MG Enthusiast

There’s some big news from MG Motor UK this month with the introduction of the first new MG sports car in over 20 years – one we’d never have seen coming 10 years ago, let alone 20. So, let’s deal with the elephant in the room first. No, it’s not built in the UK and yes, it is fully electric. Traditionalists may baulk at those facts and I agree that it’s a crying shame that the car won’t be built here in the UK, but having worked inside the car industry for so much of my career, I can understand why. The fact is that the old MG Rover Group operation was unviable, so without the intervention of SAIC we’d have been left with no MG left at all, and…

This month, our news pages are chiefly dominated by one thing – the production version of the MG Cyberster, which we first saw two years ago as a concept; but there is a twist – what you see here are extremely high quality digital images, even though they look like the real thing. Many expected to see the car ‘in the flesh’ at the April 2023 Shanghai Motor Show, but SAIC chose instead to reveal the shape and style of the road-going car (along with some of the technical details – see below) as a series of stunning pictures and a video presentation. There are reasons behind this, of course; the on-sale date is not likely to be before early 2024 (SAIC and MG Motor in turn are sticking to…

There’s just room to share the other news that MG Motor UK has released pricing of the new, updated HS – the company’s best-selling flagship SUV, which led UK market sales earlier this year, beating many big names. MG has retained broadly the same pricing structure as the outgoing model, with the well-equipped SE specification starting from just £23,495 on the road. Echoing a facelift first seen in China, the new HS has a sharper, more aggressive appearance, losing some of the chrome. At the front, new bi-function LED headlights, a bold grille design and a new front bumper create an enhanced look that re-establishes the HS as MG’s largest, most luxurious SUV. At the rear, a new bumper design, revised dual exhaust outlets and LED taillights complete the contemporary…

Over at our friends in Swavesey – the MG Owners’ Club (fifty years old this year!) their versatile MGOC Spares subsidiary are offering anyone eligible and a friend the chance to enjoy an indulgent Afternoon Tea for Two with Champagne at Carriages of Cambridge. The winners will be transported to the 1920s in one of their First-Class Pullman style railway carriages. What’s more, MGOC Spares will lend them their 1964 MGB Roadster to ensure arrival in style and once finished, a chauffeur will whisk them back to MGOC Spares in a sumptuous Mk 1 Jaguar. For your chance to win, simply subscribe to their monthly newsletter by visiting Bit.ly/mgocspares before May 31st of this year.…

The traditional season-opener and nod to the former MG Rover Group workers took place on April 15 at Cofton Park, opposite the old Longbridge factory site. Despite a gloomy sky, it stayed dry for most of the day and the attendance levels were fantastic, with MG and Rover fans travelling from all over Europe and beyond to attend. Here are a selection of your cars at the event, as requested on our Facebook page. You can see the rest and give us a ‘like’ at https://www.facebook.com/MGEnthusiast…

“WE ALSO TOOK THE PLUNGE AND DECIDED TO REMOVE THE RUBBER BUMPERS…” Gavin Edwards’s MG story began 20 years ago when G he visited former MG Rover dealership Kerridges and walked out with a TF 135 Sprint. The dealership, situated in Needham Market, was run by long-term MG enthusiast and much-loved local businessman John Kerridge, who passed away in 2020, aged 86. “When we purchased our car from him in 2003, John told us we were not just buying a car, but buying into a way of life,” said Gavin. “He said our social lives would change forever as a result and he was right. We’ve made some great friends with our MGs.” Gavin and his wife, Michaela, found everything John Kerridge said to be true. The TF was eventually…