[Mgs] The Chinese guys don't get it

Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca
Sat Apr 13 08:30:28 MDT 2013


I hear Boeing's next super big passenger jet will be called the Spitfire.


At 04:31 PM 4/12/2013 -0700, Max Heim wrote:
>Not disagreeing, but... If you have a brand that is famous for sports cars,
>but only among baby boomers, what is the point of using it to sell SUVs to
>GenXers or millennials?
>
>Potential customers (for the most part) have never heard of MG, so there's
>no "rub off" value there. People who remember MG probably have zero interest
>in Chinese SUVs (hence all the scoffing on this list).
>
>Yes, if they want to sell cars to a mass market, they need to make
>contemporary-looking cars in a popular market segment, agreed. But it makes
>no sense at all to drag the MG name into it. They might as well pick two
>random letters out of a hat..."ND" or "PB". Or if they want to sound Olde
>English, pull out another extinct brand, like Wolsely or Lanchester, that at
>least was known for family cars. Is "Austin" available? How about
>"Standard"? Heck, might as well go for "Morris".
>
>
>
>
>on 4/12/13 3:47 PM, Paul Root at ptrmgb at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > It is a huge segment of the auto industry. It's what people want. 
> Whether they
> > should or not. It's hard to make a profit on things that the majority of
> > people don't want.
> >
> > Evolve or die.
> >
> > On Apr 12, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Max Heim wrote:
> >
> >> 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
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>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
>it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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Barrie
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