News : SAIC posts a record 2012
MG Motor UK’s parent company, SAIC Motor, has enjoyed a record year of production, with 4.49 million vehicles sold in 2012. The company is now China’s largest car company, and the eighth largest in the...
View ArticleNews : UK-specification MG3 spotted in Birmingham
Keith Adams The UK-specification MG3, which has yet to break cover, has been spotted wearing its camouflage by Austin Memories creator, John Baker. It appears to be heading back to the Longbridge...
View ArticleNews : MG Motor UK goes for Burton
Clive Goldthorp MG Motor UK Limited’s new Head of Sales and Franchise, Sam Burton (pictured left), started in post today. The company has not, as yet, issued a formal Press Release about the...
View ArticleNews : European spec MG3 shown at Auto Shanghai
MG unveiled the European version of the MG3 supermini. It’s said to be inspired by the MG Zero concept car, although it’s little more than a light refresh of the original MG3, which was unveiled at the...
View ArticleNews : The Clarkson review – MG Motor UK’s response
According to Jeremy Clarkson, the new MG, designed and engineered in Birmingham, England is ‘as Chinese as Chopsticks’. To the 300 Designers and Engineers based at the MG Birmingham site who were...
View ArticleNews : MG3 goes live at Silverstone
The MG Car Club has confirmed that the first public showing in Europe of the MG3 will be at MGLive! Held at Silverstone on June 15-16, MGLive! is the world’s largest celebration of everything MG,...
View ArticleNews : MG3 revealed with personalisation options
Photography: Adam Sloman MG unveiled the full range of styles for the UK MG3 at its Birmingham-based European Design Centre. The new 3 carries forward many of the styling cues first illustrated on the...
View ArticleNews : MG’s European Design Centre expanded
Photography: Adam Sloman SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre at MG Birmingham has more than doubled in size just three years after the original design studio opened. The latest investment from SAIC...
View ArticleNews Analysis : No smoke and mirrors at MG Birmingham…
Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Adam Sloman AROnline has already run two stories about the recent MG3 Media Launch at MG Birmingham – News: MG3 revealed with personalisation options and News: MG’s...
View ArticleNews : MG6 prices tumble with ‘no VAT’ deals
MG Motor UK might be preparing for the arrival of the new MG3, but slow sales of the MG6 range are still a concern for the company’s 30 UK dealers. With that in mind, the company has launched what it...
View ArticleNews : MG3 prices revealed – starting at £8399
Clive Goldthorp MG Motor UK has confirmed the prices and specifications for the new MG3 supermini, which will be in the company’s dealerships from next month. The two key points are that all four...
View ArticleNews : MG6, now with lower tax and emissions
MG has improved its MG6 GT and Magnette diesel range by cutting CO2 levels to 129g/km. The improvements mean both MGs are an attractive proposition for fleet managers, with tax group D status and a BIK...
View ArticleNews : MG adds third car to 2014 BTCC line-up
Former British F3 Champion Marc Hynes has chosen to return to BTCC in an MG6 for the 2014 season, the third MG6 running in the Championship next year. Hynes, 35, will race a Triple Eight-prepared MG6...
View ArticleNews : After the 3, what’s next for MG Motor UK?
Clive Goldthorp A number of interesting MG-related stories were circulating in the international motoring media prior to the Christmas and New Year holiday so AROnline reckoned that the turn of the...
View ArticleNews : MG CS and MG5 caught testing in China
Keith Adams For readers in the UK, 2013 and 2014 will be all about the MG3. However, in China, where the product plan is usually running a couple of years ahead, the company is already gearing up for...
View ArticleNews : MG6 starts plying its trade as a taxi
The first MG6 to be licensed as a taxi in the UK has just begun to ply its trade in Barton-upon Humber, introduced by new taxi firm: Barton 1V. Simon Weakley and Mike Davies discussed setting up a new...
View ArticleNews : Electric MG Dynamo unveiled
The MG Dynamo concept has been unveiled, showing the company’s latest electric technology. The car, conceived as a rival to the Renault Zoe and Volkswagen E-up!, is a development of the Roewe E1, which...
View ArticleNews : MG5 Sedan breaks cover before launch
Keith Adams The second model in the MG5 range appears to have broken cover before its official launch in China later this year. The new car, whose pictures have been published by Car News China, will...
View ArticleNews : Race-spec MG3 Trophy revealed at MG90
Clive Goldthorp MG Motor UK wowed the crowds celebrating the marque’s 90th Anniversary during the MG Car Club-promoted MG90 event at Silverstone last weekend by revealing the fully race-prepared MG3...
View ArticleNews : MG CS SUV and EV Concepts make public debut at MG90
Clive Goldthorp MG Motor UK chose last weekend’s MG Car Club-promoted MG90 event at Silverstone to introduce two significant new concept vehicles to the wider British public for the first time – the MG...
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