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MG, also known as the brand your grandpa loves as much as tweed jackets and pipe tobacco, is now owned by a Chinese carmaker you’ve probably never heard about. But then again, SAIC Motor made MG a more powerful carmaker than what MG Motor was in the late nineties and early noughties.
It all started with the MG 6. After that followed the MG 5 compact hatchback and the MG 3 supermini. The fourth model in the line comes in the form of a compact sport utility vehicle - the MG GS. There’s a lot to like about this thing, if I’m to be brutally honest.
The selling point of the 2016 MG GS SUV, however, is the price. At £14,995, the high-riding model is sensibly cheaper than the 2016 Nissan Qashqai Visia, as in £3,550 less expensive than the most popular compact crossover in the United Kingdom. At the other end of the spectrum, the best-equipped MG GS there is costs £20,995 comes with goodies that also include a dual-clutch transmission.
“This car offers so much for comparatively little, making it the SUV to choose,” declared Matthew Cheyne, the head of sales and marketing at MG Motor. “The specification on these cars is phenomenal and when you add in the five-year warranty it’s a no-brainer. There are some really great features as well, such as the adjustable rear seats that not only recline but fold completely flat making it adaptable for whatever the customer’s lifestyle."
Regarding competitive advantage, the 2016 MG GS SUV has a couple of things to be proud of, as in more torque than its 2WD gasoline competitors with 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) and more power than competitor 2WD gasoline models (122 kW or 164 bhp). Not bad for a compact sport utility vehicle with a fuel-efficient 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder under its hood, isn’t it?
In related news, the scalable platform on which the 2016 MG GS SUV is built on will be adapted for a Nissan Juke-rivaling crossover (due in 2017) and a Nissan X-Trail-sized crossover SUV. It’s a pity MG doesn’t make anything resembling a two-seater roadster these days, but then again, the days of tweed jackets and pipe tobacco are long gone into the annals of history. You see, people move on, and so do carmakers.
The selling point of the 2016 MG GS SUV, however, is the price. At £14,995, the high-riding model is sensibly cheaper than the 2016 Nissan Qashqai Visia, as in £3,550 less expensive than the most popular compact crossover in the United Kingdom. At the other end of the spectrum, the best-equipped MG GS there is costs £20,995 comes with goodies that also include a dual-clutch transmission.
“This car offers so much for comparatively little, making it the SUV to choose,” declared Matthew Cheyne, the head of sales and marketing at MG Motor. “The specification on these cars is phenomenal and when you add in the five-year warranty it’s a no-brainer. There are some really great features as well, such as the adjustable rear seats that not only recline but fold completely flat making it adaptable for whatever the customer’s lifestyle."
Regarding competitive advantage, the 2016 MG GS SUV has a couple of things to be proud of, as in more torque than its 2WD gasoline competitors with 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) and more power than competitor 2WD gasoline models (122 kW or 164 bhp). Not bad for a compact sport utility vehicle with a fuel-efficient 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder under its hood, isn’t it?
In related news, the scalable platform on which the 2016 MG GS SUV is built on will be adapted for a Nissan Juke-rivaling crossover (due in 2017) and a Nissan X-Trail-sized crossover SUV. It’s a pity MG doesn’t make anything resembling a two-seater roadster these days, but then again, the days of tweed jackets and pipe tobacco are long gone into the annals of history. You see, people move on, and so do carmakers.
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