MG6 for NZ

Kiwirover · 15th September 2012, 23:12

Interesting news article in local media.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/road...from-the-ashes

Simondi · 16th September 2012, 07:05

I hope it does well, I do like the look of them.

MrDoodles · 16th September 2012, 07:43

So starting from just over £15,000 then, similar to the UK.

As the car starts from £12,500 in China, I doubt whether it costs more than £6,000 at the factory gates, so even allowing for transportation to the UK, I doubt whether they cost MG Motors UK more than £7,000 to import!

So why have such a greedy Mark-up on them?

The Dealers don't have a huge margin in them (I believe it's 10%) so why not start the range from £9,995 (for a base model), get some cars on the road and then build from there?

As the 1st "11" plate cars are struggling in the Market place, they are simply over-priced in a crowded Market place and the registration numbers would back this up!

I've never been able to understand Manufacturers/Importers when they're cars are not selling, why they don't reduce prices?

They will of course say "to protect residual values" well to that I would say that as year old cars are struggling to make 50% of their new price, "What residuals?"

StevieB · 17th September 2012, 09:35

Great article. We're all really interested in Oz to see them.
Are the NZ cars actually China assembled UK specs or China specfications, as there's quite a difference in the car from what I've heard, and seen at Longbrdge last year.

Roger1 · 28th November 2012, 21:45

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Originally Posted by StevieB

Great article. We're all really interested in Oz to see them.
Are the NZ cars actually China assembled UK specs or China specfications, as there's quite a difference in the car from what I've heard, and seen at Longbrdge last year.

I believe they're UK spec, but definitely China built. I had a good look at one last week. Well assembled and plently of room. I'll take one for a test drive sometime. I was disappointed with the dash and instruments though. Very toy like. Just a personal view of course, but overall a nice car. We don't have the diesel version here yet, although in NZ diesel is far less popular than in Europe.

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MrDoodles Banned MG ZT+ V6 190 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Spalding Posts: 13,245 Thanks: 369 Thanked 1,196 Times in 818 Posts	So starting from just over £15,000 then, similar to the UK. As the car starts from £12,500 in China, I doubt whether it costs more than £6,000 at the factory gates, so even allowing for transportation to the UK, I doubt whether they cost MG Motors UK more than £7,000 to import! So why have such a greedy Mark-up on them? The Dealers don't have a huge margin in them (I believe it's 10%) so why not start the range from £9,995 (for a base model), get some cars on the road and then build from there? As the 1st "11" plate cars are struggling in the Market place, they are simply over-priced in a crowded Market place and the registration numbers would back this up! I've never been able to understand Manufacturers/Importers when they're cars are not selling, why they don't reduce prices? They will of course say "to protect residual values" well to that I would say that as year old cars are struggling to make 50% of their new price, "What residuals?"