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MG TF is a new edge for the brand (Feb 02)
So maybe I haven’t reached a mid-life crisis yet (or perhaps because my life has always been more or less of a crisis anyway that one more is unnoticeable), but I’ve never yearned for a two-seater sports car, writes Brian Byrne. Big cars are more my thing. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a sports car when given the chance. Full Story.


MG X

MG details upcoming cars (Mar 01)

MG Rover Group has released advance information on three new MG model ranges due for launch in the autumn, writes Trish Whelan. Each range is currently identified only by its internal project code - X10, X20 (above) and X30. They're based on Rover vehicles, but are considerably more sporty. full story

MG ZT

MG ZT is a billboard dazzler (Feb 02)
Big, bluntly aggressive, and its front end with all that heavy mesh looked down from the billboard near the Red Cow Roundabout on the day I was travelling to collect the car, writes Trish Whelan. It set my pulses racing even then. And a very short time afterwards, the ZT190 became, for me, the best car in MG Rover’s new range. Full Story.

On the Algarve beat (Mar 02)
They call them mountains in the Algarve, writes Trish Whelan. Really, they’re little more than hills. But they do have some really bad roads in that neck of the woods. Just like here. I suppose we were lucky in a way that it was off-season which meant much less traffic. Negotiating the twisty mountain road from the coast up to Monchique and on to Silves wasn’t exactly a doddle. Full Story.