Archive for the ‘Nanjing MG’ category
MG5 to hit the market on March 26th
March is going to be a busy time for car launches, the new Honda CRV launches sometime in the third month but the new MG5 is what’s worth waiting for. The MG5 has been unveiled once before on China Car Times, the compact car from MG will of course sit above the well selling MG3 [...]
MG Lands in New Zealand
The old colonial countries were once great business for British Leyland, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand were willing recipients of BL products back in the company’s hay day, however the rise of Japanese and then Korean manufacturers put BL to an early grave. MG-Rover continued selling its produce to the lands down under until [...]
MG6 Turbo Diesel Spotted in China, sporting six speed gearbox
If you listen to European MG fans all they want is a diesel, and perhaps an automatic gearbox, the current MG6 made in MG UK from kits sent from China offers neither, and thus there hasn’t exactly been Apple-like queuing to buy the MG6. Europeans love their diesels, UK’ers love their diesels even more, so [...]
MG5 naked from all corners
The MG5 is probably one of the more anticipated compact cars in 2012, the small car has already been seen a number of times on the great pages of China Car Times but this is the first time we’ve seen it in a color that actually suits the cars styling. The MG5 was reportedly designed [...]
MG UK sell just 7 MG6′s in Britain in November
The UK’s SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) released its monthly figures for the UK car industry yesterday where it was revealed that MG UK sold just seven units of the MG6 in November, which made its October sales of 15 units look rather good. SAIC’s and MG UK’s decision to launch the MG6 [...]
This is the MG5 in its rendered glory
The MG5 has been a much talked about car in the Chinese media, we’ve already seen what it looks like in concept form when it stole the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year as it was literally in your face as soon as you entered the door. So why is the media so excited about [...]
BBC shows the MG6 coming down the lines in the UK
Ever wondered what the MG6 looks like when it arrives in kit form in the UK from China? BBC gives you the answers. Obviously MG’s Longbridge factory isn’t going to hit the peak of its glory days in the short term but it is a step forward and MG are well on their way to [...]
China gets UK edition of the MG6
A few months ago I spotted a UK version of the MG6 testing in Shanghai’s Jia Ding district, which is not too far from SAIC’s headquarters. Of course only I am sad enough to spot the slightest difference between the UK and Chinese version, the UK model gets a faux plastic air vent on the [...]
This is not the MG5 with very little camo
The MG5 and Roewe 350 may share a platform, but they are miles apart in the looks department. The 350 is a very middle of the road grandpa inspired design, the MG5 looks like a new hot hatch that is ready to roll with the best of them. The MG5 concept had its first airing [...]
MG3 – in review
We finally got our hands on the MG3 some 4 months after it hit the market in China and 7 months after it was unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show. At the Guangzhou Auto Show we got our first taste of what the MG3 was all about, and we left unimpressed: the plastics were cheap, [...]
MG5 spy pictures show China’s first possible hot hatch
China got into the hot hatch phase late last year when the Golf GTI hit the market, it was followed up by the Skoda Octavia VRS (actually just called RS in China due to V being unpronounceable by most) and other car makers are readying their own little cannonballs as the Chinese media likes to [...]
Wen Jia Bao visits MG UK
Last week China’s premier Wen Jia Bao visited the UK on a trade visit to boost trade volumes between the UK and China. Wen’s visit saw him fly into the central city of Birmingham and he also paid a visit to Stratford upon Avon and finished his visit in London where he met with the [...]
MG3 Xross Sighted Out Again
The MG3 has only just hit the market but SAIC are readying to follow it up with the oddly spelled Xross, which is apparently the new age way of writing Crossover. The original Rover Streetwise gave birth to the crossover rage, but the Xross reminds us why it was all such a bad idea. Power [...]
MG5 to be priced from 90,000rmb to 130,000rmb when launched
MG5 Concept The MG3 has already hit the market and is priced very competitively when compared with its peers in the mini car segment, it undercuts the Ford Fiesta, Toyota Yaris, and Honda Fit – all popular small cars but keeps up with them in terms of styling and quality. The MG5 is aiming to [...]
MG3 XCross spied without camo
We received these pictures late last week, but we had to sit on our hands again whilst we waited for our friends at Sohu to publish them first, our first reaction on hearing the new name for the MG3 Cross, which is now named XROSS went basically like this; “What?” The MG3 has just hit [...]
MG5 production version spotted out testing
Late last week we got our first look at the production ready MG5 thanks to our friends at Sohu, but we had to wait until this morning before we could share them with the rest of the world, it made for an antagonizing weekend to say the least. The MG5 concept was first shown at [...]
MG5 to launch in June 2012, pricing at 90,000rmb to 130,000rmb
The MG5 was only just recently unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show but SAIC are eager to get the compact MG5 hatch into production as quickly as possible. Work on taking the car from the concept into the production stage is already underway with SAIC reportedly talking with several different major component suppliers for the [...]
Sleek, slender and surely to be a winner – the MG5 in Shanghai
MG’s chief designer, Tony Williams-Kenny was on hand in Shanghai to answer all of the media’s questions regarding the design and the development of the MG5 concept, but we did not get a chance to talk with him as he was surrounded by UK media who were all eagerly asking questions about the concept. Seeing [...]
MG3 – ready for motorsports, and UK production
The recently launched MG3 was getting its sports equipment on in Shanghai with the car gaining a bodykit, white alloys and a cool rear spoiler to make it quite the little hot hatch for the Chinese market. The MG3 was parked alongside the MG5 concept and it was clear to see where the MG5 might [...]
This is the MG5 Concept
The Shanghai Auto Show is well under way – underway of course if you’re an exhibitor and you can get in early, of which I am this week. So early entry into the Shanghai Auto Show before the massive crowds begin to enter is always a bonus, first impressions seem to indicate that the Shanghai [...]
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