Gordon might enjoy reading the report from page 255 about remuneration and bonuses

www.londonlovesbusiness.com/Journals/2012/02/02/BI...f

One thing not mentioned is the head gasket failure problem which damaged the company reputation. None of the owners sorted it.

And also competition with Daewoo was hard, who were selling cars in Uk fro 95 to 99 without a dealer network and with free servicing . Daewoo themselves went bust in 99.

Didn't the aftermarket specialists quickly come up with a steel gasketwhich cured the head gasket problems permanently?

There has been uproar about the BHS affair but relatively little nationwide reaction to this news,

Why would there be a lot of reaction? Most people aren't aware of MG and the cars they produce and stopping production here in the UK is not a big story in any way.

This is not about the Chinese, but about the greed of individuals and venture capitalists (Phones4u anyone) (BHS)(name others at will,,, (I still have a phones 4 u contract active on the life network £6 amonth 1000 minutes 1 gb data) taking control of who they can and borrowing pots of money, awarding themselves a nice bonus nice salaries and then letting the Co go to the wall. who gets stiffed? shareholders/bankers and sadly and most importantly the workers.

I stll have friends who were ex BL/Rover/MGR employees and are still suffering the financial effects of the collapse.

One sad bit is that the chinese listened to the marketting men/PR who said that the MG brand could be revived.

A few years ago in this forum i stated that at £9995 ish the MG6 would have walked itself out of the showrooms selling in good numbers.

In fact the last MG6 petrols sold for £8995

The MG3 should be sold at £7995 base model with 5 years warranty/servicing/breakdown cover.

Edited by oldroverboy. on 30/09/2016 at 14:56

Few dealers wouldn't have been a problem 30 years ago when the faults that couldn't be fixed with a hammer a crow bar would suffice, they are just too complicated now unless the vahicle is a modern but simple and well proved, like Japanese 4x4's destined for remote areas for example.

Rover whatever it was called had such bad publicity, and an overwhelming motoring writers general disdain that anything to do with the Rover name is fighting an uphill battle.

So steeped are people in what some motoring writers say that i still hear people slating a particular car because Top Gear or some other semi juvenile entertainment show were disparaging about it when comparing it with the current favourite concrete sprung product.

Maybe there's good reason people are herded at airports and such places, so many are sheeplike and seem unable to form an opinion of their own.

You should have been right, ORB - and you would have been if the cars had been good enough.

The cars would have been good enough at the right price!

I have driven both, am MG6 1.8 petrol and an MG3 and while they are not the latest fashion/engineering etc at the right price they would sell.

Dacia prove the point. If you look at what an mg3 costs to produce the pricing is possible, and as an add on comment, the MG GS is overpriced too by £2500-3000.

It should be marketed against the Ssangyong tivoli not the korando or the suzuki vitara.

But the pr men have got their word in...

Read this for a "review" www.whatcar.com/news/mg-gs-vs-suzuki-vitara/

Edited by oldroverboy. on 30/09/2016 at 16:38