Comments on: MG TF roadster back on the market

By: deutschetouring1337

deutschetouring1337 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:42:42 +0000

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By: deutschetouring1337

deutschetouring1337 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:41:40 +0000

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By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:50:30 +0000

mayer_ray_nagin has a point – look at TVRs and Jags under British rule… we can’t build reliable cars; simple as!
Rovers, TVRs, Jaguars, MGs… they ALL fall apart.

Same goes for Italians… Fiat, Alfa, Ferrari… need I go on?

Kanucko – We’re not poor as such we just know that building cars here would suck. We also can’t be bothered with British brands anymore it seems.

By: Kanucko

Kanucko — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:06:31 +0000

Perhaps we could rename it the MG-POS. I wonder if it crumples up like a tin can like the rest of the chinese cars that are manufactured ?

Its really too bad that all the British Marques are all owned by Indian,Chinese & Kuwaiti companies. Is the U.K. so poor that they can’t buy back their own companies ? Talk about sad…

I think those companies should be renamed :

MG BrownCoat
Aston Mohammad
Jagminder & Land Robinder (land rover)

By: S1L1SC

S1L1SC — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:17:54 +0000

It looks better than the Miata. I guess thats something.

By: inline6

inline6 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:31:05 +0000

Okay, LLN is showing, once again, that their heads are up their backsides.

The car is listing for around 16,000 British Pounds. But LLN says that’s “the equivalent of $32,000US”. Technically, it is. But that has ZERO bearing on what it would cost if sold here.

The VW GTI in England lists for about 22,000 British Pounds. However, it costs only $22,000US on our market.

So get your facts straight, LLN.

I must say, though, that I’m disappointed that the car isn’t getting more than 137hp. If NAC was going to reintroduce the TF, they needed to improve it appreciably in performance, quality, and refinement. Apparently, they’ve already missed one of those goals.

By: jumpoffit

jumpoffit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:58 +0000

expensive to say the least and the performance i don’t like- would rather buy an S2K / Solstice/Sky or even a base 350Z

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:14:12 +0000

When I lived in Germany a friend bought one of the reintroduced models in the latter 90s. After picking it up new, on his way home from the dealership on the first day the rear view mirror fell off the windshield. Things went downhill from there.

Moral of the story: ain’t no way the chinese can build a car as crappy as the brits.

By: F451

F451 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:13:24 +0000

This is NOT an MG—this is a POS.

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:34 +0000

Always liked the MG Roadster. also that was good xyunya. I wonder if these will ever reach the U.S market. Probably not with the way the dollar is and at an equivilent of $32,600 that’s pretty steep…

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:47:54 +0000

The old TF with the 160bhp 1.8 VVC was a good choice:
0-60 in 6.9 seconds, topping out at 137mph with 37mpg combined.

Unfortunately all these had reliability issues and questionable build quality.

Good, fun cars, less feminine than an MX-5 but I don’t think as dynamic.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:22:58 +0000

I can imagine confusion on streets of any Chinatown: is this knock off or real?