MG need to lose lead with its entry trim cars if only to grab a headline buying figure much like Dacia did. Short term loss to gain market penetration and sales is their best chance of developing and growing in the UK and Europe A more reliable and better built and spec rival to Dacia is what they should be aiming for , they can go up market at a later date

Agreed, should march duster price and it should/might fly off the shelves, especially as it IS better looking than the Juke/tivoli/duster

"Agreed, should march duster price and it should/might fly off the shelves, especially as it IS better looking than the Juke/tivoli/duster"

That is surely a matter of opinion?. In mine, the ZS may not be an ugly car, but it is nothing special and with a different badge on it could be anything Japanese or Korean. You could well say the same thing about the tivoli, but IMO it is a better looking, better proportioned car. Neither the duster or the juke could be mistaken for anything else, and while i don't personally think the juke it is an attractive or well resolved shape (back when the juke 1st appeared, i remember reading an unflattering description of it in a car magazine, the jist of which being that it looked like the result of a suzuki swift having gone 10 rounds with mike tyson!), i can understand why so many folk bought them, craving to stand out from the croud. The duster has a real chunky simplicity about its looks to me, something to do with the body looking like it is too small for its unerpinnings with the extravagantly swollen wheelarches. I'd like a basic one in white with the steel wheels.

It was a personal opinion! wnt to the dealers today, before the official launch and had a good look inside and in the boot. Not overly impressed with the faux leather plasticy seats, seating position more carlike than Suv.. salesman already telling me it was a waste of time buying the entry model, as he wouldn't like to take it back as a trade in..... Hmmmm...

However, the base model does have aircon, so not so bad after all, but again a subjective opinion. With the 7 year warranty perhaps worth a punt at some time, but the venga is only 2.5 years old and does everything we need for now.

MG arent the only ones missing the point, though not price.

I simply do not understand why, given all the grief and bad publicity over VW Group DSG gearboxes they force them on customers that want top spec cars.

You get a 2.0 petrol engine in a Skoda Octavia vRS with a manual box but can you get that combo in a Superb, Kodiaq or the new Karoq? No a flipping hope.

Talk about missed opportunities.....

Isn't a "refreshed" Duster about to enter the showrooms?

Edited by SLO76 on 12/05/2018 at 22:19

Probably the most important thing your wife's MG misses out on compared to your Audi, is crash protection. The ZS is very poor for a modern SUV, the Euro NCAP crash test scored it only 71% for adult occupant safety compared to 95% for the A3 (tested in 2012).

This puts it level with the cheaper Dacia Duster, behind the similarly priced Ssanyong Tivoli (82%). and some way short of the new Seat Arona SUV (95%), available from £16750.