Aborted skeleton for contingent of brand-new MG sportscar unearthed in brand-new inform
As notlongago as five years ago, iconic British marque MG was in the midst of building three – count ‘em, three – new sportscars, according to various reports. Unfortunately, as MG Rover ran out of capital and was so ld off to Chinese investors, the skeleton never saw a light of day. But that won’t stop us from wondering what could have been.
The plan – known internally as Project X120 – included the deputy for a aging TF model, the inheritor to a petite Midget, as well as an up-market sportscar to take upon a likes of a Porsche Cayman. The plan, however, reportedly got itself into difficulty when engineers satisfied which their skeleton revolved around regulating a TF’s chassis, between whose shortcomings included a close cockpit with an awkward pushing position. The injection of an extra ?2 million to a ?50 million overall budget could have afforded a program a new all-aluminum cylinder, but they only didn’t have the money.
The real kicker, from an American perspective at least, was which the business box for building a brand-new line of MGs necessitated the return to the North American marketplace to aspireto brand-new intensity buyers. As well as that’s where you begin to yowl as well as lament the MGs that could have been.
Gallery:MG Project X120
[Source: Automobile Express and Austin Rover Online]
