MAGNETTE’S BACK AS MG 6 SALOON
Magnette’s aback as MG 6 alehouse British-built four-door revives acclaimed cast from Fifties Z-cars
The name of MG’s new 6 alehouse has been appear – and it’s a absolute bang from the past. The Chinese-owned cast has accepted the archetypal will be badged Magnette, animating a name endure acclimated in 1969 and a lot of abundantly adopted by the Z-range in the Fifties.
The four-door goes on sale next ages to accompany the hatchback, which takes its GT name from the acclaimed coupé adaptation of the MGB that was congenital until 1980.
Neither cast will be displayed alongside MG6 on the boot, but they will be accessible as an accessory, with the assignment of styling the book accustomed to arch artist Tony Williams-Kenny.
Asked why MG had active the Magnette, sales and business administrator Guy Jones told Auto Express: “It’s the a lot of acclaimed name in MG history for four-seat, four-door cars. It was an accessible choice.”
The Magnette name dates from MG’s race-focused roadsters of the Thirties. According to MG Car Club affiliate Tony Slack, its awakening for Z-cars in the Fifties was arguable – and MG enthusiasts were even angrier if it was activated to a adaptation of the banausic Austin Cambridge in 1959. “There was a absolute clamor then,” he said.
This time, the move has acquired abutment from admirers of the old cars. “I anticipate it’s great. If you’ve got a acceptability and a history, you should build on it,” explained Slack.
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