Hmmm....Food for thought. I've sort of had the feeling that BMW has been less than impressed with Rover, at least from what I can tell here in America. The Land Rover Discovery, which I now understan
Firstly, pardon my empty post!!! :) Is car as Frankly the MGF down here is looked on by older MG enthusiasts as not the real thing, poor cousin etc and yes, the F doesn't have the character of the pr
One more point on the subject: a new MG will no doubt be partially design in the ubiquitous wind tunnel. (Why else do so many cars resemble each other. Physics is physics.) If I were to predict, the
On the point of continuing traditions... the MG Car Club of South Australia (the second largest car club in this State) has created an MGF Register to cater for the needs of this growing band. They a
Good point. My wife and I bought an '89 Saab 900 convertible because it is a distinctive automobile. There is no mistaking the car or its heritage. The new Saabs have become so bland that you can pas
Author: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:33:14 -0500
You're sentiments are probably consistent with the rest of the list. For $20,000 I'd pick up a big Healey, but I think the vast majority of driving enthusiasts appreciate things like the red carpet s
I couldn't agree more. If the hobby of British sports cars is to remain viable we must continue to welcome new cars as well as new drivers. On a related note, I am looking for information on a 5 spee
You cannot buy the MGF or the RV8 in North America. Well, I suppose you could buy one, but you could never put it on a public road... Skye -- 1966 MGB - GHN3L Safety Fast! __,__\__ The MGB Experience
Because they were never put through all the hoops you have to do to make a car road legal here: crash tested, emissions requirements, etc I remember reading about the decision not to sell the MGF in
I seriously doubt it. I don't doubt that you >read< it, or even that it is an accurate representation of what a reporter was >told<, but I doubt that it was, in reality, a major reason. Why? Because
I don't buy that reasoning. Marketers know that if they don't compete with their own up-scale products for the lower end business somebody else will. It' just a matter of time, and the better the Z3
Two comments: 1) The MGF was designed by Rover before being purchased by BMW, so the decision not to import it to the US (for whatever reason) had already been made *in the design phase* without rega
Like I say, the factory V8 was never crash or emissions tested for North America but it hasn't stopped people there obtaining one and using it on the public road. Whilst the MGF was designed before B
Paul Hunt had this to say: There's a big difference between one-time importing of a single vehicle, 25-years-old, for personal use, and mass importation of a current production model. Briefly put, on
I don't know about importing if the car is listed as an antique, but if you import even a used car to put on the road it must meet safety standards that were in force for that model year. I know this
I agree with you for the most part. In addition it is enormously expensive, probably prohibitively so, to launch a new brand in the US. Although we know and love the mark to generate significant sal
I had just read an article on this subject in Car & Driver. Apparently there are waivers for cars past a certain age. But it also confirmed what you are saying about more recent models. Gonaj@aol.com