CROSSOVER MG GS - London debut

The new crossover MG GS 2016-2017 year - photo and video, price and configuration, technical specifications of the Chinese SUV MG HS. The new Chinese crossover MG GS officially debuted in Europe in the framework of the London motor show May 5, 2016, in China premiered a year ago as part of the auto show in Shanghai. Sales will start in the UK in June at a price of less than 18,000 pounds, crossover cost in China is between 100,970 to 170,970 yuan (approximately 10700-18120 pounds). Perhaps, during 2016 a new crossover from China MG HS will be available in other European countries.

And so the news - Chinese crossover from MG Cars. Yes, the Chinese, because the rights to the legendary British brand Morris Garages since 2005 owned by the Chinese Nanjing Automobile Group, which in turn merged in 2007 into the orbit of the largest manufacturer from China Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC Motor).

It is understood that the new product is only conditionally Chinese product. Design, development and final assembly of MG cars for the European market by specialists in England SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre. On the assembly line plant in Longbridge (industrial district of Birmingham) collect cars by CKD-assembly - hatchback MG3 and MG5, sedans and MG6 MG GT, a company which was diluted with a new crossover MG GS. Interestingly, the car sets shipped to England from China, where in a huge factory in Shanghai carried out a complete production cycle (stamping parts, body painting and assembly of cars).

So the new crossover MG GS can be called the Sino-British. New, by the way, has a very original and stylish appearance. It would seem that the body exterior design is quite simple, but plenty of unusual details distinguish cars from the competition, in which marketers Morris Garages recorded Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage and Nissan Qashqai.

Body of British-Chinese crossover compact headlamps and accurate marker lamps shades, solid and powerful bumpers, comfortable side steps, powerfully swollen wheel arches and original bursts on the hood, doors with a high sill and compact lenses. New looks dynamic, sporty and recklessly, in a word, a stylish crossover with coupe shaped body.

• External dimensions body MG GS 2016-2017, amount 4500 mm long, 1855 mm wide, 1675 mm (1699 mm with roof rails) high, with a 2650 mm wheelbase of 185 mm and clearance.
• Depending on the equipment level car equipped with alloy 17-18 inch wheels with tires 215/60 R17 and 235/50 R18. In China the crossover as standard with steel R16 wheels with tires 215/65 R16.

Interior of the new SUV MG GS five-seater and is capable of with a comfortable and cozy place of the driver and his companions. Designated with a margin in all directions, as in the first and in the second row. The luggage compartment of the car is able to take 483 liters of cargo volume behind the back rear seats to 1336 liters with the conditions of transformation of a number of separate adjustable backrest in flat floor luggage compartment.

Front seats with an excellent profile and expressive lateral support rollers, a wide range of adjustments (optionally electric), second row passengers enjoy separate back with speed adjustable angle.

Making front panel and center console as a whole modern and stylish, but the console is clearly overloaded with buttons, which is necessary to understand long. Otherwise, everything is super: comfortable steering wheel with a puffy rim, informative instrument panel with trip computer screen, large color screen multimedia system, the weight of equipment and high quality materials.

Is the equipment the basic version of the new crossover MG GS is not known to the European market, but the content of the richest version is impressive. Available leather-trimmed seats, 8-NIL airbags, keyless access to the passenger compartment and the engine start button, the factory anti-theft system with alarm, ABS, EBD, EBA, ASR, ESP, an assistant at the start of the hill and the descent from the hill, electric sunroof , multifunction steering wheel with leather trim and adjustable for height and depth, parking sensors front and rear, rear view camera, cruise control, power mirrors heated, power driver and passenger seat, heated front and rear seats, 8-inch color touchscreen multimedia system (navigation, Bluetooth, USB, AUX), audio system with 8-9 speakers, power windows on all doors, climate control, electrically operated parking brake.

Specifications of the new crossover MG GS:

Novelty is based on a new modular platform company SAIC Motor with fully independent suspension architecture, electric power steering, disc brakes. The base front-wheel drive for extra-wheel drive system with plug-driven rear wheels when slippage of the front.

new crossover plan to equip four-cylinder 1.5-liter turbocharged engine 1.5TGI TST (169 hp 250 Nm) With the start of sales. The motor is able to work together with a 6 speed manual or robotized gearbox 7 DCT.

According to the manufacturer the dynamics of acceleration and 100 mph is about 9 seconds, top speed of 190 mph, fuel consumption in the combined driving mode of 6.6 liters (according to Chinese motorists at least 8.3-8.5 liters).

In the future, perhaps under the hood and prescribe a more powerful 2.0-liter gasoline turbo engine 2.0 TGI TST (220 hp 350 Nm), which works in tandem with the 6 DCT. A more powerful engine propels the crossover from 0 to 100 mph in less than 8 seconds and allows you to gain a maximum speed of 208 mph. Claimed fuel consumption 7,9-8,3 liters per hundred.

Also consider the possibility of installation in the engine compartment of the diesel four-cylinder 1.9-liter engine (150 hp 350 Nm), mated to a 6 speed manual.

By the way, the combination of engine and transmission may be different. That is, buyers will be able to choose one of three boxes: 6 speed manual, 6 or 7 DCT DCT.

The company plans to Morris Garages realize this in 2016 in the UK market about 700-800 copies of the new crossover, and in the future in 2017 at least 1,000.