It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that many in the motoring industry greeted the MG ZT range with huge scepticism. Turn a Rover 75 that ‘wheeled Werther’s Original’ into something that would do credit to the MG badge? Do us a favour! Knives were sharpened in advance; hatchet jobs were planned describing how MG Rover were milking the last vestiges of credibility from the MG marque. Journalists drove the car. Big helpings of humble pie were subsequently eaten.
Read at …. https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews/mg-motor-uk/mg-zt/mg-zt-2001-2005/
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