That sounds about right! Aircon & sat/nav would be a must not awsome but ideally I would like a lightweight car that handles well and a turbo engine with as you stated 200 HP ah oh and topless!!!

 

Supercharged would be better.

 

Well made, lower, lighter and at least 230bhp, so it can rival the elise and vx would be my choice. A proper track day/ road use car.

 

RWD is a must, front engined would be nice but mid engined does have a lot going for it.

It's got to handle at least as well as a TF, and be quicker than an MX5. It needs to have a cloth roof and not a folding metal one.

200 hp would be nice, but it must be affordable. Needs to be priced at or just below the MX5. It's got to be fairly light is the key.

 

Aye that for starters plus no "self-destructing" tyres, be reliably assembled, make a nice noise, not have underpinnings from the "what have we got left" bins, a tint-top windscreen, and not have the ground clearance of a soft-roader.

 

mid-engined, more power

optional air-con, optional sat-nav, optional heated-seats

 

I'd like it to be like John said, maybe with a Targa roof, and ideally for £5000 :rofl:

 

Actually I've changed my mind I'd like it to be free(for me anyway)

 

It has to handle better than the mx5 and be priced the same or slightly lower.

 

Lock half a dozen of their R & D people in a room and get them to read the last 2 years of threads off this forum.
Result - The PERFECT TF (hopefully lol)

 

Great idea! Then we would have exactly the same car but with really good tyres!

 

Ha ha! Genius! :0)

 

Strange that MG don't know about the plan to have a new TF by 2014. I went on a factory tour recently and the official MG line on a new two seater convertable is that, if there is going to be one, it is still a very long way off. As they seem to be concentrating on cars for the Chinese home market to get the volume sales they need it seems that tin tops will be a priority for some time.

 

I read it on here somewhere, so it must be true?!







:badaboom:

 

We could make the car out of the strongest known metal in the world!!!














The engine cover !!! :badaboom:

 

Mid engine 2 litre petrol, 6 speed box, TF styling retained, fully usable petrol tank, soft top as is, glass rear screen, fuller instrument pack (oil pressure, ammeter), front splitter, AP brakes, stronger build, better body sound proofing - to give a solid clunk to the doors. Trophy Blue!

Best thing would be the 6 speed box

 

Agreed... + Proper Adjustable Suspension (Not hydra hopefully )

 

I'd like an MG where the radio works 50% of the time

 

I don't think a new TF will ever happen - consider how slow they were to get the MG6 on sale here and now the long wait even for a diesel engined version, then how long will it be until the MG3 is launched here, judging on performance so far, there is no chance

Hope I am proved wrong though :lol:

 

Here by 2014???
I'm no expert, but that would surely mean that it was already beyond the drawing board and presumably as far ahead as clay models, wind tunnel tests etc. Now, I'm pretty certain that hasn't happened, so I would take what you've heard with a rather large pinch of salt (where did that rather strange expression come from? :lol

 

wind tunnel tests etc.

Why bother? they did'nt with the F AFAIK! hence the reason for the splitter being needed!

 

echo the comments above. regrettably, I don't think it will ever happen.
I seem to recall it being said that any car that is built by the chinese will need to be sold in China, and due to the pollution, a convertible is unlikely to sell.
There have been various reports in Autocar over the last year or so.

This one shows the new convertible arriving in 2016... four years from now, strange that they were saying in 2010 that it would arrive in 2014... four years away... Much as I would love to see it, I will beleive it when it's sitting in the showrooms.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mg-next-five-years

 

Sorry it was a typo, I ment 3014 :lol:

 

I believe the 2014 date comes from the new Autocar magazine which is mostly filed in the 'fiction' section at my local newsagent.

There is a timescale of models and launches for all the car range that the dealers have, its on here somewhere... and a far off 2 seater is on that list. Its a quite ambitious list and so are the timescales from what I remember, if they can stick to the launch date on the first couple then It would be nice to see. One thing we've constantly seen so far has been delayed launch dates which certainly with the TF and 85TH relaunches saw them going on sale in the Autumn and didn't help things on the sales front.


Personally I wonder, given the line from the workers at Longbridge from day one of Chinese ownership has been that a two seater is just not a priority for a Chinese car manufacturer so any such car will/would be way off even if they could convince, and the question I hear everytime I go to Longbridge from someone is 'When is the TF replacement' coming this isn't just a date/brief to answer that.

 

That's madness!! Why on earth would you put what is essentially very well put together in terms of handling on the market with such a flaw when it could be fixed for very little money?

 

They put a whole range of cars out with flawed engines? Why change the habit?

 

I'd like a diesel option so I can get more miles for my money.

 

So you'd rather have a small petrol engine with forced induction then

 

Get SAIC to buy Lotus, rebody the elise, instant mid engine MG

 

Hell no! I'd rather saic sell mg to someone else tbh

 

And you think saic have?

 

I thought all major Chinese company's were state owned? maybe I`m wrong but is so that means they have all the wealth of china behind them if they choose to do so.

Paul

 

plug the gap left by the s2000... keep the weight down, front engined rwd 240bhp with tuneability into the 1000s

reliability

Aircon would be neccisary evil but should be an option for the EU market mainly

satnav as an option that again i wouldn't take

 

Trophy hydragas suspension.... that way there will be loads of spares about for a while

 

I'd like it NOT to have:

1.A loose rear view mirror.
2.Rattly windows.
3.Water ingress over the door speakers.
4.Cardboard heater resistors.
5.Hood lock.
6.Poor dash lighting.

Without these,I'd be reasonably happy.


Regards.

 

Now your just being picky :lol: