Mike Packwood

Have you ever seen an MG6 on the road. No? Me neither.  I know where there is one though. The Ford dealer in Penarth Road Cardiff is one of the 30 odd MG dealers around the UK and has one or two tucked away in the corner of its forecourt. I drive past them every day but have never actually sen one moving. Since it was relaunched into the UK a couple of years ago I think its fair to say that sales haven't exactly set the world alight, numbering just a few hundred. Many of those were sold to AVIS as rental cars. I wonder if anyone has actually spent their own money on one?  Its difficult to understand what the Chinese owners motivation is, why they're bothering at all. Presumably they're trying to earn some kudos by creating a few jobs here assembling them and trade on the tenuous link to MG still being in some way British. Home market sales have been strong so why bring the cars here at all, if all they can hope to achieve is sales of a few hundred a year an...