Chacun a son gout as they say.
I see MGF's regularly now - they are becoming fairly commonplace on UK
roads (nice to see a resurgence in MG sports cars on the roads!) and the
design has grown on me. I'll be honest - I was disappointed when I first
saw it, inside a studio, but as soon as it appeared outside - and the
more I've seen it - the more I liked it. I took an MGF VVC for an 850
mile drive around the scenic winding backroads of Wales about a year
back, and by the end I greatly admired the whole package.
But it is fair to acknowledge that the early MGF prototypes were not
that well received in the US clinics, mainly on account of the short
rear overhang. Although the MGF as we know it now evolved from those
early cars, the basic proportions stayed the same.
If you would like to read about what the MGF designer thinks about his
prodigy, check out the forthcoming issue two of MGWorld. And as I said
to Nory in my private e-mail, why not dig out those pencils, paints,
pastels or crayons and enter the MGW "Design a new MG" competition. I am
sure that Phil Raby would like to see a truly international entry. I'm
already thinking about mine, and it is NOTHING like the MGF.
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Steve Byers wrote: >>>
With my 2 cents, Nory, that makes 4 cents. I'm with you. There was a
British RAF Officer posted to Norfolk who brought an MGF to the British
Car
Day at Tanglewood (Winston-Salem, NC) this year. It didn't do much for
me,
either. Without the MG badge it could have been any other car on the
road,
except that its steering wheel was on the wrong side.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
> Nory wrote previously :
>
> >>>>The MGF may be a nicer ride, but it just doesn't seem to have the
> visual
> appeal as the RV8. I may be pickier than most people (the former art
> student in me), but, to me, with the "F" they just created another
> Jellybean-on-steroids bubble-mobile car that looks so similar to
> everything else on the road, and nothing like an MG (similar to what
> Ford did to the Mustang, what Pontiac did to the LeMans, etc., etc.);
> like it was a effort to do what everyone else is doing, rather than
> something innovative. It may have the sports car ride, but not the
> sports car looks.
>
> The RV8 looked more like an MG sports car, and it was dramatically
> different than anything currently riding on American roads. It looks
> more streamlined; "sporty" rather than "bubbly". I bet they would
have
> sold like hotcakes here had they made them for the American market.
>
> I can't speak for the rest of the American sports-car-buying public,
but
> there isn't a modern car in this country that I would spend my money
on
> (hasn't been one since the '89 Probe, which, BTW, Ford changed to
> another bubble-car and wrecked another great looking design). Now,
> something that looks like the RV8...... well, I can dream, can't I?
>
> Just my $.02 FWIW
>
> -NORY<<<<
>
>
>David Knowles replied:
>
> The MGF is one of those cars where photographs often do not do it
> justice - you really have to see it on the road before you can
> appreciate its finer points. At first, I too had doubts about the MGF
-
> and personally, I would have rather seen a more traditional layout
(that
> is just the OF in me I guess). But when I first saw the MGF in the
solid
> (at a special pre-launch pre-view, and then soon afterwards at the
> Geneva Motor Show) I soon came to like it.
>
>
> DAVID KNOWLES<<<
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