Keith Adams Auto China 2012 officially saw the severing of the genetic ties between SAIC Motor’s faux-UK brand and the Rover products it formerly based its cars upon. The impressive new car that headed up Roewe’s motor show hoopla was the 950, which is based closely on the Buick LaCrosse/Saab 9-5, nestling atop a GM [...]

Keith Adams The first MG6s have arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, as the marque returns to the country after an absence of over five years. MG’s importer, Kerry Cheyne, long-time supporter of the marque (and former  owner of one of the only MG ZT 260 V8s with automatic transmission) is happy to be selling MGs [...]

ADAM SLOMAN MG Motor UK was celebrating its first major award since the company’s rebirth last night, as the MG6 won the 2012 Security Award at the What Car? awards last night. The award relates to the 6′s security features, with the panel of judges being particularly impressed by MG’s efforts to make the 6 [...]

One of Britain’s leading car rental firms will soon be running the MG6. Avis Rent a Car has taken delivery of 100 MG6 GTs and MG6 Magnettes. It is the first order of its kind for MG. The cars will be put on Avis’s national car hire fleet and customers will soon be able to [...]

Keith Adams and Mike Humble go walking in the wild West End soaking up the vibes and ghosts of the brilliant Thames TV show, Minder. The MG6 is our transport for the day. Pictures: Mike Humble, Trigger and minder.org. The idea of searching out some Minder locations and visiting them for a little nostalgia had [...]

Euro NCAP’s fifth and last launch of 2011 presents the results for 14 new cars, with the MG6, Jaguar XF scoring four stars. But the Range Rover Evoque stole the show brilliantly for the Brits by scoring a full five stars straight out of the box. The MG6′s four star rating is a creditable result [...]

Ash Sutcliffe Dual clutch technology is a big thing for Volkswagen, who of course make cars with Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation in Shanghai, now SAIC is planning to put dual clutch technology into their own cars. It’s not clear who the supplying company will be for the gearbox or if SAIC have managed to develop [...]

The Roewe 550 was exported to a number of countries around the world, but in markets where its nameplate wouldn’t mean much, the Shanghai engineered nailed MG badges to them. You’ll find these badge engineered cross-breeds on sale in South America, Russia and various other Asian markets. MG 550 gallery If in years to come, [...]

SAIC previewed the Roewe 550 at Beijing a year before it was launched with the impressive W2 concept car. Many of the features – including its body styling – made it into production. April 2007 – Roewe W2 Concept hits the show circuit By KEITH ADAMS Strong hints at the look of the baby brother [...]

The Roewe is well known for being designed and engineered in the UK. Here are some images of that development process… September 2008 – Roewe promotional video To promote the launch the Roewe 550, SAIC put out a promotional video to emphasize the Anglo-Chinese nature of its new baby. Starring SAIC Design Director Anthony Williams [...]

The 2009 Guangzhou Auto Show saw the international launch of the latest in a long line of MG saloons, the all new MG6. Based on the Roewe 550, the MG6 has been designed to cater for the needs of European drivers so features a hatchback, a turbo and all the trappings of a mature family-sized [...]

SAIC’s work on adapting the 2007MY Rover 75 for its own use (with more than a little help from its friends at Ricardo 2010) was most impressive – and now it appears that the same magic is about to be undertaken again with its reworking of the RDX60 concept. Ever since the first spy shots [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics MG’s choice of the Goodwood Motor Circuit as the venue for the Media Launch of the new MG6 Magnette, the saloon version of the MG6 GT, was particularly apt – Lord March’s grandfather, Freddie, raced one of the original MG K-Type Magnettes back in the early 1930s and [...]

Keith Adams Monday Okay, it’s been a busy week at AROnline Towers but, apart from our hosting issue, it’s all been good. It started on Monday, as weeks do, with a flying visit to Longbridge to pick up an MG6 GT from the inner sanctum. Well, I say inner sanctum, more like the car park [...]

Keith Adams Well, here it is at last. After three years of speculation, discussion and politicizing, we’ve driven the MG6 on British roads. Let’s get this out of the way first before moving on: the MG6 is a very good driver’s car, and one that the British Engineers, Designers and – yes – Assembly Line workers [...]

Words: Steven Ward Photographs: Dave Leader     Tuesday, 16th February, 2011 was bound by freezing fog as I left the home town of Nissan (UK) at 6.00hrs and headed to Birmingham, home town of MG Motor UK for 10.30hrs. Somebody with connections had read my critical MG6 Essay on AROnline and felt I should attend the Media  Briefing at Longbridge [...]

Steven Ward, a serial MG and Rover buyer, ponders on whether he’ll take the plunge and buy a new MG6 when it goes on sale. Rumours abound, here he outlines his concerns. Well, as the days roll by, a doubt over one question grows ever larger. Will I ever buy an MG6? The answer, at this moment, is a [...]

Words: Keith Adams Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics Like many of you, I took a little time out over the weekend to take a close look at the MG6 at the MPH with Top Gear Live Show and, like many of you, I liked what I saw. It’s an inoffensive looking hatchback that should appeal to [...]

Clive Goldthorp Our Editor, Keith Adams, normally undertakes AROnline’s Test Drive duties – I do not really have the driving skills necessary to push new models to their limits and provide informed feedback to our readers. However, when Keith’s Octane commitments precluded him from joining me at MG Birmingham last week and MG Motor UK’s [...]

It’s the first new MG hot-hatch since the Zed cars burst onto the scene in 2001 in an attempt to sex-up the frumpy Rover range. We drive the MG6 and come away with the distinct impression that the Anglo-Chinese hot-hatch is a step in the right direction. Words: Nigel Garton Pictures: car.autohome.com.cn Date: 24 Dec [...]