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#1 ·
Well, I've swallowed my anti Chinese pride and we've ordered a Smokey Blues MG3Style.

It's certainly not a terribly quick car, but drives really well, with the sweetest gearbox imaginable, and a wonderfully uncluttered dashboard with classy controls and switches. It makes that of my daughter's Fiesta look absolutely crass. It has a very solid feel and I find it very comfortable and roomy. The boot is a good shape, but not enormous. The engine is almost inaudible at tickover, and revs freely.

There are likely extras not included in the ÂŁ9999 price - in our case metallic paint, leather seats, spare wheel, mats, universal phone mounting thingy. No go-faster stripes etc., thank you very much.

Delivery may be as late as December.

Now I have to sell the BGT............it's a very nice 70H in flame red. Once that has gone, I'll have absolutely no excuse to go car hunting, probably for years. The TF and Jag S-Type are here to stay.
 
#9 ·
Total price ÂŁ11052 -9999 gives the extras price = ÂŁ1053

Metallic paint is ÂŁ395
Leather ÂŁ500
Spare wheel ÂŁ99
Phone clamp ÂŁ29
Mats ÂŁ30


The local MG dealer has taken orders for about 15 MG3s. Apparently there may be a bit of a delay if you order leather seats, as we have. Otherwise delivery should be within a month or so, I believe. Also, the top model (ÂŁ9999) is selling best, as it's price and spec compare so favourably with Fiestas etc.
 
#13 ·
Sorry - no pictures. They are quite plain seats. The centre panels are black leather and side bolsters (which get to very knocked about in some cars) are black vinyl. The stitching is red. The seats look pretty good in my view, not at all flashy. They are comfortable, and seem to provide decent support, but you never really know about that until you've spent many hours in the car, and done a long journey or two.
 
#27 ·
I was going to order the cloth seats when I looked at pictures of the car. The dealer had a car in the showroom with the leather and could not resist them so nice they are. Supportive no slipping around like with some leather seats. There is some anti slip material on the edges of the seats. The red stitching on leather looks great. The car feels solid and well made inside the leather adds the luxury.
 
#31 ·
Extended 5 year warranty for years 4 and 5 (60k-100k miles) = ÂŁ519-629 (just for year 4 (80k-100k), ÂŁ419-479).

Servicing for three years, ÂŁ550.

http://mg.co.uk/mg3/configurator?configurator_order[order_string]=3ST-NDW-N_1_1-P00-B00-G00-X00-I00-D16-EXW4A-FPSY&angle=1

The important thing is going to be "what is covered?"
Or more importantly. Will there be any MG dealers trading in five years time.