Would you spend £40k on one of these ?

Sneaky Peaky · 29 Apr 2009 at 13:37

Defcon5 said:
Were MGs administrators not selling these off for about 30k not long since?

See - appreciated 10k already !

TomO · 29 Apr 2009 at 13:37

cant see any reason to buy one. the only reasons raised so far:

carbon fibre body - only any good if its the cherry on top, no good basing the sales pitch on that alone!
V8 sound - i do love a V8, but better V8s can be had far cheaper.
rare - fair enough, but as mentioned, the reason why its rare is not for good reasons!

flat-6 · 29 Apr 2009 at 13:39

No, just because they are rare does not make them good.

Sneaky Peaky · 29 Apr 2009 at 13:54

TomO said:
cant see any reason to buy one. the only reasons raised so far:

carbon fibre body - only any good if its the cherry on top, no good basing the sales pitch on that alone!
V8 sound - i do love a V8, but better V8s can be had far cheaper.
rare - fair enough, but as mentioned, the reason why its rare is not for good reasons!

Not to mention the handling..again to quote Clarkson..

The handling’s pretty good, too. There isn’t as much grip as you might have been expecting, but when you overstep the mark it puts a huge, gleaming smile on your face as the rear steps out of line in a totally controlled power slide.

Whoever set up this chassis knew what he was doing and what the enthusiastic driver wants. He is one great engineer and I hope he makes man-love with the man who did the engine. I hope too that they have many man-babies together and that they all go on to be engineers as well.

So what I'm driving at here is yes, build quality is poor and at £75k inexcusable, but at £40k then surely a different proposition ?

..and we all know looks are subjective but you've got to give it marks for individuality

Will Gill · 29 Apr 2009 at 14:13

Nick1881 · 29 Apr 2009 at 14:25

It looks like it crashed into halfrauds.

Its not even that quick, 0-60 in 5.3 from a rwd 320bhp V8? I had an old 200whp Civic that made 0-60 in 5.6 and that was fwd.

Janesy B · 29 Apr 2009 at 14:28

Yeah but I doubt your civic had the same 60-120 figures.

CGrieves · 29 Apr 2009 at 14:33

If I had enough disposable income, why not? I like it.

Sagalout · 29 Apr 2009 at 14:52

For £15k yes, as an interesting Mustang alternative, but for £40k, no way.

Lashout_UK · 29 Apr 2009 at 14:55

I'd rather have a Corvette. Or an Aston. Or an older Ferrari. Or a newer (or real old!) Mustang.......or........

Hxc · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:03

SoliD said:
No, its an MG, which may as well be a kit car it was so terribly made, lot better cars out there for 40k. doubt it is really appreciating, probably so hard to sell and owners dont realise they have to lower the price.

It's not really an MG is it though? Was made in Italy IIRC

Housey · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:09

Hxc said:
It's not really an MG is it though? Was made in Italy IIRC

Based on the old QVale Mangusta I think, but with some (though not all) of the ugliness removed.

Sneaky Peaky · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:11

More from the Clarkson Times Online review I was reading today which prompted this thread

Even this new SV was born from a botch-up. Rover spent a couple of million buying an Italian company called Qvale that nobody had even heard of, and no one could pronounce.

I think they thought they might be able to cross the word Qvale out and put an MG badge on instead.

But in fact they ended up throwing pretty much the whole thing away.

I’m told that only its windscreen wiper motors have survived.

The new chassis of the SV is therefore being made in Italy by the same firm that makes chassis for Ferrari and Lamborghini. The body is made on the Isle of Wight. The engine is American. And Rover’s so short of money it has to borrow trucks to bring all these pieces to Longbridge, where they’re all nailed together. This does not bode well.

Django x2 · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:11

When you can pick up a Gallardo for not much more or a very nice M5 why would you ever consider it?

Scania · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:12

No. Why? - Its a pile of development crap that never made the market.

Eliot · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:13

another point i would like to make, 10k extra and u have a Nissan GT-R better in every way, although i would still get a old Ferrari.

Hxc · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:14

£40k is a sorted Sagaris money, I think I know where I'd be going

Housey · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:16

Hxc said:
sorted Sagaris

No such fing :eek:

Hxc · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:19

Housey said:
No such fing

If it's got a recently rebuilt engine by TVR Power/reliable builder it should be alright... just the electronics and other tvr gimicks to deal with

Or, £30k on a normal Sag, £10k for when it goes bang/engine conversion. AJP8 should fit if it can be done in a griff.

Housey · 29 Apr 2009 at 15:33

Hxc said:
If it's got a recently rebuilt engine by TVR Power/reliable builder it should be alright... just the electronics and other tvr gimicks to deal with

Or, £30k on a normal Sag, £10k for when it goes bang/engine conversion. AJP8 should fit if it can be done in a griff.

OT

I do like the look of the new top end built by Racing Green for the Speed 6. To me it seems like the first proper job to address all the issues with the Speed 6 and it will be interesting to see how they last.