MG6: The Verdict
The MG6 concept car was on show this week alongside the Roewe N1 concept, but it was clear that the MG6 was the main target of attention.
MG’s new Chinese owners, Nanjing, and subsequently, Shanghai Automotive, have grouped their amazing pool of talent together to produce a fantastic looking concept car that looks quite close to production.
Every picture of the MG6 that have posted to the internet and have not done the car justice at all. In pictures the MG6 comes off looking a little cheap, almost like a Proton/Hyundai type bargain bin vehicle. In the flesh, the car is anything but a bargain bin car. It’s incredibly well designed, its a hatch, but its not a hatch, which will make it a popular car for sedan loving Chinese buyers and also European buyers who love hatches. In short, a car you could sell to any where, even America.
The MG6 is not a small car, it is about the same size as the last generation Mazda6. It’s based on the shortened Rover 75 platform that its cousin, the Roewe 550, sits upon. Somehow the MG6 looks a lot bigger, and roomier too.
The front end of the MG6 is long, wide, and sporty. The rear end makes excellent use of the sportback design that is popular today with many much more expensive sports coupes. The design of the car really suits the MG brand well, its a new dawn for MG, and its going to be a bright new day. This is a car we’re really hoping that will take Chinese cars away from clones, away from the negative comments and stereotypes, and go far into markets where Chinese cars have not yet dared to tread.
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Hey Does it matter what it resembles, its an MG and a new one too. The name has been saved and the Chinese are producing a nice range of modern Rover derived cars. I think the MG7 and Roewe 750′s are great cars and cant wait to see them along side the TF’s in the showrooms back in the UK. Anyway it aint bad to say that the whole Roewe NAC MG product range has appeared within 4 years from scratch and are built to the same standards as the Rover 75, which of course was built to BMW specs.
Come on support these cars and help get them back in the UK showrooms again, look how well Kia and Proton have done over here.
The 750 was built to BMW specs? I didn’t realize that BMW allows such huge gaps in the dash board and cheap plastic interior. I was shocked when I sat inside one and saw the iterior quality.
@Head Honcho
BMW has dropped their quality requirements in China significantly. If you sit inside a Chinese-made BMW you’ll notice a lot of parts are cheaper versions of their former selves, one of my friends pointed this out to me as he is involved in the supply chain. Look at the interior ceiling on a 7 series beemer and you may notice it’s no longer padded high quality material, but almost paint on cheap single layer material, for example.
BMW is having problems in the Chinese market.
I was talking about the quality of the Roewe. I haven’t looked at a BMW here in China. I have no real interest in any of them other than the 130. I am not into driving the 300 or 500. Too much weight there to be fun.
The 7 series BMW isn’t made in China.