[Closed] The sad end of MG...

MG was part of Rover, who may also be in the process of being taken over ..by a larger manufacturer. Rover cars aren't cheap, but the vehicles are somewhat " elegant, in the European sense of the past Austins(Healeys, Minis), 4 eg.). I wish Rover would venture to North America again.

Take a look at the Rover website -some nice cars, as are the Europeans, Renault, & Peugeot. If NA consumers warm up to ecvonomical, but pricey/Euro - styled cars, maybe they will come. Don't be afraid, GM, Ford,already has a lot of stake in these companies, and Renault already saved Nissan-one might be the savior of Gm...never know!!

Morgan should buy the rights to MG, and make a Classic MG again !

This would be a Perfect fit for Morgan !

Check out http://www.gomog.com for a Great Morgan Photo ! Morgan with an MG Grill ?

That nice Blue Morgan would look very nice with an MG Grill !

Thanks 4 the fill-in story, John; I hadn't remembered details..

..the models shown on the website seem nice, tho, the 2 larger models, especially-45/75, I think!

I previously mentioned Euro models coming to NA, and

Renault saving Nissan. The Savior was a CEO named Ghosn, who, I hear, GM wants badly....importing, thus, may not be " all bad " ,necessarily, eh???:o)

Eulogy to MG

If you own a car with only two seats, meant to be driven for the joy of driving rather than being a road-going appliance to get you somewhere -- whether it has a BMW roundel, Porsche crest, a stylized Mazda M or Chevy bow tie on it, it owes its existence in the US to the MG. Many years ago, they rightly earned the name "The sports car America loved first". The spindly TC's started the sports car movement in the US when returning WWII vets brought them back from England. The Sports Car Club of America got its start as an MG club. Major automotive events, ranging from the US Grand Prix to the Pebble Beach Councours d'Elegance were started by groups of MG owners. The first American to win a World Championship started his racing career in an MG. On a personal note, the toy car that got me interested in sports cars was a model of an MG.

MGs were and are cantankerous. Best known for hemorraging lubrication systems, mysterious fuel systems and flickering electrical systems, their foibles were more like pranks they played on their drivers than threats to their existence. Stuff stops working -- you may drive home on one headlight, the horn may choose to work on its own terms and only a fool goes out in one without one or two extra quarts of oil, but even after 50 years on the road, my MG has never stranded me anywhere. MGs were friendly cars. Owning an MG was like adopting a puppy (and left as many puddles on your garage floor). They were the Gilbert and Sullivan to Mercedes Benz, Porsche and BMW's Wagner - you can enjoy them without feeling that everyone else on the road is an idiot who should get out of your way.

In the 1950s and 60s, the terms "English" and "sports car" combined as an entity. The world of sports cars that every man could afford consisted of MGs, Triumphs and Austin Healeys. When MG competed against the likes of Porsche, Ferrari and Maserati and provided spirited competion, or even won, the represented the victory of the common man against the elite. This innocence is lost with the passing of their racing team.

Abingdon-on-Thames has long been shuttered, but Longbridge, the adopted home of MG, still produces a car with some of the cheeky friendliness of the MG. The New Mini is a success and carries on many of the traits that gave the MG its character. Those of us who are lucky enough to be caretakers of MGs will hold them a little closer to our hearts.

Socialism wrecks enterprise.

In the bad old days of the 1970's (Britain's pre-Maggie dark ages) the Labour Government of the People's Republic of Great Britain bailed out this nationalised multi-billion ?loss-making pile of something-or-other. Then when a few years ago the Alchemy Group proposed to buy MG-Rover, the supposedly non-socialist New Labour party meddled with things and forced the sale to be made to the less competent Phoenix Group, as the latter made unrealistic promises to preserve more jobs than Alchemy. What then happened was that Phoenix showed their inexperience and incompetence, and ended up preserving no jobs at all, as the entire company went down the bog! If the free market had been allowed to function, Alchemy would have bought the company, and it would still exist, albeit in a slimmed down form.

John, I'm sorry to see MG go. Seems like all my old friends are leaving. Oldsmobile, now MG.

When MG's started showing up in the US they were simply called "Sports Cars." If I looked up Sports Car in the encyclopedia I would expect to see a picture of an MG-TC.

Maybe, with MG's demise, the diecasters will get busy making some TD, TF and A models to keep our lonely little F/M MG-TC company.

I still stop in my tracks when I see an old MG on the street. Reminds me of a simpler time when elegant design and an almost musical exhaust note were appreciated.

If you see an MG parked in a lot, chances are there will be an admiring crowd around it, with lots of pictures being taken.

Betcha' wouldn't have an auto factory in your town...

..if the company (any of 'em )didn't get concessions ..up the ying-yang..before " settling on location "...social enterprise...ransom, I call it!!

Rover, V8, Buick and Triumph & Aztek

I live in Lansing Michigan, grew up in Flint. Drive past the closed Olds plant every day. Saw them knocking down Buick this past weekend. Genesee county just took over the GM world Research center, 500,000 sq ft, built in 1994 for $10. My cars refect my history , Own a Triumph TR8, sports car reminds me of my college days. It has the Buick motor V8 from the early 60s which was sold to Rover. Buy GM, Aztek to help family, Father , Brother, Father-in-law, Aunts , Uncles all worked for GM. All gone now, more amd more cars being built in Canada or Mexico and Motors comming from China

That was a " great reason to buy ",Ivan, all kiddin' aside!!..LOL

While you're at it, throw in the social do-gooders

Lawyers and politicians that think they can design cars.

The MGB was a beautiful little car before NHSTAzies got at it and jacked it up in the air to meet some silly minimum headlight height requirement (why don't they regulate the maximum height so the lights on some foolish Slow, Ugly Vehicle don't shine right in your back window) and stuck ugly rubber bumpers on it.

Thats a Great thought ! BMW could buy the rights to MG, and make it in the MINI Cooper plant !