MG is back! [Archive] - Motorsport Forums

Erki

30th July 2007, 17:10

MG is back, coupled with MSD(Hyundai's ex-developer)! No WRC but S2000 is good enough for me! I remember when MG's S1600 drove in BRC some years ago... it was my favourite car. :) I hope I can see more of that good ol' black and green livery. :)

Linky: http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~4~id~152118.htm

HaCo

30th July 2007, 18:03

If this is true, it would be veeeery cool!!! :D

http://pix.crash.net/motorsport/view/357485.jpg

A.F.F.

30th July 2007, 19:01

Hopefully this project comes true. :up:

[WRCRR]

30th July 2007, 20:18

Wow this came out of nowhere!

Mirek

30th July 2007, 20:38

It looks a bit unbeliaveble :) Anyway great news.

Josti

30th July 2007, 21:05

Great, just great :)

Addicted

30th July 2007, 21:44

When is it supposed to be homologated? If they have already been testing the car, will we see it in action this year already?

Well, many questions in mind but lets wait and see for more information.

AndyRAC

30th July 2007, 22:10

Yeah a new manufacturer is all well and good, but look at the car they're using - it's hardly a new model is it? I remember the BRC in 2002 and the S1600 version. But good luck to them anyway!!

Tom206wrc

30th July 2007, 22:22

Great news !!! :bounce:

But huge work to do to contend Fiat and Peugeot though :mark:

Erki

30th July 2007, 22:36

Yeah a new manufacturer is all well and good, but look at the car they're using - it's hardly a new model is it? I remember the BRC in 2002 and the S1600 version. But good luck to them anyway!!

Yes it's not this year's car, but then again MG probably don't have the resources to develop a whole new model, do they? The article said that they have been working on this project for 18 months - should be sufficient time to build a proper rallycar - or...? And S2000, even tough not a WRC, is still not the same as the street version.

A.F.F.

30th July 2007, 23:08

The way FIA plans the future rules, it might be WRC car.

Daniel

30th July 2007, 23:53

hahhahaha Natalie Barratt is driving the thing. It's bound to be rubbish.

bf1_IRL

31st July 2007, 00:05

Those Nat Barett pics don't have anything to do with the S2000 as far as I can gather...

gloomyDAY

31st July 2007, 05:23

hahhahaha Natalie Barratt is driving the thing. It's bound to be rubbish.
Seriously! The b**** can't even edit her own wesite:

My co-driver this season is a Finn, Aki Maaranen, and I am looking forward to learning some more Finnish to ass to me limited vocabulary.http://www.nat-u-rally.co.uk/start.asp

Anyway, I'm glad that MG are back. I also like the last statement from the first article. Super 2000 will be the future of the World Rally Championship!

leopard

31st July 2007, 07:08

It may have an everlasting shape of model, the color scheme smells like 95ish ;)

Tom206wrc

31st July 2007, 09:37

hahhahaha Natalie Barratt is driving the thing. It's bound to be rubbish.

It's a great pitty if we look deeper !!! :mark:

Rally world really needs another Michelle Mouton(a lady able to be as fast as the fastest guys at the highest level of that motorsport), but it's clear it will never be Nathalie Barratt anyway... :(

Please, I wish Jennie-Lee Hermansson in that MG S2000 !!! :D :D

Donney

31st July 2007, 10:29

Good luck to them, the more the merrier!!!!

User

31st July 2007, 11:31

Didn't the old MG had (before they went bankrupt) a project like this? As far as I remember, Freddy Loix should have been the driver at that time.

Dr_Twist

31st July 2007, 14:59

MG went bankrupt and were purchased by a Chinese Company, new MG cars are going to be made in China and Assembled in Britain.

So I guess we can say hello to the 1st Chinese Manufacture in high level of Rallying.

HaCo

31st July 2007, 15:55

Does somebody know the British team BGM? It is in the article of the MG.

feresc13

8th August 2007, 20:53

Find here some pics of last tests

http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2007/news/mgt1.jpg

http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2007/news/mgt2.jpg

http://www.ewrc.cz/images/2007/news/mgt3.jpg

For more information visit:

It's written in czech, can somebody translate it?

http://www.ewrc.cz/2006/show.asp?clanek=6492

MadCat

8th August 2007, 21:05

BGM is Bill Gwynne Motorsport. They've taken over the selling of the cars.

The only reason that im aware of that Natalie Barratt is associated with this is because she drove a S1600 ZR a couple of years ago, testing was being carried out by Ian Gwynne who was also the Hyundai test driver.

jonas_mcrae

9th August 2007, 20:02

bet they want it ready for rally China in the IRC, painted red with some yellow stars or something like that would look nice haha

LeonBrooke

9th August 2007, 22:00

Rally world really needs another Michelle Mouton(a lady able to be as fast as the fastest guys at the highest level of that motorsport)

Ah, you mean Emma Gilmour! :)

A.F.F.

11th August 2007, 15:03

Addicted

11th August 2007, 15:51

Could this be Colin`s chage for returning to (P)WRC?

Josti

11th August 2007, 16:01

Could this be Colin`s chage for returning to (P)WRC?

I doubt he's interested, if not at all.

Tom206wrc

6th September 2007, 15:57

This week's Auto-Hebdo magazine writes that french driver Alexandre Bengué could run last tarmac IRC event(Valais - Switzerland)in the MG S2000 !!!! :eek: :eek:

But careful, it wouldn't be the first time infos given by Auto-Hebdo to be wrong or not partially true(for example to transform rumour in news)... :mark:

If it's right that would be fantastic :D

Doon

6th September 2007, 16:49

I believe Ian Gwynne will be running the car on the Plains Rally in a couple of weeks time!

Will have to go check it out. :)

N.O.T

6th September 2007, 17:39

Hmmmmm

A developer with which had legal issues with a former manufacturer plus a 100 million year old chassis with little success as a rally car unite !!!!

I smell success all over it !!!!!!!!

Woodeye

6th September 2007, 18:04

Hmmmmm

A developer with which had legal issues with a former manufacturer plus a 100 million year old chassis with little success as a rally car unite !!!!

I smell success all over it !!!!!!!!

Spot on. Nothing but podiums in the sight.

HaCo

6th September 2007, 18:21

It doesn't matter if it wins or not, it colours up the field, that is important!!

sal

7th September 2007, 13:55

As mentioned in a previous post Ian Gwynne will be giving the car it's competition debut on the Plains rally in the UK on the 22nd September. It's a National event with some WRC machinery so it will be interesting to see how the team fairs...

http://www.plainsrally.co.uk/index.html

9th September 2007, 17:41

Does MSD have a homepage where we can follow the development ?

Or is there another place to do this ?