MG6 1.8 TSE

First behind the wheel?

So you were first behind the wheel? What about the preview in Autocar 6 months ago?

By JMDonald on 14 March, 2011, 9:36pm

Re: First behind the wheel?

Hi,

Thanks for your comment. The car that Autocar drove was a pre-production model. This is the first time any journalists have had the chance to drive the full production version of the car.

Thanks

Tom
AE

By Tom_Phillips on 15 March, 2011, 10:18am

First behind the wheel of the UK spec cars, along with AutoCar, MG Car Club, Top Gear, What Car?, Carfeed etc etc etc... I guess it means the first time any media has had a chance to drive it.... hope it lived up to expectations.
Looking forward to driving one myself soon.

By npturner on 15 March, 2011, 3:00pm

Very nice

will there be a Diesel version??

By Leonidas on 17 March, 2011, 12:30am

oooops

Just seen that there is muuhahahhahhaaaa

By Leonidas on 17 March, 2011, 12:32am

Chinese pig with lipstick!

Cheerful but not cheap.
Awkward design.
plasticky.

By toycollector on 17 March, 2011, 8:18am

Is this a rover 400?

l LOOKS THE SAME BODY TO ME WITH A FEW UPGRADES

By stuart3152 on 17 March, 2011, 9:39am

No thanks

Looks cheap, nasty and dated.

By cousins11 on 17 March, 2011, 12:46pm

Niice Car

But, is it up to the standards set by British Leyland when they were making MG's ?

By panoel1 on 17 March, 2011, 2:43pm

Thats supposed to be an MG Turbo? Last out the door is more appropiate!

Whoever designed that must have been a pork butcher! Quite frankly it is what it is - a mess! In comparison and side by side the humble Skoda models look like Bentleys!

Its a big shame for such a marque with a great past and William Morris would be revolving in his grave if he could see this. Cannot even say nice try! Game over!

By vandenplas4litre on 17 March, 2011, 4:18pm

Tasty Stuff

Let's face it, if that car had a continental badge on the front then everyone would like it. It's not even on the road and some plebs re critisising it.
I'm test driving it round a track next week and if it's as good as it looks, then MG will have one of it's first orders.
I can't wait for the other new models to come along...

By sclaret on 17 March, 2011, 5:34pm

Needs to be sporty to be an MG

Will it live up to MG standards of shoddy build quality well that almost impossible in modern factories.MG die hards wont know what to do with all their spare time at weekends,no more head under the bonnet or tubs of body filler and trip to halfrauds on a sunday.This mass produced chinese car will probably be reliable and ok to drive and a rare site on the road.Lets hope they bring out a sporty variation as MG is a sporty brand,if they can bring out a 250+bhp version then it might be interesting.Amazing what people will buy if you stick a big old shiney badge on it.

By nickbsmooth on 17 March, 2011, 8:12pm

Badges and Nameplates

This business of companies buying dead and dying nostalgic names (like Bugatti and MG) is ridiculous. The new vehicles are no more the "real deal" than a Tornado is a Sopwith Camel. I'm sorry that MG is gone; but, it is. Let's move on.

By panoel1 on 19 March, 2011, 3:49pm

What about other sites who say THEY are the first to drive the UK road ready version?
Hmmmm, who to believe. AE with a history of lies and "exclusive" this, and "worlds first" that, or other, honest sites.
Tough choice that.
A quick Google shows many other people have driven it.

I have no idea why I keep coming back here. I suppose I must inwardly like what AE try to get away with claiming. It makes me laugh.

By Tazfan2 on 21 March, 2011, 1:50pm

Having seen one of these with my own eyes now, I have to say that it has real street presence. The aggressive grill sets the scene and I agree with AE, it looks really good from any angle. My one minor gripe is the fussy look to the lower, rear bumper due to poorly executed design of the reflectors and high level brake light. The front bumper suffers somewhat from a similar problem due to a poor choice of driving lamp design, but it's not quite as bad as the rear. Besides, all these little niggles will be fixed when the first facelift is due and the signs are very promising for this attractive car.

By sgtgrash on 1 April, 2011, 3:16pm

Well it looks better than the new Focus...

Aparrently handles as well as one too and is about £4k cheaper to buy with a better standard equipement list. So what's the problem? Well some people just like to bitch for the sake of it and I doubt MG Motors will care, these people never bought one before, and never will so no loss. SAIC will sell these elsewhere in the world by the bucket load. I'd like to see the car in the flesh and drive one. Until then I'll reserve judgement!

By Focus_your_mind on 4 April, 2011, 12:26pm

Well blow me!!!

Please tell me this isn't the same 1.8 litre MG engine that sprays its coolant through the head gasket???

By FloatingVoter on 14 April, 2011, 2:47pm

Chris Chapman

This Car is a joke, there's nothing remotely MG, or even British about it. The Focus, Astra & Golf are 2 classes above, even Kia & Hyundai will give it a hard time.... MG became famous for building affordable sports cars, BL/Austin Rover devalued the brand when they stuck MG badges on Metros & Montego's, this is worse than that, as the cars fall massively behind the competition, the MG brand has been raped & humilliated & should now be put to sleep, not portrayed as 4th rate Chinese cars...

By chappers24 on 10 May, 2011, 1:56am

The jokes on you...

Remember Skoda jokes? Who's laughing now, eh?

By sgtgrash on 13 May, 2011, 12:16pm

The petrol engine uses far to much petrol for todays standards, the emmissions are far to high for any one to consider it. The technolgy looks like its from 1997 when the MGF was in production.

By dwaincover on 25 May, 2011, 10:50pm

Not a bad looking car at all really!

it will sell..

By liverpool on 12 June, 2011, 4:41pm

@ chappers24

This Car is a joke, there's nothing remotely MG, or even British about it....really? So being enginnered, design and built here, road tested here for our roads by British engineers means it's not remotely British? How do you figure that. Logic would dictate that until you drive this car and see one in the flesh you should reserve judgement. However due to your complete attention to the detail to your arguement I would guess you'd decided to hate before details came out.

I will be test driving one tomorrow. If it's crap you'll have my unbiased opinion about why I came to that conclusion, if it's a good or great car, I'll give my reasons for that too. Until then I cannot give a balanced arguement and therefore Chris neither should you.

By Focus_your_mind on 20 June, 2011, 10:40am

Rival?

I may be wrong but I think this cars main rival is should be the Skoda Octavia with the same sort of size and shape "In size it sits between the Vauxhall Astra and Insignia" but I am sure it will fall short of the Skoda never mind A BMW 3 series (which the interior closely resembles) however it might have the power to surprise.

By marc100 on 29 June, 2011, 5:22pm

So Dissapointed !!

Hi ,having owned an MGZS 120 from new (2003) I was really looking forward to my test drive in the new MG6 ,however as great an MG enthusiast as I am ,I have to say that the new MG was very disappointing. To start with the it just did not seem very responsive whether this was due to Turbo lag I do not know , road noise was very intrusive, rear vision very restricted due to the sharp angle of the rear window, rear passenger visibility via the side windows restricted due to the high sill height. I felt that the interior was a bit bland and uninspiring
On the plus side ,the gearbox was very easy to use,and the suspension ride has been improved . So to sum up ,I was glad to get back behind the wheel of my old car , it may have its faults ,such as a very hard ride etc ,but it IS much more fun to drive !!
The new MG is just too boring ,its been sanitized and just feels like any other mid sized hatch back

Read more: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/grouptests/269080/mg6_vs_rivals.html#lastComment#ixzz1RJinY5Zx

By Al1947 on 6 July, 2011, 10:49am

So Disapointed !!

Hi ,having owned an MGZS 120 from new (2003) I was really looking forward to my test drive in the new MG6 ,however as great an MG enthusiast as I am ,I have to say that the new MG was very disappointing. To start with the it just did not seem very responsive whether this was due to Turbo lag I do not know , road noise was very intrusive, rear vision very restricted due to the sharp angle of the rear window, rear passenger visibility via the side windows restricted due to the high sill height. I felt that the interior was a bit bland and uninspiring
On the plus side ,the gearbox was very easy to use,and the suspension ride has been improved . So to sum up ,I was glad to get back behind the wheel of my old car , it may have its faults ,such as a very hard ride etc ,but it IS much more fun to drive !!
The new MG is just too boring ,its been sanitized and just feels like any other mid sized hatch back

Read more: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/grouptests/269080/mg6_vs_rivals.html#lastComment#ixzz1RJinY5Zx

By Al1947 on 6 July, 2011, 10:53am

Old speckled hen..

..I like it

By liverpool on 29 September, 2011, 7:24pm

Have you actually driven it though??

By Al1947 on 2 October, 2011, 10:47pm