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Subject: [Mgs] MG6 Review
From: ccrobins at ktc.com (Charley & Peggy Robinson)
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:22:29 -0500
References: <D0AA847E20AD41A0B598E848A5AE1B73@paul>
I'm not inspired.  --  CR

On 3/20/2011 9:17 AM, Paul Hunt wrote:
> http://www.mg-rover.org/articles/1/1097/mg6_road_test_review/index.htm?
>
> I have been expecting that because SAIC can't use the Rover name the MG6 is
> really going to be more like a Rover than an MG, as MG saloons have always
> been performance versions of the Rover variant.  This review does seem to
> confirm that, although because a number of aspects of the design particularly
> the handling have been done at Longbridge and not China the end result is
> somewhere between what one might expect of an MG had the company had both
> names.  Having seen it in the 'flesh' I was surprised how good the rear 3/4
> view looked (especially view 12) as it's where so many designers run out of
> inspiration, not unlike a performance Merc (which may on may not be a good
> thing).  Less so the front, which is pretty generic (indeed similar to the new
> Honda Accord) and has no trace at all of the MG grille which has always been
> the case previously.
>
> PaulH.
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