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Perhaps MG is SAIC cheap brand...

What I find interesting is that with all the MG glam I read here, the actual Chinese buyer seems to stick with a very reliable brand, which is probably more expensive too....

That's interesting......????

The USA did have the Stag, the TR6 was a 2.5 straight 6.

The Triumph 3.0 V8 has been deemed the worse engine ever created. Though Triumph was then part of BMC/BL, they let Triumph continue trying to create a Triumph V8 when BL already had the Buick/Rover 3.5 V8 in their arsenal. It was a big mistake.... ???? PS. Daimler/Jag had the "little" V8, it was a 2.5..????

Of course they were basically the same, the same as the Oxford and Cambridge, though the frog eye was very different visually in the beginning, in later years minor differences...

I am sure, but just showing the OP a few things to consider as he is asking about stuff..????

It really is about torque numbers at a sensible rpm. In a truck you need those numbers at a low RPM, where a work horse mainly works, together with a sensible final drive ratio. Some rides which do not have low RPM grunt compensate with a lower ratio rear end or lower trans gear ratio's. To be honest, you really should test drive one with all the extended family in the back, a bit of weight.... ???? Read the first para regarding grunt.... https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/isuzu-d-max-gets-1-9-litre-diesel-option

Correct, and who manufactures them.......???? The iconic British R.R. Merlin V12 was also produced in the USA under licence by Packard, we needed the numbers.. Sorry, off topic ......????

Just find a gov hospital that does the job, I got both mine done in an Army hozzy about 20 minutes away from home. All in cost 18k an eye, that's including one night in the hozzy both times, which I didn't like, but the sight results did bring a smile after years of frustration... ????

My point was, you cannot compare car sales from the 60/70's to the numbers of today....

They were different, some years were similar......... Austin Healey Sprite. MG Midget...

Accept what, back when I was fooling around with cars you were well off to have a car, just a few in the street, now 2/3 cars to a household. Times have changed..

If you are stationary and want first gear, you pull the stick back to touch second then forward to a no crunch first. The stock mini had smaller bearings in the box than the Cooper. The stock mini also had a single row timing chain, the Cooper double row. I learned all this the hard way.. ????

The small sports car was an Austn Healey Sprite, its brother was an MG Midget.. Same running gear...

There was an MG 1100, I had the engine out of one to make a Mini Cooper S clone....???? A little bit of info, the original Mini Cooper S was 1071cc, then they changed it to 970cc and 1275cc, so they could enter 2 racing classes. My clone was 1098cc..

The early Mini never had synchro in first gear, you had to use the synchro on second to stop the first gear crunch, it was rectified not long after....???? I do recall pulling the engine out a few times to replace gearbox bearings though, because of my tuning tomfoolery...????.

Most cars of the BMC/BL era rusted away, regardless of make. I had quite a few BL cars over the years, of which some, I thought, were very clever designs. The Mini was a revolution, and that soon went into the setup of many BL rides. I thought the Austin Maxi was a great car, first to have 5 speed, not only was it cavernous, because of front-wheel drive, it had a huge hatchback tailgate, but it never had an MG badge, the performance version was just called HLS, mum had one...????

When I as a kid, the lads who got the cane in front of the school deserved it....????

Wobble...

There were MG's after the MGB, most of the BL range had performance versions badged MG, have a read..???? https://classicsworld.co.uk/guides/a-brief-history-of-mg-cars/

British Leyland went belly up, which took down many brands under their control.......????

How true, they are looking at the badge on the back of the ride and thinking.... WOW...????....It's British, a must hab.................????...........???? But you can read it.......????

This is what the Chinese are selling their bought MG name stuff on........???? https://www.mgcars.com/en/Heritage

You smell people, how strange....????