Interesting - thanks for the link. I wish they could have provided a few more
shots of the dash and instruments, though. ;)
I wonder if we'll ever see an MG in the U.S. again?
I do hate to see those damn Sat Navs in every new car, though.
Mike Eldred
Wilmington, VT
> From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk
> To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@autox.team.net
> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:17:15 +0000
> Subject: [Mgs] MG6 Review
>
> 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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