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    "Open-top "Icon" is the new MG sportscar" - Auto Express

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    Post by patpending Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:13 am

    "Open-top "Icon" is the new MG sportscar" - Auto Express Mg-roadster-1

    I am indebted to French spies for this story and the above photoshop:

    http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mg/59305/mg-roadster-back-suv

    New MG Roadster will be based on the Icon concept, with classic MGB touches - and our exclusive images show how it could look

    MG hopes to appeal to a new generation of enthusiasts with this modern-day interpretation of legendary sports cars like the MGB.


    The car is likely to go on sale in 2015, starting at around £14,000.

    Other interviews in the press have said that there is no priority to make a new sportscar, but that a new sportscar will be a modern interpretation.

    It's true that Jukes seem pretty popular and the new Evoque is evidently doing well. These cars are the new sportscars!
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    Post by Windy Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:24 am

    I think it will look quite different to that image and much more stylish!
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    Post by patpending Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:36 am

    Windy wrote:I think it will look quite different to that image and much more stylish!
    I already find that photoshop prettier than the Icon...
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    Post by Windy Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:21 am

    Or maybe not?


    “We want to create something that's seen as the next breed of sports car," Lindley told us.

    He reassured us that it doesn't have to mean we're getting a production version of this year's Icon concept - a small SUV coupe wearing the face of an MGB. That's no-one's idea here of a sports car, but it's hard to imagine how they're going to reinvent the classic two-seat, rear-drive roadster set-up.

    “The traditional sports car industry is shrinking and shrinking," said Lindley. He also pointed out that China doesn't buy sports cars, a problem when right now the majority of MG sales are over there, although it has big plans for European expansion.

    See: http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26709
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