This matter was discussed in the June/July issue of MG World. James, or
other listers may not have access to this magazine, so I'll put an end tothis
rumor before it gets too far out of hand:
The following are quotes from Chris Lee, product development director-MG &
Mini:
'Chris Lee offers little hope to North American MG enthusiasts of seeing a
version of the 'F. "We have looked at it in the past," Lee confirms, "but it
would be a very expensive piece of work, and I have to say that the decisions
taken so far have been against it. However, if you open up the time horizons,
and talk about MG in a more strategic basis, then the relaunch of MG in the
USA is absolutely dead-centre. In fact, it is now almost impossible to
conceive of an MG product strategy that doesn't include the US market. The
MGF was the result of very clever thinking and innovative investment and cost
arrangements, and to have made the car US-legal would have added a lot more
expense to the programme; probably to the point where it might not have
gotten the go-ahead. But, from now on, in the strategic framework, sports
cars and the US market have to go together."
So James, we may not get the MGF, but it looks certain that some kind of MG
will eventually make it to our shore.
Tom
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