As MG celebrates 100 years, the marque is to star in the Central Feature at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2024... MG tells us: (All words and images from MG). MG Motor to star in the iconic Central Feature at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024, as the brand celebrates 100 years Highly anticipated MG Cyberster roadster will spearhead Gerry Judah’s sculptural masterpiece MG has … [Read more...]
A fascinating insight into the MG/Rover car that never was (well, almost)…
No longer languishing at Longbridge... a missing link between old and new - by Dave Moss. Anyone interested in preserving the history of Britain's once proud motor industry will surely have welcomed recent news that the British Motor Museum has secured the long-term loan of eight historic cars from MG Motor UK. All have been in storage since 2005, and all depict key moments in the MG and Rover … [Read more...]
National Motor Museum celebrates 100 years of MG
A century of MG magic conjoured up by the National Motor Museum... They tell us: (All words plus image from The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu). The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu is celebrating a centenary of the MG car marque as it exhibits rarely seen archive photographs from the Museum’s collections. The Magic of the Marque - 100 Years of MG in the museum’s In-Focus Gallery will … [Read more...]
MG Motor UK and its nationwide dealer network gain accreditation to The Motor Ombudsman
MG joins the growing line-up of automotive businesses accredited to The Motor Ombudsman... MG Motor UK gains accreditation to The Motor Ombudsman’s Motor Industry Code of Practice for New Cars, joining 40 other vehicle manufacturers signed up to the Code In addition, nearly 160 sites in MG’s nationwide UK franchise dealer network have joined The Motor Ombudsman’s Vehicle … [Read more...]
MG5 EV estate – Road Test
Chris Adamson test drives MG’s all-electric estate car... (All photos, apart from the two individually credited to MG Motor, are by, and copyright, Chris Adamson). Sales of new combustion engine cars are set to be banned in the UK in not so many years meaning that all motor manufacturers are now gearing up for electric only sales – but have you noticed that almost every new electric model … [Read more...]
Classic Clubs Series – No. 4 – The MG Owners Club
Are you an MG enthusiast? Chris Adamson explains that membership of the MG Owners Club offers many benefits and can enhance the fun of ownership... The MG Owners Club is acknowledged as the World's largest single marque car club and it covers all ages of MG although the emphasis is mainly on 1950s models through to the present day. Formed in 1973, which means it is younger than the MG Car Club … [Read more...]
MG ‘Z’ models disappearing fast… Don’t let yours be one of them!
MG CAR CLUB & ZED REGISTER LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO SAVE OUR ZEDS Kim Henson reports... It is widely known that MG ZR, ZS and ZT models are disappearing from our roads fast; however, recent figures show just how rapid the decline has been – and continues – with over 78% of the cars ever built already gone. I was fortunate enough to be invited to the original press launch of the 'Z' … [Read more...]
MG Sales Record – and Revisiting the MG3 in a short Road Test
Chris Adamson looks at the continuing growth of MG, and drives the 2016 MG3 New MG registrations in the UK topped the 3,000 mark last year (2015) setting a record figure for the famous British brand since its acquisition a decade ago by Chinese car giant SAIC Motor. This was almost 1,000 more than in 2014 and surpassed the 2013 and 2014 sales figures combined. Driving the sales success was … [Read more...]
MG Electric Vehicle Concept car – on the road
An electrically powered MG? Certainly! Kim Henson reports. During a recent, fascinating tour of MG’s assembly plant and Technical Centre at Longbridge, Birmingham (to read about this, please click HERE), I was given the chance to test-drive a prototype of MG’s ‘EV (Electric Vehicle) Concept’ car. This is a small, electrically-powered, front wheel drive four seater, built on a … [Read more...]
Wheels-Alive visits MG at Longbridge, Birmingham
Some 90 years after Cecil Kimber created the first MGs, Kim Henson makes a pilgrimage to the Birmingham factory where today’s cars bearing the MG name are assembled… Before we start, I have to confess to rather more than just a slight personal interest in the factory where the current range of MGs is assembled, and in the adjacent Technical Centre where the cars were designed and developed … [Read more...]
Multi-model Driving Impressions – SMMT Test Day South 2014
BRIEF IMPRESSIONS: A VARIETY OF CARS DRIVEN BY 'WHEELS-ALIVE' AT THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS’ 2014 TEST DAY SOUTH Kim Henson reports… Every year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) hosts a driving day specifically for motoring writers from the south of the U.K, and I always find this a very useful occasion for driving a number of cars from different makers, … [Read more...]
John Price Williams samples the new MG3 Form Sport
What defines an MG? The marque has had a long sporting tradition since building its first car some 90 years ago, though the badge has been stuck on Maestros, Metros and Montegos, among other less distinguished models, all quite some distance away from the original concept of a two-seater sports car. I recently had the chance to test the MG3 - the latest offering, a slick, spacious good-looking … [Read more...]
MG6 DTi-Tech TSE
MG: Classic British name and design, Chinese company; MG6 appraisal by Tom Scanlan You don’t see many around, because there aren’t that many on the road, but are we missing a trick? The MG6 has been around a couple of years and the range includes a diesel. This could be the one to go for. Starting price for the diesel is £16,995. Look around at other cars of this price and you don’t always get … [Read more...]