MG, the British auto brand that is owned by China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has unveiled a brand new concept in Beijing. Called the MG ZERO the concept was developed by MG’s Global Design team led by British MG Design Director Anthony Williams-Kenny who is based in Birmingham, something that was heavily emphasized in the press release.
The press release which did not point out what powers the concept revealed that the ZERO “previews the design direction of the brand and demonstrates how MG can expand into this high- volume sector of the market.”
It is a compact concept which is 4 meters in length and is expected to feature small displacement engines both normally-aspirated and force-inducted if it goes into production. A report by ChinaCarTimes revealed that it could be sold in China as the Roewe 150 or the MG2 joining the MG TF and the MG6 which will be launched in the UK by the end of this year. An image gallery can be found after the jump.
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wow… so edgy
savvy dna
kinda agree…
i can see savvy dna
nice interior but exterior really swt……
Savvy? I can see polo-DNA here
yeah!!i thought i saw VW at first!!it’s more of a Polo/Golf look!
Agree… I thought it was VW.
yup… that’s my 1st impression, VW… tak boleh belah…
chinese cars….rubbish
MG is not chinese brand
it is
to be exact, a brit brand owned by Chinese 100%
Its own by SAIC ( Shanghai Auto Int Corp ), 8th largest car producer in world today. MG is Europe brand buy by SAIC
savvy?i cant see how this looks like savvy…..it looks more like polo
proton extremist.. they think everyone else in the world copies from them.
Chinese car with VW grill.
Looks like a VW Polo with modified Front and rear. Not cool.
benda biasa ada sama iras sikit. Hyundai dan Kia today pun byk sama ngan BMW Merc
Seen the real one on the stage. It is a very beautiful crafted compact car. Took a few photos of it. Look the model standing next to it too… ( drool)
Shall see the actual model first….But from the design, its kinda not bad. However, it seems to resembles like an European car…….
Don’t know whether is it another “copy and paste” act by the china company……
now this is a car.
not some shoe u chinamen put wheels beneath it.
the influence of DS3 is huge i think. but overall its a new concept. kudos to MG.
now dont get any china people near that drawing. they will ruin it.
WTF?
What? Do you think in designing a car is just like make an AisBatuCampur….main campur2?
Just take a little bit of AUDI identity..little bit of FORD identity..and CITROEN little bit?
Ooouughh…come on..
In designing a car, must have our own identity. For example one of it, the continuity of the flowing car body from the headlight to the tailight… All of it must look alike a one package of design… Best example nowdays..MAZDA, have such a strong identity….
Although, non all of us do likes a “copy and paste” technology…(orang lain penat2 perah otak nk design, kamu senang2 je yee nk campur aduk??)
come aa…don’t be so lazy to do your DESIGN THINGKING…
Mazda? Issit? They reminded me of the smiling Peugeots.. RX-8 and MX-5 is the only exception.
why can the savvy look like this….sigh.
looks futuristic…
luckily MG’s design did not end up same fate as the Saab 9-5.. lol…
http://paultan.org/2010/04/21/how-the-chinese-saab-9-5-looks-like/
side profile and wheelbase looks similar to savvy. not the same but equivalent. i have been driving a savvy for the past 4 years. never driven or been in a vw polo, so cannot comment lah …
similar pose from proton savvy :http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/997CC9ADACD1974FCA25713B00023B2B
i wished they had retained the proton savvy lights when they made the new proton saga : http://www.shutterspeaks.com/?p=277