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Macv
07-16-2006, 09:16 PM
Has anyone been paying attention to MG? I haven't and recently a friend of mine's father had just bought and imported an MG Xpower SV.

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2058/picture20180aqw2.jpg

This thing is beautiful, I'll get real pics when I can. Anyone else seen any of the newer MG? All their models are new to me.

What other companies have I completely missed?
Alexlind123
07-16-2006, 09:47 PM
Its uh...interesting.
SnakeyesTx
07-16-2006, 09:54 PM
....as seen on Top Gear... check last season for the video of it in use. As I recall, its got the 4.6 liter Mustang Motor under the hood, and they have a 1000 total hp option (nitrous system)
mattyb
07-16-2006, 09:58 PM
MG officlly went bust earlier this year. They had a masive sale in oz to clear their stock. The remaining cars like this are rarities now. shame
Yiorgos
07-16-2006, 11:43 PM
MG information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_%28car%29

Looks like it's owned by these guys now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Automobile_Group

It's a shame...
Jon K
07-16-2006, 11:59 PM
It looks like a toyota meets a transformer. No thanks.
pundit
07-17-2006, 12:23 AM
Has anyone been paying attention to MG? I haven't and recently a friend of mine's father had just bought and imported an MG Xpower SV.

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2058/picture20180aqw2.jpg

This thing is beautiful, I'll get real pics when I can. Anyone else seen any of the newer MG? All their models are new to me.

What other companies have I completely missed?
It runs on bamboo juice!
VentoGT
07-17-2006, 12:19 PM
The MG Power SV is a fast car at a price higher than a Carrera S. MG failed miserably because of lack of new models, product support, and quality. Even the British car magazines couldn't love the cars even though they wanted to. The SV they said is a nice car and all, but the quality of trim, plastics, interior, etc is crap for the price. And you'd have to really really want one to part with new 911 money for one.

...And now you have no more factory support either or warranty coverage. D'OH! The Chinese have bought the rights to the name as well as the spider model, and word is the 'new' MG convertible will be brought to the U.S in the next few years. Should be interesting...