<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17752">Well, those may not be good examples - TVR and Lotus have both gone in and out of bankruptcy over the years, as well as multiple owners. And yeah, while MG</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17773" dir="ltr">is no longer the same as it was under BMC and Leyland, there is a lineage there. Most of their intended market has no idea what they 'used' to be, anyway, and</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17794" dir="ltr">probably wouldn't care. We are not part of their intended market.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17839" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17855" dir="ltr">Dan D</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17856" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17731"><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17857" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17861" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17860" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17859" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17858" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17862" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Barrie Robinson via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 1, 2016 9:36 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17864"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17863" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Mgs] MG GS<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17871" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0702040283">
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There are two situations. The one where someone takes over
the company and continues with the product. Examples are TVR and
Lotus. The other is where the company is bought for its
badge. Example Bugatti, Perfect view on this
stuck-on badge thing is Pierre Cardin whose name is on a whole host of
products which he <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454415062953_17873">never </b>goes even remotely near. He says if
you don't know that he is <b>only </b>into haunt couture then tough
if you buy a product outside his domain just because it has his name is
on it. Putting a badge on an item does not do anything but
pull in the punters - it does not magically change the product.<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
At 09:59 PM 2/1/2016 +0000, David Breneman via Mgs wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" class="yiv0702040283cite" cite=""> From: Barrie Robinson via
Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net><br><br>
> I would never ever buy one. What in Satan's domain has it got
to do<br><br>
> with MG ?? ... <br><br>
<br>
>
...So why buy an MG> that is only labelled as an MG.<br><br>
<br>
What makes an automotive marque authentic? You could argue
that<br>
the 1100 saloon and the 1960s Midget aren't "real" MGs,
either.<br>
Does a ford need to be made in Dearborn to be a real Ford? Is<br>
a new Bentley not a real Bentley because the company is owned by<br>
VW? Is any Cadillac made by GM (since 1909) not authentic?<br>
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