While the Chinese connection for MG has been building up steadily, with SAIC aggressively marketing the marque in the country, it has all been rather quiet at the place where it all began, until now, that is.
The brand has just been relaunched in the UK, the return being ushered in at the company’s Longbridge facility in Birmingham. To chug things along, there’s a new website as well as an updated logo for the brand – the badge differs from the Chinese version and wil be used exclusively in Europe.
There’s also a product, of course, and this is the MG6, which will carry the flag for the brand’s return to European shores. The fastback version, based on the Roewe 550, is slated to go on sale in the UK sometime in the middle of April, with customer deliveries starting sometime in May. At this point, the car will ship only in 1.8 turbo form, with a five-speed manual gearbox.
Meanwhile, the sedan form is due into the UK around July, with keen interest ramping up its arrival from the third quarter of the year. Hopefully, it’ll be a happier time for the brand with its return home.
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the side profile has the hit of shoulder line from bmw 5/7 series.
MG finally going home in Longbridge in Birmingham….haa hopefully the chinese firm can upgrade to better market…or what?
The chinese have filled the shoes.
is my eyes went wrong?
i can see gen 2 styling in this car
what? come on! Proton styling did better than this, and Gen 2 design was alr there in the early 2000s
This car is awesome….. My colleague driving 1.6 Turbo version and only cost about RM70-75k at Shanghai, China…..
They blindly copy our Proton Gen2 fastback bodystyle! Copycat China!