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News : MG’s Longbridge Design Centre expanded
Photography: Adam Sloman SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre at MG Birmingham has more than doubled in size just three years after the original design studio opened. The latest investment from SAIC Motor, MG’s parent company, follows on from more than £500m invested in the development of new models for Europe. Staff in the newly expanded [...]
June 13, 2013
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News : MG3 revealed with personalisation options
Photography: Adam Sloman MG unveiled the full range of styles for the UK MG3 at its Birmingham-based European Design Centre. The new 3 carries forward many of the styling cues first illustrated on the MG ZERO concept car, again designed at SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre. The UK studio has just undergone an additional investment [...]
June 12, 2013
· Keith Adams · 64 Comments
News : MG3 goes live at Silverstone
The MG Car Club has confirmed that the first public showing in Europe of the MG3 will be at MGLive! Held at Silverstone on June 15-16, MGLive! is the world’s largest celebration of everything MG, making it the perfect event to reveal the fun new hatchback to friends of the marque. Taking style cues from [...]
June 6, 2013
· Keith Adams · 28 Comments
News : The Clarkson review – MG Motor UK’s response
According to Jeremy Clarkson, the new MG, designed and engineered in Birmingham, England is ‘as Chinese as Chopsticks’. To the 300 Designers and Engineers based at the MG Birmingham site who were responsible for the design and engineering of the MG6 this is clearly an insult. The styling of the car was led by talented [...]
May 31, 2013
· Keith Adams · 138 Comments
News : Styling tweaks for MG5 Turbo
Keith Adams The countdown to the MG5 Turbo’s launch has begun and, as can be seen from this image first published in China Car Times, the front-end is to be mildly tweaked. The Golf-rivalling MG5 went on sale in China in March 2013, after being previewed by the AP12-based Concept 5 in 2011, but we [...]
May 24, 2013
· Keith Adams · 40 Comments
News : MG unveils CS SUV Concept at Auto Shanghai
The arrival of the MG CS Concept is tangible evidence that SAIC Motor has serious global plans for the British marque. It’s a concept that hints at the next-generation model to be released by the company – and, although there’s no indication if it will go on sale in the UK, the Chinese company has [...]
April 23, 2013
· Keith Adams · 46 Comments
News : European spec MG3 shown at Auto Shanghai
MG unveiled the European version of the MG3 supermini. It’s said to be inspired by the MG Zero concept car, although it’s little more than a light refresh of the original MG3, which was unveiled at the 2010 Beijing auto show. Both the original and the latest Euro MG3 are the work of the design [...]
April 21, 2013
· Keith Adams · 88 Comments
News : MG Motor UK goes for Burton
Clive Goldthorp MG Motor UK Limited’s new Head of Sales and Franchise, Sam Burton (pictured left), started in post today. The company has not, as yet, issued a formal Press Release about the appointment but Mr. Burton, who was Subaru UK Limited’s Sales Director between October, 2008 and May, 2012, has already updated his LinkedIn profile with [...]
April 2, 2013
· Clive Goldthorp · 75 Comments
News : UK-specification MG3 spotted in Birmingham
Keith Adams The UK-specification MG3, which has yet to break cover, has been spotted wearing its camouflage by Austin Memories creator, John Baker. It appears to be heading back to the Longbridge factory following a bout of on-road testing. It takes a keen spotter to notice the new body-side moulding (below), tailgate spoiler, and larger [...]
March 4, 2013
· Keith Adams · 57 Comments
News : SAIC posts a record 2012
MG Motor UK’s parent company, SAIC Motor, has enjoyed a record year of production, with 4.49 million vehicles sold in 2012. The company is now China’s largest car company, and the eighth largest in the world. These numbers make an interesting comparison with the 782 MGs sold in the UK during the same period. Last [...]
January 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 39 Comments
News : MG6 BTCC Edition goes on sale
MG Motor UK is spicing-up the appeal of its slow-selling ’6 with the arrival of the new BTCC Edition in the run-up of its diesel powered mid-range saloon and hatchback, scheduled to hit the dealers in March. The BTCC goes on sale for £16,995. The car, which gets a sharper look to celebrate the marque’s [...]
December 12, 2012
· Keith Adams · 34 Comments
News : MG3 will be assembled in the UK
Keith Adams The UK-designed and engineered MG3 will be assembled at Longbridge in an arrangement that mirrors production of its bigger brother, the MG6. A source close to the factory has confirmed to AROnline that the supermini, which has been on sale in China and in left-hand drive markets around the world since 2011, will [...]
November 18, 2012
· Keith Adams · 58 Comments
News : Plato finishes third in BTCC at Brands Hatch
Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) headed to the legendary 2.43 mile Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in Kent last weekend for the final three rounds of the 2012 campaign with the two MG KX Momentum Racing MG6 GTs sporting an all-new race livery in aid of Cancer [...]
October 24, 2012
· Clive Goldthorp · 9 Comments
News : MG Motor UK posts increasing losses in 2011
MG Motor UK’s Longbridge operation has lost £4.6m during 2011, deepening of the financial deficit of £392,000 posted in 2010. The disappointing performance follows a year of poor MG6 sales – which, the company warns, won’t improve until the arrival of the turbodiesel ’6, B-segment MG3 and C-segment MG5. This time last year MG Motor [...]
October 12, 2012
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News : Plato closes BTCC points gap at Silverstone
Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office A massive 30,000-crowd witnessed three dramatic Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) races at the ‘Home of British Motor Racing’ last weekend with a 24-car field – the biggest of the year to date - taking to the famous Silverstone venue’s 1.64 mile National circuit for the penultimate [...]
October 8, 2012
· Clive Goldthorp · 3 Comments
Essays : The bitter sting in the TF tail
Simon Brown tells the unfortunate story of his fault-prone, badly-built TF and MG’s resolute inability to honour its warranty. My MG TF was number 790 built 20 May 2009. I had seen it sitting in the Dealers for about a year before I bought it (they registered it 14 May 2010). In Racing Green Metalic [...]
September 28, 2012
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News : Plato’s podium hat-trick at Rockingham
Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office A 20-car Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) grid rolled into Northamptonshire’s Rockingham Motor Speedway last weekend for Rounds 22, 23 and 24 of the Championship with points leader, Matt Neal, suffering from a fractured metacarpal, dislocated thumb and forefinger injuries sustained in a recent motorcycle accident and [...]
September 26, 2012
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News : New MG styling chief breezes in from Nissan
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) said it has appointed former Nissan designer Martin Uhlarik as head of its European design centre. SAIC also said it is investing £1.5m ($2.42m, €1.9m) to double the size of the studio in Longbridge. Canadian-born Uhlarik, 41, replaces British designer Tony Williams-Kenny, who was appointed global design director at SAIC’s [...]
September 20, 2012
· Keith Adams · 24 Comments
News : MG launches Approved Used Programme
MG Motor UK is launching its Approved Used Car Programme with a comprehensive range of benefits for customers, including a 130 point check on every car. Currently, MG is only extending the scheme to the MG6 (and not the TF), which are being offered by MG Dealers at prices starting from £9995. Customers will also benefit [...]
August 30, 2012
· Keith Adams · 39 Comments
News : Plato’s BTCC title hopes take a knock at Knockhill
Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office A slightly-depleted field of 19 entries headed up to Knockhill, near Dunfermline for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship’s (BTCC) twentieth annual Scottish foray last weekend. MG KX Momentum Racing’s Jason Plato went into the meeting with a record eight BTCC victories at the challenging and tight, 1.3 [...]
August 28, 2012
· Clive Goldthorp · No Comments
