Further to the single, lonely MG7 picture we posted the other day, we also came across this set of pictures as well, have fun looking! You can click them to make them bigger too.
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Good try trying to cover up that logo boys.
Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.
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I know this is a new car to China, but having had the pleasure of being able to buy these in the UK, the one thing that differentiated the two brands, MG & Rover, was the styling of the front bumper and the interior. Along with, of course, numerous engineering differences to differentiate the sporty vs comfort factor.
The pictures above remind me of a few of the early 75s where buyers have added the MG alloys – of course, for Chinese buyers, presumably comfort is of more importance than the sporty nature, but that said, as an MG enthusiast, I would hate to see the MG brand diluted as a driver’s saloon and I hope they do better for the European market when it comes time to trade my existing ZT!
That is an ex-Longbridge Rover 75, fitted with MGZT “Hairpin” alloys and a (barely) modified front grille. The interior is absolutely standard Rover 75. I’d bet my mortage there’s still a Rover badge on the steering wheel.
Nanjing MG probably never had any real time to think about a new design, seeing as they boxed up Longbridge and shipped it to China.
I wonder who got the blueprints for that RDX60, SAIC or Nanjing, what about the MG Xpower? Who owns these??
Brum Brum, you could be right. There is no other interior shot. You would think that the person would have got a dash shot.
Auto-Express, renowned for it’s “exclusives”, has an article about the next new “Rover”, similar to RDX60, a result of the SAIC/Ricardo 2010 collaboration. As to who owns that IPR, I don’t know.
I personally hope for Nanjings sake that the UK and European variants of this car do look a lot different to this! isn’t the Rover 75 ten years old or more now?
I hope these cars are well built and reasonably priced.