Category: MG

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The MG RV8 was a low-volume 1990s roadster that returned the familiar MGB shape to production with a 3.9-litre Rover V8, five-speed gearbox and substantially revised bodywork and cabin. Developed under the project name Adder and launched in 1992, it bridged the classic MGB era and the new MG F. Quick…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The MG ZS 180 was the V6 performance version of MG Rover’s Rover 45-based saloon and hatchback. Its 2.5-litre KV6 engine, close-ratio manual gearbox and extensively retuned chassis created a car whose ability was much less conservative than its origins suggested. Quick answer: the ZS 180 is an understated front-wheel-drive sports…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The MG ZR 160 was the performance flagship of the Rover 25-based MG ZR range. It combined the compact hatchback body with a 1.8-litre VVC K-series engine, close-ratio manual gearbox, larger brakes, firmer suspension and aggressive MG styling. Quick answer: the ZR 160 delivers a light, lively early-2000s hot-hatch experience, but…

UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The MG F and MG TF are mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive British roadsters built around the K-series engine. The hydragas-suspended MG F arrived in 1995; the more conventionally sprung MG TF replaced it for 2002 and continued, with interruptions and later Chinese-backed production, into the following decade. Quick answer: both cars offer accessible…