The diesel-powered MG6

2013 MG 6

Diesel versions of the award-winning MG6 have been added to the range and the first demonstrators are in selected UK showrooms now.

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Longbridge plant MGs go on sale

MG TF LE500

LONGBRIDGE : September 21, 2008 - The first MG cars to leave Birmingham's Longbridge plant for more than three years have gone on sale to the public.


Dealer open days are being held across the UK to allow people to see the new MGTF LE500 cars.

Shanghai Automotive (SAIC) wants to produce 700 MGTFs by the end of the year. The model is expected to sell in showrooms at about £16,500.

MG Rover collapsed in 2005. It was bought for £53m by Nanjing Automobile Corporation and then SAIC took over.

The LE500 designation will only be given to the first 500 individually-numbered cars to leave the Longbridge production line.

MG TF :

• 1.8 16v 135bhp 4 cylinder DOHC with 5 speed manual gearbox
  
• Front brakes: ventilated front discs and 4-pot calipers
  
• Rear: solid discs and calipers
  
• Electronic anti-lock braking system
  
• mpg (L/100km): Urban: 25.4 (11.1), Extra Urban: 46.3 (6.1), Combined: 35.8 (7.9). CO₂ mass emission (combined) 185 g/km.

[Source : BBC via Gasgoo]

SAIC plans to resume making UK sports cars

MG TF -- Made in China

Shanghai, China - June 17,2008 -- SAIC Motor plans to resume production at its British plant in August making MG-brand sports cars, its president said today.

All new MG TF ( Illustrated)

SAIC will start selling British-made MG TF sports cars in the UK, via more than 40 dealers, at the end of August or in early September, Chen Hong said at a shareholders' meeting.

[Source : Reuters via Automotive News Europe (Subscription required)]