I read the same thing at the time. I also feel that an MG SUV would be a
ludicrous travesty... but then, so are the Porsche SUV, the BMW SUV, ad
nauseam...
on 10/1/01 5:13 PM, MGTD1952@cs.com at MGTD1952@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/1/01 6:32:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, kmr@pil.net
> writes:
>
>> No joke, it's in the works... What will they call an MG SUV?
>>
> Interesting. At the British Legends on the Lawn show last weekend in
> Whippany NJ, Richard Miller, Director of MG Drivers Club, gave a lecture on
> MG history where he mentioned that BMW, upon selling the Range Rover to Ford,
> arranged the sale so that the MG Rover Car Company could never manufacture a
> 4 wheel drive SUV-type vehicle that would compete with the Range Rover. He
> essenatialy said there wouldn't (couldn't) be an MG or Rover SUV.
>
> Steve in NJ
>
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