I'm a fan of a site called ARonline. I've mentioned it before.

I'm a old school car geek and love all the old Rovers, Austins MG's etc and the above site carries ALLOT of news about the new MG's were about to start buying.

On this bulleten MG go into each model they'll be selling and it's main competitors. The Octavia and Fabia are top of both secotrs lists.

(Something I had a feeling about with the MG6 since I 1st saw it..)

AROnline - MG model line up v skoda

Read the comments as well as a lil debate about Skoda V MG has sprung up (I'm "DrBobbyLove").. and yes, that's my "Skoda rule" speech! lol.

I'd rather grate my nutsack than own an MG. I nearly bought a MGZR as the father in law had a MGZS. Might as well just say Rover Sport on the boot.

Trust me, it aint anywhere near the same company anymore.. And all the old Honda based stuff's long gone.. follow the link and you'll see!

I have been a Rover fan for a long time.

I really liked the "Pheonix" era stuff as well as the bubble shaped stuff and the R8 wedge. Up until two years ago my sister ran an immaculate 220GSi 16v 3 door. Not a coupe, but it was a 3 door R220. I drove it a couple of times and it properly handed, double wishbone suspension IIRC. My parents had a Concerto 1.6 16V in the 90s and that was a solid old motor, with R8 underpinnings.

In the 90s we also had a K reg Vogue SE range rover, being a range rover we had it on a time-share basis with the dealer, who used to give us a brand new bubble shaped 216, which was a really nice car. Once they loaned us a BRM 200 with an orange mouth, and god it was quick, VVC lump.

I do like the look of the new 6 and I wish MGR all the best, but I just don't think they can recover from what they've been through. Plus I think everyone has an inbuilt fear of the Chinese - but I guess people said that 35 years ago about Japanese cars, and look where we are now.

My mate's just bought a ZT V8 and it's lovely.

I saw an MG6 in the flesh a couple of weeks ago .... what a fugly beast that is, (granted Skoda's are not exactly beautiful, but this was horrible!)

I'd rather grate my nutsack than own an MG. I nearly bought a MGZR as the father in law had a MGZS. Might as well just say Rover Sport on the boot.

As a Skoda owner, I'm not sure I would personally come out with that statement about any make of car. I've got an open mind and if a car comes along that is a suitable replacemnt for the vRS, I'm not too bothered about who makes it. If they can create a modern day equivalent of the original Octavia vRS which is a bargain for many reasons, they'd have a potential cutomer here.

However, reading up on things and looking at the designs I think they'll fall short of the mark. The concepts don't look too bad, but the final designs look out of date already. Unfortunately, the engine range doesn't sound to be cutting edge and sticking an MG badge on a rehashed cheap car can never really threaten Skoda sales just yet.

I'm willing to give them a chance and will follow the reviews with interest. If it turns out that they produce a well engineered car that is both sporty(ish), practical and does everything that my current car does, fair play to them.

id still rather drive a 1.2 69ps fabia than own a mg6

They certainly look interesting. I'll be keeping an eye on the reliability and build quality before I start passing comment.

As for being MG, they're not really. It's pretty much like having a new brand appear - all very similar to when VW bought Skoda...

Not gonna compete with Skoda. More like Perodua, Proton and Daihatsu. Not necessarily a bad car, bud who would be daft enough to buy one at that price when an octavia or even a superb can be bought for less?

But if they can make the MG zero concept a reality and sell it for the right price with the right engines and the right marketing they could have a winner. Plenty of boy racers still love MG ZRs and barried up Rover 25s. Why not cater to that market with an good old school hatchback that handled sharp like a 205 or 106/saxo, give it some decent kit as standard (with its chinese parents im sure they could fit decent ICE and gizmos on all models) and sell cheaper than the mainstream alternative and offer 1 years free insurance or free fuel. Make a small diesel model, a small petrol model and a genuine hot hatch model. Im sure that would be achievable.

^^

MGR actually taking notice of market trends and what the customer wants and appealing to a wide audience? that's dangerous talk...

I seriously give them 18 months maximum in the UK, before GM absorb them. The cars are uncompetetive, overpriced, have high CO, which means higher road tax than a big 4x4, and no dealers. There is no confidence with this Chinese maker of low quality cack. Warranty claims will bankrupt them within months, especially when the warmed over K series starts doing it's old tricks.

Its Daewoo all over again. Ancient technology, but without the aftersales, or dealer network.

I seriously give them 18 months maximum in the UK, before GM absorb them. The cars are uncompetetive, overpriced, have high CO, which means higher road tax than a big 4x4, and no dealers. There is no confidence with this Chinese maker of low quality cack. Warranty claims will bankrupt them within months, especially when the warmed over K series starts doing it's old tricks.

Its Daewoo all over again. Ancient technology, but without the aftersales, or dealer network.

All they need now is some Halfords branches

I saw one of these outside a dealership in Winchester this afternoon, I've never seen such a poor attempt at car design! It looks truly awful!

The whole car looks slab sided. I actually popped in to our local MG showroom in Needham Market the other day. Only MG in there was a TF that has been in stock 2 years now unsold and a used Noble & TVR. No sign of a 6...Asked about a test drive & he said they are still waiting for a demo to arrive! Somehow, the whole lot will collapse very quickly.

So where they going to sell the new MG's?

At all leading branches of:

1. SPAR
   
2. Londis
   
3. Premier
   
4. and some Costcutters
   

I sat in a pre-production MG6 with the original interior before they revised it after focus groups or whatever. It was truly horrible. That handbrake

I had a 2005 Rover 75 from new. They were practically giving them away when they went down. 177000 miles without a problem. Engine was basically the BMW 2 litre diesel. Then I moved to Skoda last year - easy move as I'd got used to having the pi55 taken out of my car at work. I'm hoping the Skoda comes close in reliability terms.

At all leading branches of:

1. SPAR
   
2. Londis
   
3. Premier
   
4. and some Costcutters
   

And hopefully Tesco. Better save me Clubcard points up then, 3 for 1 deal maybe.