Before you say it... NO, I don't search around for articles that say how
horrible the MG is!
What I do enjoy is generating a little debate where I learn a great deal
when those "in-the-know" pass comment on these opinions. As a new
"enthusiast" I do not have the knowledge necessary to judge the validity
or otherwise of these scribblings.
I just happened to surf across the following 1997 review of the new
release MGF in an Australian newspaper.
Friday, February 28th, 1997 (Sydney Morning Herald)
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"I owned an MGB." Pause. "For a short time." Look of exasperation
crosses face. Emphasis and expression leave no doubt what Gerry McGovern
really thinks of the MG that everyone remembers. Rover's chief designer
and the man responsible for shaping the first new MG in 30 years, which
goes on sale in Australia tomorrow, prefers wearing a chunky Breitling
watch to rose-coloured glasses.
He may not want to admit it publicly, but you can see he knows the MGB
was an awful car. A decade old in the early 1970s, the B was, by the
generally low standards of the day, poorly engineered, maintenance
intensive, often unreliable, rather slow and quite uncomfortable. But it
did provide the thrill, when running rather than rusting, of low-slung,
top-down driving for a relatively low price.
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That final grudging compliment (if you can call it that) always seems to
get tagged on to these negative reviews!
The article then went on to RAVE about the MGF (with only a little
whinge about the room in the cockpit and the fact that the early release
model did not have an adjustable steering wheel).
Read all about it at:
http://www.smh.com.au/drive/content/970228/cover/cover1.html
Eric
'68MGB MkII
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