MG EV?

Started by Moderator, April 18, 2014, 12:41:54 PM

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Press release appears here: http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/17/mg-dynamo-concept-ev-official/#continued

My thoughts? I like the wheels, but I think MG (SAIC) needs to rethink their front badging because it looks like they're trying to rip-off VW.  I like electric cars a lot, but this show car doesn't seem very clever. Hardly any details are included in the press release but I see they've loaded enough batteries to bring total weight to 2376#, yet only achieved a 50 mile range. Volkswagen's "eUp!" already provides ~90 mile range to UK and European buyers. It has a more powerful motor and it's a  little bigger too, with four doors and a curb weight of 1511#. If I lived in England, I'd certainly go test drive the VW. I didn't find much more info on the MG (SAIC) website, here: http://www.saicmg.com/  - Your thoughts?
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