[Mgs] The Chinese guys don't get it

[Max Heim]

Never mind the styling -- what proves they "don't get it" is the fact that
it is an SUV. MG never made trucks.

Yes, Porsche makes an SUV, but that is also an abomination.

--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 4/12/13 2:20 PM, Don at don at napanet.net wrote:

> Maybe it's beautiful and we are too old or of the wrong culture to
> appreciate it.  Just like music; one tends to favor the things of
> his/her youth.  I love '50s rock 'n roll, but rock music from about
> 1980 on sounds like the Chinese MG looks- awful.
> 
> It would be interesting to get feedback from people of different ages
> and cultures as to how they view the Chinese MG.  I have a fellow
> from Honduras who assists me on taking care of my place.  He is the
> same age as me, 63, who came to the US about 15 years ago.  He thinks
> my MGs are ugly, and likes the looks of new Toyotas and Hondas.  I
> wonder if that may be because he didn't see MGs or similar cars when
> he was a kid and young adult.
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> Don Scott,  Calistoga CA USA
> 1955 MGTF, 1962 MGA Mk 2, 1967 MGB, 1963-7 MGB (seeking), Misc. Japanese cars
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 5 PM 4/12/2013, David F. Darby wrote:
>> That is a sinister-looking design.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
>> Behalf Of Hans Duinhoven
>> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 2:36 PM
>> To: mgs at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Mgs] The Chinese guys don't get it
>> 
>> http://www.autoweek.nl/nieuws/23011/mg-met-suv-concept-maar-shanghai
>> 
>> Some new info what the Chinese guys are planning with MG.
>> Sorry for the Dutch text - the pics will tell enough.
>> 
>> Nothing to find back of the original MG spirit.
>> So they may keep it.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Hans Duinhoven
>> 
>> Still happy with the spirit of my '71 BGT