MG F

       

MG had stopped producing sports cars in 1980 when British Leyland closed their Abingdon plant near Oxford, although the MG badge was used on badge-engineered hatchbacks and saloons between 1982 and 1991. In 1992, the company restarted production of the classic MG B as the limited-edition RV8, and positive reaction (and the success of new-parent BMW's Z3) led the company to develop the MG F. It was revised and renamed using the historic TF name in 2002, but future production plans were in doubt following the collapse of the MG Rover Group in 2005. The completion of Nanjing Automobile Group's MG factory in Nanjing saw production being restarted in March of 2007.

MG TF

A facelift in 2002 saw the MG F rebadged MG TF, after the classic MG TF. The most significant mechanical changes were the abandonment of Hydragas suspension in favour of conventional coil springs, the new design of the air-induction system that along with new camshafts produces more power than in MG F engines, and the torsional stiffness of the body increased by 20%. Various cosmetic tweaks include a revised grille, redesigned front headlights, bumpers, side air-intake grills, rear boot, etc. The MG TF was the first car of its class to be awarded a leading 4-star safety performance from Euro NCAP. Like the MG F before it, the MG TF outsold the rest of the competition put together in the UK every year throughout its production life. However, production was suspended in 2005 when MG Rover collapsed.

Dave & Sue's MG TF

After owning our faithful yellow MGB in its different disguises over 9 years and being lured away for a short while by an expensive piece of German automobile ( TT to be precise ) we have now parted company and in exchange we have gone back to our  mg ownership and are the owners of a Trophy Blue, MG-TF 135. We collected our new possession from its previous lady owner on a very wet and snow covered  night from her home in Crewe, the unhappy owner was expecting a new  addition to their family and so the car needed to be replaced by a family saloon. The car had a only 14000 miles on the clock and came fitted with a long list of extras so Sue is sure that I can no longer keep finding little items to buy. It came with blue roof, windstop, posh coloured seats etc and also had those magic ingredients - power-steering, heater that works, and a watertight roof (we hope). Last summer did not give us too many opportunity to get much sunshine use and so along with our summer vacation with Geoff & Joy we finished the year feeling that we had not much use of our new arrival but let’s look forward to the coming summer.