Is it me? Or is it real? There appears to be more MG 3’s on the road every day. Fun styling, paint and decals makes for an attractive package, and while 106 bhp does not lend itself to neck-breaking acceleration, it is obviously enough for the Pattaya traffic.
The push by MG is not just in Thailand, where they are assembled, but the agency in Australia is also predicting big increases in sales down-under.
Price-wise it begins under 500,000 baht, so it is not being thrust into the eco group with Nissan March and Mitsubishi Mirage leading this section of the market.
MG does try and use the fact that MG history goes right back to the 1920’s with Cecil Kimber and Morris Garages building the first MG’s. Somehow I don’t think the current MG’s have any real connection to the roots of the name.
I should show my hand here, having owned several MG TC’s, raced MGA and MGB and was a works race driver for the company, so I admit to difficulties in relating to these “new” MG’s.
However, with more and more on the road, not everyone has such difficulties!
