SAIC @ Shanghai Auto Show

docjunior2008 wrote:No problem. I think they're great and can't wait for it to go on sale in the UK.
Do you think it'll look like that?
Doc

well, presuming this is what it will look like in production, I think the question would have to be "won't it look like this?"

To my mind, the wheels are really extreme and they might want to offer a range of different options...

as for colours, nearly all in Britain are silver and grey but that red looks good. I would expect a white and a blue too...

docjunior2008 wrote:No problem. I think they're great and can't wait for it to go on sale in the UK.
Do you think it'll look like that?
Doc

It does look like that!

Although the UK ones will have the steering wheel on the other side along with a few other variations.

Windy wrote:

docjunior2008 wrote:No problem. I think they're great and can't wait for it to go on sale in the UK.
Do you think it'll look like that?
Doc

It does look like that!

Although the UK ones will have the steering wheel on the other side along with a few other variations.

I'm sooooo excited!
Doc

patpending wrote:as for colours, nearly all in Britain are silver and grey but that red looks good. I would expect a white and a blue too...

It is an MG, MGs should have colours like Trophy Yellow, Ignition Blue, Firefrost Red.
I hope SAIC don't forget their traditional MG customers!

Windy wrote:

patpending wrote:as for colours, nearly all in Britain are silver and grey but that red looks good. I would expect a white and a blue too...

It is an MG, MGs should have colours like Trophy Yellow, Ignition Blue, Firefrost Red.
I hope SAIC don't forget their traditional MG customers!

we need an x-power grey too. I wish there were a Primrose Yellow! (only a few hundred 75s)

The LE500 is not available in Green... the most successful colour for the RV8...hope there will be a Racing Green MG6...

The N1 looks a lot more my sized. Will we see an MG version?

skyblueads wrote:The N1 looks a lot more my sized. Will we see an MG version?

I haven't worked out if it's 550 based or a size smaller, if it's smaller then the MG version will be the MG5, otherwise it's an MG6. Although I'm not convinced that an MG needs an internet browser and RSS newsfeed built in!

So if it is ZS sized does that mean it's got the ZS floor? Is the 5 scheduled to be unveiled at the show too?

As true MG fans, we need some red arrows on this picture to point us at the unveiling of the car and away from the dancer's legs!

Top photo!

Doing a bit of China-watching, I take it that the unveilers are two metaphorically-big cheeses...

what about inside what does it look like is it sporty any one got any pics of inside

mckenzie1971 wrote:what about inside what does it look like is it sporty any one got any pics of inside

gambini posted this on mg-rover.org - "same as 550" = "disappointing".

Is that the MG though, the model is wearing the check type Roewe outfit, and the badge isn't very clear.
I want a nice studio style 6 shot for my desktop!

patpending wrote:

It's like the "Buzzcocks" competition to spot the drummer out of Flintlock. Is the second bloke from the left the one who stood in front of one of those car shots?

His name is Davenport. Reports that he was shot for being the black-clad supporting character you had ever heard of in La Femme Nikita were obviously exaggerated...

Davenport, yesterday.



and here's a photo where the top brass are out-pirouetting the dancer:

skyblueads wrote:Is that the MG though, the model is wearing the check type Roewe outfit, and the badge isn't very clear.
I want a nice studio style 6 shot for my desktop!

good spot, that may be a totally different car.

What's the badge on the steering wheel, though? I think it's octagonal - unless it's the Roewe up...

I'd like to see some nice ZS style round alloy vents instead of those black plastic things that remind me of a Skoda!

Although people who have actually seen the car haven't complained so maybe they are better than they look?

They still have time to change then to round alloy ones for the MG though...

Windy wrote:I'd like to see some nice ZS style round alloy vents instead of those black plastic things that remind me of a Skoda!

Although people who have actually seen the car haven't complained so maybe they are better than they look?

They still have time to change then to round alloy ones for the MG though...

you mean the ones for internal ventilation?

The interior shown otherwise looks heavy on chrome, like the LE500, and light on wood, leather or carbon fibre...even on coloured plastic as with the Mk1 Zed options...

patpending wrote:

Windy wrote:I'd like to see some nice ZS style round alloy vents instead of those black plastic things that remind me of a Skoda!

Although people who have actually seen the car haven't complained so maybe they are better than they look?

They still have time to change then to round alloy ones for the MG though...

you mean the ones for internal ventilation?

The interior shown otherwise looks heavy on chrome, like the LE500, and light on wood, leather or carbon fibre...even on coloured plastic as with the Mk1 Zed options...

Yes, I did mean the internal ventilation. You don't need too much chrome or alloy, but the vents on the MKII ZS work well, whereas all those little bits in this pic just look a bit messy to me and the vents look like they might be made from thin and britle plastic! The design just doesn't quite work.

shrwcar posted this from behind the scenes - if it's not a rehearsal, there wasn't a big crowd at the unveiling ceremony! (Then again, if it's not a rehearsal, the hard hat is surprisingly fashionable in China! )

Here is the Shanghai brand fuel cell car:

And here is the Roewe 550 sports edition:

Yes, maybe especially in Vibrant Orange you can see the W261 family resemblance between the 550 and the 6.

The wheels look very similar, too.

I saw a Triumph 2000 yesterday and noted its wheels are 13-inchers!

How times change!

An N1 Wing Mirror:

Roewe 550 Sport interior, it's looking better than the standard version to me for some reason:

Roewe 750 Hybrid edition:

Electric Fuel Cell Roewe 750:

Windy wrote:Roewe 550 Sport interior, it's looking better than the standard version to me for some reason:

It's the coloured seats and inlays. It only took them a couple of hours to get those in the car after I said I wanted them, too!

NB I see the headlight control is on the dash and not on the stalk...

...and that's the rev counter in front of the steering wheel, so I'd better rush off to that video of a bloke whooshing past a school bus in a 550 to see how the speed is indicated, because I've forgotten. Red LEDs?

The headlight on that Roewe 750 Hybrid edition has a lot of lenses! At least four, where I think my ZT has only two. What's going on there?

The bonnet of this fuel cell car appears to be festooned with an anagram of X-Power. Who owns the brand now? William Riley?

patpending wrote:

Windy wrote:Roewe 550 Sport interior, it's looking better than the standard version to me for some reason:

It's the coloured seats and inlays. It only took them a couple of hours to get those in the car after I said I wanted them, too!

NB I see the headlight control is on the dash and not on the stalk...

...and that's the rev counter in front of the steering wheel, so I'd better rush off to that video of a bloke whooshing past a school bus in a 550 to see how the speed is indicated, because I've forgotten. Red LEDs?

Does anyone know if there are any pictures of the MG6 Interior flying around?
Doc