Rumormill: Chinese-owned MG planning TF roadster successor
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/" rel="tag">Convertible</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a></p><a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24740 2"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/mgtfreprise.jpg" /></a><br />
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Although it probably plummeted off your radar around the time "My Humps" and "Don' Cha" were topping the charts, the MG TF remains in production. Well, kind of - the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/06/report-production-lines-halted-at-mgs-longbridge-plant-this-i/">factory was idled</a> last year, but it will restart in April. After this year, however, the owners of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/MG/">MG</a>, China's SAIC, have called full-time on the mid-engined convertible. As an encore, MG is considering building a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive convertible that has the <em>cojones</em> to say "I'm looking at you, punk" to the Mazda MX5/Miata.<br />
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Of course that will necessitate light weight chassis, peerless dynamics and a cozy cabin. It also necessitates a new RWD platform, which is something SAIC isn't currently in possession of and doesn't want to foot the bill for alone. Assuming SAIC can hook up with a partner or the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/23/saic-owned-mg-launches-mg-6-first-all-new-car-in-14-years/">MG6</a> and its sibling sell like bottled water when they're introduced to Europe, the new roadster will come online around 2013. The odds are long, surely, but the fact that we're still talking about the possibility of a brand new MG warms the cockles.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24740 2">Autocar</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/15/rumormill-chinese-owned-mg-planning-tf-roadster-successor/">Rumormill: Chinese-owned MG planning TF roadster successor</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:32:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=24740 2>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/15/rumormill-chinese-owned-mg-planning-tf-roadster-successor/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19357595/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/15/rumormill-chinese-owned-mg-planning-tf-roadster-successor/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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