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A Nanjing tinha os direitos de utilização do nome MG e da produção do 75.
A SAIC tinha apenas os direitos de produção dos Rover 25, 45 e 75, que começou por apresentar na China com os nomes Roewe 250, Roewe 550 e Roewe 750.
Como a SAIC comprou a Nanjing e, portanto, ficou tudo em família, pois passou a deter também o nome MG.
O Roewe 550 será vendido como MG5 em alguns mercados e o antigo Rover 75 será Roewe 750 ou MG7, dependendo dos mercados.
A SAIC também já tem na forja o sedan 350 (talvez MG3) e o 150 (eventualmente MG1 e que é parecido com o Fiat Punto e o Dacia Sandero).
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MG6 first drive - exclusive
The MG6 will go on sale in the UK next year, and Autocar's chief road tester Matt Prior has had an exclusive drive of the Longbridge-developed car.
Contrary to what many people think, the MG6 - or Roewe 550 as it’s called in China - is a clean sheet design, and not based on a shortened Rover 75 platform.
See the MG6 test pictures
The Roewe variant went on sale in China last year, and has already sold 100,000 units. The MG6 will be on sale in the UK from the start of 2011, with final assembly taking place at Longbridge.
The good news is that not only was the 6 largely engineered in the UK, but it will also be sold here on a Europe-exclusive chassis set-up, honed and tweaked on the roads we tested it on. As a benchmark, we took a Ford Focus Zetec S along on the same route.
The roads are in and around mid-Wales, and are some of the most challenging and demanding in the world. If a car works here, it'll work pretty much anywhere.
Climbing aboard, there's a shock. The 6's cabin may be a belter by Chinese standards, but it's not on a par with better European cars. There are soft-touch plastics and a dark ambience, but it's a bit austere and the design looks flat in places. It's a pre-production model, but it could use finessing by a few notches.
Moving off, I reckon the gearchange on the five-speed manual and NVH levels could (and I believe will) be improved too.
The only engine at launch is a 1.8-litre turbocharged petrol, though diesels and other petrols will follow. It's a reworked K-series and - although it meets Euro5 emissions levels - accelerating away from a couple of roundabouts as we head west, it gets a little strained higher up the rev band.
What the MG6 does do, though, is drive well. And I mean really well. MG's head of chassis, Andy Kitson, admits the Focus has been the firm's benchmark for ride and handling. The MG6 has a rare blend of suppleness and poise.
The steering is still hydraulic rather than electric, and apparently it's slower than the Focus's, but it doesn't feel it. Kitson says there's still a little work to do on the valves to alter the feel at straight ahead but it's not bad now. And once there's a little lock wound on, it's excellent.
Then there's the ride. Hopping to and from a Focus reveals that the Ford's cabin suffers less vertical intrusion over bumps, but it's obvious this is the car MG has benchmarked. In its poise and agility I'd even say the MG6 is superior. It feels more neutral than the Focus, with a pivot point further forward; the Ford in comparison feels led more by its front.
The MG grips tenaciously before eventually letting slip from the front first, and it changes direction superbly. It is comfortable, tool greater vertical inputs into the cabin aside, there's no crash, even over bad bumps.
Fact is, the MG6 is already (and there's still tweaking to do) borderline best in class to drive.
Is that enough? Probably not on its own. But it's also spacious and expected to be priced competitively.
If all goes well there's scope for up to 150,000 vehicles per year to be assembled out of MG Birmingham, even in its current size.
Read the full test drive story in this week's Autocar magazine (7 April 2010).
MG6 first drive - exclusive - Autocar.co.uk
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Pensei que o MG6 fosse do segmento D e não C! Mas, de facto, fora dos holofotes dos estúdios e salões, o carro continua a ter bom aspecto. Segue a receita de quem começa agora um negócio novo: aposta no consenso tentando abranger o maior número possível de consumidores, com moderação nos preços.
Só o design interior deixa mesmo um pouco a desejar...
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«Contrary to what many people think, the MG6 - or Roewe 550 as it’s called in China - is a clean sheet design, and not based on a shortened Rover 75 platform.»
Não é bem assim...
O Roewe 550/MG6 são um prolongamento/redesenvolvimento do extinto projecto RDX60 da antiga Rover (que iria dar lugar ao velhinho 45 e que iria, provavelmente, chamar-se 55) que, por sua vez, tinha por base uma versão curta da plataforma do Rover 75, mas que por si só já tinha bastantes alterações face à versão original.
I like it. Eu já gostava do Roewe 550 e ainda gosto mais deste MG6, tendo em conta que é um projecto chinês. Diria até que do ponto de vista estético, acho-o mais bonito do que alguns carros japoneses e europeus.
Ok, estou apenas a apreciar fotografias, mas não acho o interior tão desinspirado assim. O desenho do tablier de um VW Golf ou do Skoda Octavia, por exemplo, é bem mais aborrecido e antiquado do que este, por exemplo.
Vamos ver como corre comercialmente...
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Estão ambos registados como MG:
The vehicle details for VX10 HBJ are:
Date of Liability 01 04 2011
Date of First Registration 20 04 2010
Year of Manufacture 2010
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1796CC
CO2 Emissions 0g/Km
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour GREY
Vehicle Type Approval
The vehicle details for VX10 HBK are:
Date of Liability 01 04 2011
Date of First Registration 20 04 2010
Year of Manufacture 2010
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1796CC
CO2 Emissions 0g/Km
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle
Colour GOLD Vehicle
Type Approval Vehicle
Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
Ou seja a Roewe não vem mesmo para a Europa.
E pela matricula ambos foram registados em Worcester.
Apesar de istar cerca de 30 milhas de Birmingham, é porque foram registadas por um concessionário. Caso contrario as matriculas seriam começadas por B e não por V.Editado pela última vez por Gib; 13 May 2010, 18:32.
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MG de volta em 2011
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A revitalised MG Motor is closing in on the UK launch of the MG6 hatch after it revealed the first right-hand drive, production-quality car assembled in the UK.
The Focus-sized, five-door MG6 is officially on sale next January with deliveries scheduled for March and prices tipped to range between £16k - £20k. A four-door follows in early 2012.
See the pics of the UK-spec MG6
Part-designed in the UK, the MG6 will be powered by a 147bhp 1.8 turbo and is said to be capable of 120mph and 0-62mph in around nine seconds.
The engine is a third-generation version of Rover’s K-series, now re-named N-series, re-engineered with better cooling, lubrication and head gasket.
Chinese-owned MG Motor is shipping knockdown kits of the MG6 to Longbridge for assembly into finished cars.
Read Autocar's exclsuive first drive of the MG6
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