The MG brand has been on life support for several years now, but it appears as though the storied sports car maker could be coming out of its coma. New pictures have surfaced on line indicating MG’s new owners – China’s Nanjing Automobile – are planning a new hatchback model.
The new MG will be based on the Rowe 550sedan, but with will be offered in a hatchback body style. According to AutoExpress, the new MG model – which could be named the ZS, despite the pictured car’s MG6 nameplate – will be close in size to the Ford Focus and should make production by 2010.
Inside the new MG will take styling clues from BMW , complete with a center-mounted LCD display.
Underhood, the MG will be powered by two 1.8L powerplants – a naturally aspirated unit and a turbocharged version – with power ranging from 120 to 160 horsepower. True to MG’s history, the new model will be built in Longbridge.
MG failed on its last attempt to return to the U.S., so don’t expect the MG ZS to show up on our shores anytime soon.
