Archive for the ‘Nanjing MG’ category
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 [...]
A sneak peak at the MG5 concept
With a nation of 1.3 billion people, its hard to keep things a secret in China and even harder in 2011 when everyone with a cellphone camera is now a citizen journalist. A decade or two ago it was impossible to hear about the latest new cars and concepts from different companies due to the [...]
MG5 spotted out testing again
The MG5 concept will get its official airing at the Shanghai Auto Show next week but SAIC have been terrible at hiding their new cars from the prying eyes of cellphone cameras, plus the fact that the empty octagonal logo impress in the cars front grill gives the fact away that an MG is out [...]
This is the MG5 concept for Shanghai Auto Show
The Shanghai Auto Show is nearly upon us, and the usual excitement of what is coming and when is practically causing our pants to explode. This years shows is looking to be a good one with a multitude of China premiers, world launches and Asia Premiers, the one big car that everyone seems to be [...]
MG3 pricing out of the bag
The MG3 advertising campaign is well under way in China, with bill board posters popping up on bus stops and also in magazines ahead of the cars launch later tonight. SAIC have also been pushing the MG3 heavily with a PR campaign to take up as much magazine pages as possible in the past few [...]
This is the MG5′s Pigu
Pigu (n) – Bottom, posterior. With the Chinese lesson over for the day, it’s time to introduce the MG5′s rear. The MG5 will be obviously sitting above the miniature MG3 but below the yacht sized MG6 as its number dictates, and will most likely carry a mixture of the two cars engines which will be [...]
Reviews of forthcoming MG3 leaking out already
Chinese media outlets have been road testing the new MG3 ahead of its launch in China later this month. The MG3 is already gaining fans in media reports, one outlet, Autohome, concluded their review with this line: The positioning of the MG3 is clear, the main target will be the 80′s generation. After spending a [...]
MG5 spotted out
The MG5 will be based on the Roewe 350 compact sedan but will be carrying the fastback styling of the larger MG6 and will be the third new MG in the second generation of MG products. The MG7 and MGTF still linger on in MG showrooms but the addition of the MG6 and the soon [...]
This is the MG3 Photoblog
The MG3 has entered initial production and is looking smarter than ever, it was first unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show where I personally found it to be cheap looking. But looking at the below photos it seems that the MG3 is looking considerably better when compared with the show model, the shiny dashboard has [...]
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