I’ve always believed of MG as one of England’s preferred automotive sons: quiet, dignified, hard-working, tries its best, seldom complains, understands its location in the world. Bless.
But at the exact same time, the Midlander is as hard as Tyson. Understandably so. different natural or adoptive parents as well as guardians – including British Leyland, British Aerospace, BMW, the Phoenix mob, MG Rover group as well as Nanjing Automobile – left MG bullied, bruised or battered over decades past.
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Now 95 years young, the once-unloved kid lastly seems material with SAIC as its wealthy, far-off daddy. MG is at last able to take pleasure in life – as well as as a record-breaking world-beater, no less. Allegedly remarkable rival companies who are struggling to offer automobiles this year now look at the firm with envy, bewilderment as well as admiration. Really? Yes, really.
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In the very first half of 2020, general new vehicle sales in Britain declined by 49 per cent compared with the very first six months of 2019. Yet MG registrations increased by 23 per cent. Astonishingly, it’s the only mainstream business to show a half-yearly hike in 2020.
More impressively, in June 2020 (vs June 2019) the market fell 35 per cent, however MG increased by 88 per cent, making it the fastest-growing automotive brand. The firm is likewise on program to offer a lot more automobiles in pandemic-stricken 2020 than in pandemic-free 2019. Astonishing.