for the RS500 far outstripped the supply (which was itself a homologation special). Baryonyx said:
Yes. I am not talking about 'stradale' or other road going homologation specials. I am talking about them selling a car based on the 6R4, and refined somewhat for every day use, but still essentially being a 3.0L 4WD beast with the engine in the boot! Much like Ford sold many, many Sierra Cosworths - and the demand for the RS500 far outstripped the supply (which was itself a homologation special).
Yes, that's a rather different proposition. However, would anyone have actually bought them? It would have been extremely expensive (50k+?), noisy, twitchy, utterly impractical and frankly not very good. They might have done it as a loss leader, but I can't believe they would have made any money out of it. I think if MG needed anything, it was just to develop and build the MGF properly so they had a really viable successor to the MGB - something genuinely better than the competition.
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