What is it with you guys. Are you crabby because Rover doesn't send you any
MG-Fs. I'm sorry to "flame" you Jack, but how many MGBs do you think MG
would have sold in the States if they had the same equipment level as say a
P-Type or a T-Type?
Remember MG Cars Company (Rover / BMW) is not in the business of making
cars. They are in the business of making money. They do this by making
cars that people WANT to buy. Sad as it may seem us "enthusiast" are now,
as we probably have always been a very small part of the target market for
this type of car.
A sports car is many things to many people. My TC is (to my mind) a sports car.
I also regard my MGB GT-V8 as a sports car. Yet a quick look at the two
vehicles will tell you that one is far, far more refined than the other. So
is someone out there game to tell me that factory BGT-V8 is not a sports
car? I would think not. It is however a developement of a theme.
I was because BMC/BL failed to continue developing that them that led to
their demise and with it the magic names of MG, Healey, Triumph etc.
Would someone please tell me just what is wrong with a two seater drop top
that goes, handles, sounds and feels good having air-con and not leaking.
My 2c worth again......
Murray Arundell
>From: "Feldman, Jack (Jack)" <jack@lucent.com>
>To: "'mgs@autox.team.net'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: MGF - is it a real MG?
>Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:37:51 -0600
>Sender: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
>Reply-To: "Feldman, Jack (Jack)" <jack@lucent.com>
>
>Paul K said "As long as us Yanks only have pictures to look at, there
>will be a certain amount of badmouthing when it comes to the F".
>
>Last January when I came back from a trip in which I made a point of
>going to see an F, I said it was not a sports car. No one would rise to
>the bait of defining a sports car. My point is that the true sports car
>is a simple car without a bunch of junk hanging off of it which the
>owner can then shape to his own wishes. The owner can make it into a
>race car, or a touring car as they wish. No power accessories, no fancy
>appointments, just a simple car that allows us to communicate with the
>road when we drive, not isolate us from it.
>
>I agree with whoever said the MGF might as well have been a Miata.
>
>
>Jack
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