Thread: MG Ute ?

Talk about lipstick on a pig

I thought the cars were fugly. A complete travesty on a once great name.

I often take the rubbish to the dump in mine

Originally Posted by jerryd

I often take the rubbish to the dump in mine

That's gorgeous. First MG I ever saw was a TC. Sister's boyfriend had one*. BRG and Tan of course. Nice to see a colourful one.

* Later he sold it and got a TwinCam A. Lovely, but not the same.

Saw the title, thought you meant the MGB ute, rather than the current garbage.

We had one of the current pieces of garbage for a Hire car last weekend in Brissy. Certainly built to a price but actually better than I was expecting in most departments and miles ahead of a Haval.

Biggest issue is power (Lack thereof) - the poor little 1.5 litre in it would be more at home running a lawnmower I think. Needed to get it over 5000RPM to make it get up to speed. Once there though it was actually ok. Visibility is good and it doesn't squeak or rattle (yet). Seats were cozy - designed for smaller bums than mine that's for sure. Turning circle is larger than you'd expect too but the whole thing is built to a price. The one we had is around $25K driveaway (ZST Core) and has adaptive cruise control and most of the bells and whistles you'd expect these days.

I wouldn't run out and buy one but I can see why they are becoming popular as a second car etc that doesn't need to meet the expectations of the main drive.

I don't disagree about the sentiments around the ute, but it's a rebadged LDV T60, not a Great Wall.
LDV and MG are both brands of Shanghai Automotive (SAIC) and Great Wall/Haval is a separate brand (privately owned I think, so no CCP involved. Possibly.).

It's for exactly these sentiments of "that's not an MG!" that it is branded as an LDV here. Which, given LDV's commercial vans origin, makes a lot more sense than calling it an MG!

Well, bear in mind that originally, MGs were simply rebadged Morriss Oxfords with an aluminium body made by a taxi company. So there is ample historical justification for putting the badge on another car by the same manufacturer!