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Mobile Version of site - Sat May 12, 2012 9:02 am
It's pap, sorry.
Just looks like a jumbled up load of text.
It would probably be better if it only displayed as desktop on all devices.
MG5 concept - Sat May 12, 2012 8:57 am
Windy wrote:Roverman wrote:It's just one big lump of plastic!
I'd love to have a play with one of those 3D printers that can print blocks of plastic the size of a car!
At least the Icon is an actual car...
They showed us a smallish 3D printer inside the technical center and a couple of prototype parts it had produced.
MG5 concept - Fri May 11, 2012 5:08 pm
patpending wrote:reminds me of that spypic from Longbridge where the front of the car was on wooden sticks!Roverman wrote:I saw this 'car' in person yesterday.
It's just one big lump of plastic!
Details like the door, bonnet, tailgate shut lines are just carved out for example.
The rear lights weren't tinted on it any longer either.
Great to see.
meanwhile, hundreds (1700?) of the production version were sold last month in China...
Yeah I think it has some sort of wood chassis which the wheels etc mount to.
20" wheels they were to.
I think Union Blue is now my favourite colour.
MG5 concept - Fri May 11, 2012 1:15 pm
I saw this 'car' in person yesterday.
It's just one big lump of plastic!
Details like the door, bonnet, tailgate shut lines are just carved out for example.
The rear lights weren't tinted on it any longer either.
Great to see.
British Touring Car Championships - Tue May 01, 2012 9:19 am
I wouldn't mind a 6 with the full livery.
New Roewe 750 prototype images - Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:32 pm
The pictures of the white car at the bottom are obviously nothing like.
MG5 Images - Unveiling at Auto Guangzhou, 21st November - Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:30 pm
[quote="Windy"]
patpending wrote:I'm wondering what the yellow thing is on the back
Looks like an indicator ?
"MGs HAVE gone on sale in Birmingham for the first time" - Birmingham Post - Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:25 pm
NAC TF production forgotten about?
Cool MG3 looses to DB9 around Top Gear Test Track - Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:10 pm
Windy wrote:Roverman wrote:Windy wrote:Roverman wrote:Slower than a Polo ?
Do any Polos have big engines?
Not big, but powerful.
GTI 1.4 TSI 180PS
So a 108bhp MG3 came within 1/4 second of that?
The handling must be fantastic!
I didn't say it was the GTi.
Cool MG3 looses to DB9 around Top Gear Test Track - Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:58 pm
Windy wrote:Roverman wrote:Slower than a Polo ?
Do any Polos have big engines?
Not big, but powerful.
GTI 1.4 TSI 180PS
Cool MG3 looses to DB9 around Top Gear Test Track - Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:41 am
Slower than a Polo ?
MG E1 spied - China Car Times - Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:09 pm
Like the MG3 wheel there looks to be a model number at the bottom
MG E1 spied - China Car Times - Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:54 am
Very interesting, I like the interior.
what's the badge on the steering wheel, MG2 ?
MG will have gone from nothing to a full range of cars in only a few years !
GM wants to get its 1% share back from SAIC - Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:53 pm
China Car Times update wrote:General Motors Co (GM.N) expects to conclude a deal to bring the automaker’s stake in its China joint venture back to 50 percent, Chief Executive Daniel Akerson said on Thursday.GM has told its China partner, SAIC, that it wants to buy back the 1 percent stake in Shanghai GM that it sold to the Chinese automaker in 2010 for about $85 million, Akerson said on Thursday.
“We have the right to the option to purchase back that 1 percent and we’ve expressed that,” Akerson told financial analysts on a conference call after GM reported second-quarter results. [ID:nN1E77305C]
Under the terms of its deal with SAIC, which was negotiated in 2009 when GM was looking to raise cash and avoid bankruptcy, GM has an option to buy back the 1 percent stake it sold in Shanghai GM.
Although both automakers have said the terms of their collaboration have not changed, SAIC now ranks as the majority shareholder in the China joint-venture with a 51 percent holding.
GM holds 49 percent of the venture, which commands the leading position in the Chinese auto market.
Akerson said he expected that a deal for GM to buy back its stake in Shanghai GM would close after SAIC completes a capital restructuring it has under way.
SAIC Motor (600104.SS), the vehicle production arm of SAIC Group, is in the process of taking over assets from the parent company in the auto parts, alternative energy and logistics businesses.
“Once that kind of settles down, I think you’ll see the transaction take place,” Akerson said.
MG's UK sales - Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:49 pm
There are still a lot of people that think MG (Rover) ended in 2005 and have no idea about it's comeback/rebirth.
Or maybe British people just have no love for the marque these days ?
MG3 In review - China Car Times - Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:49 pm
I knew the top of the dash would receive a sat nav. 
GM wants to get its 1% share back from SAIC - Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:10 pm
patpending wrote:SAIC has stated that GM could repurchase the stake only if it (SAIC) could include Shanghai GM revenue in its accounts.
I saw quoted around the William Wang interview that the next MG7 will share a platform with a future Insignia...
It's almost ready to go !
GM wants to get its 1% share back from SAIC - Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:31 pm
China Car Times wrote:General Motors plans to exercise its option to buy back the 1% stake in Shanghai GM that it sold to partner SAIC last year, reports Bloomberg. GM chief executive Dan Akerson told shareholders of the company’s plans at its recent annual meeting in Detroit.
Early last year, Chinese regulators approved the purchase by SAIC of an additional 1% stake in the 50-50 car joint venture, giving it a majority 51% and leaving GM with 49%. SAIC has since consolidated the venture’s accounts into its balance sheet. The management structure of the company remained unaffected.
However, SAIC has stated that GM could repurchase the stake only if it (SAIC) could include Shanghai GM revenue in its accounts.
Zhang Xin, an analyst with Guotai Junan Securities in Beijing, has warned that GM may find it difficult to repurchase the stake, noting it was “not in the interest of SAIC or the Chinese government to sell.”
China’s three auto groups earned 140 billion yuan last year - Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:28 pm
China Car Times wrote:Two Chinese automotive industry associations recently revealed the net profit growth of the country’s top three auto groups last year. Their net profits for 2010 could be calculated based on the related statistics for 2009.
SAIC Group’s net profits in 2010 soared 79.23% to 46.723 billion yuan. FAW Group’s net profits last year surged 83.82% to 47.539 billion yuan. Dongfeng Motor Group’s net profits in 2010 increased 79.21% to 47.057 billion yuan. The total net profits of the three auto groups last year surpassed 140 billion yuan. Most of the profits came from their joint ventures.
The net profits of the three auto groups in 2010 are next only to Volkswagen Group. The high profitability of Chinese automakers could be attributed to high product prices and low costs.
The 2011 Roewe 550 - We had these features first! - Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:23 pm
Strange they are making the Roewe 550 closer to the MG6.
