MG 550: English luxury, Chinese priceDiscuss this car of UK origin, which is manufactured in China and arrives for r $ 94,789
The front of MG excels by personality
Inside, he has something of the BMW. Outside, is a car classudo and impressive that comes to fight with the Audi A4, the Mercedes C200 and the BMW 320. Discover the MG 550, an English model done in China.
Ops, China? Then you do not need quality?
Nope. Although the image of China is still associated with poor quality products, in the case of MG history is another. Little known in Brazil, MG is a traditional English mark, gained by SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) in 2005. Assembly of 550 is made in China, but with English standards.
At least meets walking in the car. The finisher struck, as well as the level of equipment. The reference to the BMW was not by chance. From 1994 to 2000, the company of Munich was in command of the operations of multiple English brands, among them MG, Rover Mini, and Land Rover. Currently, only the Mini belongs to the German group, but the Chinese SAIC inherited a product that still brings a little DNA of the BMW. The case of the Panel: the shapes resemble the templates from the German mark. And are not only the shapes. The texture and maciez to tap show that the quality has followed the style. The key to tighten also reveals the source BMW.
17" Wheels this car is equipped with
In the list of equipment (series) are items such as leather seats with adjustments electrical, air conditioning, digital (independent) calibration, solar roof, sensor de Réverse with camera, automatic exchange of five gears(with levers on the steering wheel), traction control, etc.
Space is also not problem: thanks to clearances of 2.7 metres, the car 4.6 metres offers comfortable accommodation for five occupants. The internal finishing merges leather and aluminum ribs, a composition lightweight and good taste.
The engine 1.8 Turbo hatting variable and 170 cv gives deliverance, and gives good performance with the model 1,486 kilos. The operation is quiet, and the automatic exchange of five marches are well-spaced. The shifter on the steering wheel may be exchanged, height and depth calibration and still brings the sound commands and speed controller. A screen in panel allows you to view multiple controls of the vehicle, including sound, air conditioning and even navigation system (even without the map). The instruments combines account-rotations analog and digital speedometer.
The English Flag shows the origin of the mark, however, production line is in China.
17 wheels come with wide tyres and low profile (215/50), which showed good behavior and forwarded safety, even in curves with the wet floor. Disk brakes on four wheels, ABS, also have good answers. MG 550 is the first model of the trade mark in Brazil. Sales are scheduled to begin in June, at a price of $ 94,789. According to the entrepreneur Juarez de Souza, MG Motors Brazil, this price covers only the cost of importing more the Commission of the seller. It ensures that the regular price of the car should be $ 120 billion, but want to keep this promotional price for the first 200 units. The guarantee is three years. Initially, the only store tag is located on Avenida Europe in São Paulo.
The test model is unique in the June edition of the magazine Autoesporte, already in bunkers.
Instrument has digital speedometer and account-analog rounds
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