A bespoke MG TF sports car sold for £100,000 in a charity auction at the Retail Trust Ball, hosted by Ruby Wax.

The MG TF achieved the highest bids of any item auctioned during the evening, which raised nearly £250,000 for the Retail Trust charity.

"As the UK’s best-selling sports car, the MG TF is clearly a very popular car. I’m naturally delighted, though not surprised, that individuals are keen to acquire one at any price. This particular highly specified MG is available to order at a value comfortably below £100,000!" said Rod Ramsay, managing director of worldwide sales & marketing, MG Rover Group

The MG TF 160 auctioned was a highly-specified top-of-the-range model, specially painted in the bespoke Monogram Shot Silk paintwork – a colour that ‘travels’ from purple through to green dependent of lighting conditions. Sumptuous Oxford leather trimmed interior, with wood steering wheel and a body-coloured hardtop were key elements that drove the Baugur UK Group to bid successfully for the MG.

Produced by MG Rover Group at its Longbridge production facility in South Birmingham, the TF is the MG brand’s iconic model, with a lineage that can be traced back through all the great MG sports cars. Monogram is a personalisation programme that allows individuals greater choice of exterior paint colours and other bespoke features. The MG TF 160 with Monogram paintwork, extra wood items, an Oxford leather interior and hardtop is valued at £25, 390.

Rob Oldaker, commented: "The 200 HPD is the culmination of two talented Midlands-based companies, bringing together their expertise to create this MG car, that perfectly illustrates the notion of "racing improving the breed".

John Wood, added: "We conceived the idea to produce an enhanced performance car that anticipated environmental requirements, while expanding today’s sports car driving experience. The car achieves this with ‘responsible performance’ where the innovative hybrid solution sharpens acceleration, at no expense in tailpipe emissions, yet also offers customer benefits like all-wheel-drive traction and the low-speed clutchless operation of ‘City mode’."

Responsible Performance

The holistic approach combines electric traction with aerodynamic advances, driving the perception of hybrid cars forward into the realms of driving excitement. Motorsport has a renowned capacity for efficient development of components and systems while stimulating the public’s interest. This concept is a new opportunity for the industry to accelerate technical progress, supplier capabilities and customer awareness of these hybrid technologies: they are capable of giving a competitive edge with green credentials.

Enhancing the performance of an existing MG TF without increasing the environmental impact was the aim of the project undertaken through a partnership between MG Rover Group and MIRA. The initial development vehicle - the MG TF 200 HPD - reduces the existing 0-60 time from 6.9 to sub-6 seconds, without increasing tailpipe emissions or fuel consumption, yet also offers a range of other benefits high on the customer wish list, such as enhanced traction through all wheel drive, continuous sporty ‘hotshift’ acceleration, and relaxed low speed clutchless option using ‘City mode’.

Working in consultation with MG Rover Group, engineers at MIRA designed and developed a parallel hybrid drivetrain to supplement the existing rear wheel drive 160Ps MG TF, using an electric motor to drive the front wheels. The additional power of the electric motor results in a 25% increase to 200Ps, greatly enhancing the sprint acceleration of the MG TF. The motor, innovatively combined with Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), extends opportunities for advanced all wheel drive active torque distribution.

MIRA’s advanced design, control and simulation techniques have configured the system so that the hybrid system re-charges during part throttle cruising, to deliver clean, additional performance when the driver needs it most. One potential motorsport application envisaged could use the battery pack to provide a finite number of boosted acceleration cycles, allowing evenly matched drivers to overtake and to stimulate spectator appeal.

MG Rover Group and MIRA expect that, once developed, the technologies will move onto the manufacturing design feasibility stage. Indeed, the partnership, which includes MG Rover Group, MIRA Ltd and Powertrain Ltd, has just been awarded a contract by HM Government’s Energy Saving Trust to develop these technologies into production viable passenger cars. The technology and functionality of the sports car project provide a timely ‘stepping stone’ into future designs for volume products that are appealing to consumers.

Project VERVe (Versatile Environmental Road Vehicle) represents the partnership’s £4m commitment to the E.S.T.’s Ultra Low Carbon Car Challenge; to develop a C segment passenger car capable of sub-100 g/km CO₂ emissions, while offering a stimulating drive at an affordable price.

"Consumers are demanding cleaner cars," concludes John Wood of MIRA, "and the MG TF 200 HPD technology offers motorsport the opportunity to both increase consumer excitement and accelerate technical progress."

MG TF 200 HPD - Technical Specification

• K Series 160Ps, 1.8-litre VVC petrol engine driving rear wheels
• 40Ps high-output electric motor driving front wheels, through CVT drive train
• Engine driven generator
• Hawker SBS8 battery pack delivers 72v at 400 amps
• BRUSA BRMD 506 motor controller
• Mathworks XPC vehicle management
• Aerodynamic C_d 0.32, zero front & rear lift
• 50 / 50 weight distribution

Performance summary

• Sprint power increased from 160 to 200Ps
• 0-60mph time improved from 6.9 to sub 6.0 seconds
• All wheel drive traction, maximum tractive effort and ‘low mu’ handling
• ‘Hotshift’ delivers continuous power through front wheels during gear changes
• ‘City mode’ feature enables relaxed urban motoring using electric front drivetrain

Phoenix Muswell Hill donated the three-month loan of an MG TF 160 to a star-studded charity event held to raise money for the NSPCC at Bar Cuba, Kensington.

Kerrie was overjoyed at winning the star prize in the raffle, she loved it so much that she couldn’t part with it so she bought it! Kerrie said: ‘It was great to win the first prize in the raffle whilst supporting such a worthwhile charity. The MG TF is fantastic to drive, a real thrill, I just had to have it!’

Dealer Principal Philip Busher commented: ‘It was an honour to be able to help such an inspiring charity. Kerrie was delighted with the performance and handling of the car and was adamant that she was going to keep it

The MG TF, UK’s best selling sports car, can now be specified with XPower accessory Roll Hoops for benefits in protection and style.

The XPower Roll Hoops, designed by MG Sport & Racing, offer additional protection with the minimum of intrusion to cabin space. They are a real eye catching addition, available in a variety of body coloured finishes as well as a
Hi - line version in stainless steel. The Roll Hoops have been designed so that the existing hood can be operated without modification.

The Roll Hoops are a stylish addition to the TF, which already enjoys great handling, high performing engines, stylish design and open top motoring. Recent class leading scores in the Euro NCAP safety tests and being judged the ‘World’s Most Beautiful Cabriolet’ have also combined to further enhance the appeal of this pedigree British sports car.

Commenting on this addition, Kim Johnson, director, MG Sport & Racing, said: "Demand for the MG TF is such that we have increased production to its highest rate ever. The TF proves that in addition to performance, buyers are equally impressed by safety and style. The XPower Roll Hoops do this with great effect."

The Roll Hoops can be ordered from MG Sport & Racing. (Tel: 0121 482 2790 or 0121 475 6217 Quoting Ref: Part Number VUB003300MKW)
The supply only cost is £280.59 inc. of VAT & UK P&P or alternatively supply and fitment is only £339.34 inc. VAT. Prices outside the UK can be provided on application.

MG TF, the UK’s best selling sports car, is on the increase due to customer demand.  Sales in March 2003 reached their highest level since introduction and that of its predecessor the MGF.  The increased build rate rises by 130 to 430 units per week. 

The TF represents the attractive combination of great handling, high performing engines, stylish design and open top motoring.  Impressive performance and economy extend this desirability still further.  Recent class leading scores in the Euro NCAP safety tests and being judged the ‘World’s Most Beautiful Cabriolet’ in Milan have combined to demonstrate the appeal of this pedigree British sportscar.

Commenting on the increased production, John Sanders, MG Rover Group Sales and Marketing Director said: “The TF has proved to be another great success for MG. With the special offer in our spring campaign ‘Bring us any genuine offer and we’ll beat it’, there has never been a better time to buy one of these superb sports cars.”

MG is approaching owners of MG TF sports cars, built in 2002, to check the torque of a suspension bolt.

A few reports have been received that identify isolated instances of torque relaxation on the bolt used to attach the damper to the upper suspension arm. 

To protect the long-term integrity of the suspension system, MG is implementing a recall action on all TF models within the affected VIN range.  Owners are being requested to have the suspension bolt examined by an MG Rover dealer at the earliest opportunity.  The inspection and any remedial action will be carried out free of charge.

By Giles Smith of The Guardian

The MG TF . . . looks like a sports car and now drives like one too.

The MG TF is a revised version of the MG F, the two-seater sports car that was launched in 1995 by MG Rover Group and has been Britain's best-selling roadster since. Given the traditional nervousness about winning formulas and meddling with them, one wouldn't have been unduly surprised if the new MG F had turned out to be the old one with a slightly bigger ashtray, a new, improved keyfob and an extra T in its name.

In fact, the alterations go deeper. Obviously, anybody hoping to see a genuinely radical reappraisal of the original, involving the introduction of some new upstairs seating and the provision of in-car cinema and some wings, is going to be at least mildly disappointed. But there are changes to the car's aspect and feel that, for once, you don't need to have been in on the blueprint stage to discern. Essentially, the MG F has, over its seven years, undergone a slow evolution into the sportiness that it wasn't quite born with. The launch model had many of the typical characteristics of a sports car - a shortage of seats, a roof that came off, an engine behind the driver - but turned out to be far politer than that on closer inspection. It offered an upright driver's position and a spongy suspension, and drove like a saloon car that somebody had sat on.

What's more, though sharp and aggressively tapered at the front, the car grew strangely fat and lumpy at the back, where it tended to exude all the sporty dynamism of a 2lb bag of sugar. Fortunately, the 2000 version of the MG F sorted that out by slimming the boot down and, for this latest model, it has been planed off even more smoothly and given a nice new lip. The MG TF also gets a new front bumper, a bigger grille and a cluster of very serious, silvery circular headlamps. The side air-intakes have been reshaped, the exhaust pipes have got bigger and the car appears to be hunkering down slightly lower on to the ground. As a result, it now finally looks - from front to back - like a vehicle that was built all at once, rather than in two separate factories, by two different teams, one of which thought it was building a fork-lift truck.

In keeping with its looks, the car now drives more like a sports car, too. Clearly, the MG F has always been designed to appeal to the kind of driver who fancies travelling quickly and close to the ground, but who doesn't share the purist's enthusiasm for being thrown about like a marble in a tin box. It could be argued that, in the beginning, that desire led the car to compromise itself out of a character. Early MG Fs were so uncomplicatedly cosy to drive that they shared almost none of the traditional sports car excitements, other than the fact that you couldn't get lots of children inside them.

No one will suggest that, even in its spruced-up form, the new MG TF delivers the kind of white-knuckle, oil-in-the-hair, backside-on-the-Tarmac style experience that keeps companies such as Lotus in business. Indeed, the storage box between the seats opens up to provide two hollowed-out cup-holders. These would be anathema in a performance car, and there couldn't really be a better emblem of the MG TF's indecision between pro sport charisma and traditional middle-class comforts. (By the way, the cup-holders don't work. I tried one with a grande latte and promptly had the biggest on-board coffee disaster of my driving life, pebble-dashing the entire interior, including the windscreen, with hot milk. And all I had done was move aside slightly to allow someone to pass in a narrow road.)

Inside the cockpit, little has changed. There's still a whole barren field's-worth of sloping plastic between the driver and the bottom of the windscreen. There is still quite a lot of plastic pretending to be aluminium and failing. The clock faces are still white. And the clock - which is actually a clock - has hands and numbers, evoking that golden, pre-digital age of long ago when MG owners wore cravats, brewed their own beer and spent as much time under their cars as inside them.

But definite steps have been taken to discourage the driver from dozing off, which was an option in the old MGF on longer journeys. Apparently, the rigidity of the car's body has been increased overnight by 20% - the equivalent of going to the gym three times a week for two years for most of us. The steering - which, though electrically power-assisted, still offers a nice weight and resistance - has been shortened from lock to lock, which means it responds more snappily than it used to.

And the suspension, which used to involve "Hydragas dampers", is now done with coils, as in old Victorian beds. Gone, then, is the old soppiness. Hit a speed bump at the right angle in the MG TF and you almost feel it emerge through the seat cloth. None of this would frighten Juan Pablo Montoya. But it means that the regular MG TF customer can now get some fruitiness out of the car that goes beyond merely having a close-knit gearbox and a short-sprung handbrake. Just finish your coffee before you get in.

The Birmingham Post

Flag waving and cheers brought an MG TF 160 off the production line at Longbridge yesterday. But the car was special and was MG number 1,500,000 built since the marque started in 1924.

The Jubilee gold-coloured MG TF at the centre of the celebrations was the one millionth roadster to bear the MG name. A total of 500,000 MG saloons have been built since 1926. Ken Howe, chief executive of MG Rover, said 50 MG saloons and roadster types had contributed to make MG a respected motoring brand.

The event was taking place at a time when MG was at its strongest and most exciting with the introduction of the MG ZR, ZS and ZT range and it also commemorated the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Mr Howe said the roadster would take part in a motoring cavalcade in London on June 4 and before then would be used to raise money with the proceeds going to one of the Queen's nominated Golden Jubilee charities.

Chris Bowen, operations director of MG Rover, said the production launch of the MG TF had exceeded expectations. 'We are working the maximum amount of hours allowed under our flexible working time agreement and the production line is running at full tilt with a production rate of about 430 cars each week,' said Mr Bowen. Moving from zero production to where we are now took us six weeks. A normal ramp-up would take two months. 'This quicker ramp-up has not affected the quality of the build - we know the car insideout. 'In terms of training this is done in the real surroundings of the production line and not in the prototype shop., This also comes with work evaluation.

'The European launches are now completed and sales are going well.' To single out its special production significance the car is registered MG020TF.

LONGBRIDGE'S newest MG has left all its sports car rivals standing - with 3,000 advance orders revving up huge demand for the car.

The MGTF, successor to the famed MGF, has been so successful MG Rover has already increased the model's output from 330 a week to 430. The car was launched in a blaze of publicity in February and has already won thousands of admirers in the UK and export markets across Europe.

MG Rover spokesman Greg Allport said the sales boom for the new model had vindicated the company's decision to invest heavily in the MG range.

"For a long time, we wanted to be back in the sports car market but the available funds went to the mainstream models. Funds were not available in the 1980s and 90s but from the summer of 1995 the MGF was the UK's bestselling sports car.

'Then, when the new management took over the company in May 2000, one of the key thrusts was to get far more out of the MG brand than we had done.'

Positive road tests after the February launch led to an order book of 3,000 from a range of key markets, including the UK, Germany, France and Italy. 'We are now building at the rate of 430 a week, increasing the line rate by 100, simply to meet the demand,' said Mr Allport. 'The car has had an absolutely fantastic reception.'

The new range of MGs currently being produced at Longbridge has boosted the models to 30 per cent of output at the Birmingham car factory. MG Rover bosses now hope that the MGTF will generate annual sales of between 14,000 and 15,000 cars per year!

MARK RECHTIN

Updated for a new millennium and by a new owner, the MG TG uses the same platform and front suspension as the MGF, but MG engineers replaced the old Hydragas rear suspension with multilinks, coil springs and antiroll bar.
Can the British build a better British roadster than the Mazda Miata? Well, no.

More cheaply? Yes. Evidence: the MG TF convertible, the revised version of the car introduced at Geneva in 1995 as the MGF. The new car’s name is MG TF, boldface MG and italic TF, if you please.

It sits on the same platform as that introduced under the former BMW regime.

Nowadays, under independent British ownership, MG’s pockets aren’t as deep. In an era of $1.5 billion development costs (see the new Range Rover), there can either be feelings of delight or suspicion when an automaker says it redesigned its flagship sporty car for a mere $45 million. Such frugality evokes thoughts of elegantly inexpensive solutions, but also brings a vision of the R&D department cribbing spare parts from Big Nigel’s Salvage and Sausage Van.

Some cost-cutting tactics are quite visible. Then again, this is a better ragtop than several offered by free-spending car companies. Does it drive like a British roadster? Sort of.

It’s nimble, but not darty. It’s 150 pounds heavier than the Miata, at 2535 pounds, but still light enough to elicit a scream of “Yeah, baby,” as you fling it around secondary roads. Its switchgear can be a bit crude. Its appearance comes across macho enough for men, cute enough for girls. Guess that means it’s British.

The TF offers a choice among four powerplants, ranging from 1.6 liters to 1.8 liters, cranking out 115, 120, 135 or 160 hp. All are derived from the same K-series Rover four, which tends to get agricultural at the top end of the rev range. The venerable K wasn’t designed to fly under the U.S. EPA’s radar, either.

We recently drove both the 135- and 160-hp versions in Portugal. The 160-hp model didn’t feel much quicker than its second-tier sibling, though it has a claimed 0-to-60-mph speed under seven seconds. Both TF engines felt composed at autopista speeds, turning 4000 rpm in fifth at about 90 mph. But neither Rover engine offered anything on par with the sewing machine- smoothness of the Miata.

The 160-hp version has a clutch pedal stiffer than Prince Charles’ upper lip and very short travel, so shifting was sometimes a lurchy affair. Brake pedal travel was short, too, but the modulation and grip was responsive and crisp.

The TF’s real story lies in its suspension. MG engineers ripped out the old Hydragas rear suspension and replaced it with multilinks, coil springs and antiroll bar. The front suspension remains double wishbone. Executives insist the redesigned suspension cost a mere $2.5 million.

The result: Whereas the old MGF was tail-happy under pressure, the MG TF is composed and responsive without being busy. Driving on narrow Portuguese back roads— adrift with dogs and old ladies crossing inopportunely—didn’t allow for the exploration of four-wheel drift or power oversteer characteristics. But there were plenty of corners with visible exits for fast pursuit, and here the TF excelled.

A four-inch-longer wheelbase than the Miata helps the TF feel planted, yet it refused to get squirrelly despite having an inch-narrower rear track. The TF also comes with very grippy rubber: Goodyears on the 15-inch wheels, Contis on the optional 16s. Perhaps most impressive, the TF remained settled in sudden mid-corner braking to avoid one of the aforementioned dogs. The optional sport suspension, while providing even better maneuverability, felt a bit ouncy on the motorway.

The pence-pinching development program is sometimes painfully obvious. Consider the plasticky, circa-1988 Honda Civic headlight and wiper stalks, or the handbrake that doesn’t fit flush with the center console. The HVAC system rudely intrudes into the passenger footwell. The Kenwood audio deck has buttons tinier than anything Suzuki ever foisted on audiophiles. The console surrounds are cheap brushed plastic.

The A-pillar is much too thick and obscuring. The ragtop uses the same elegant clips as the Miata, but you must exit the car to raise and lower it.

But just when you’re ready to pass off the TF as little better than a parts-bin kit car, it surprises. The dashboard vinyl is resilient and has a high-quality feel. The seat bolstering holds occupants firmly in place during the most spirited cornering, yet gives superior lumbar support on long highway stretches. The wind blocker is far more effective than that in the Porsche Boxster. The projector headlamps give off a fierce light. The trunk, squeezed behind the mid-mounted engine, can fit a golf bag.

Ah, but the real question. It’s British, so the top leaks, right? Not once, even in a ferocious Portuguese downpour.

MG-Rover plans to sell 14,000 of the roadsters worldwide annually, mostly in Britain. Prices range from $22,837 to $29,000. It was thought the TF might accompany the new MG franchise to America with the X80 supercar (formerly the Qvale Mangusta). But with the X80 delayed until fall 2003, Americans will have to wait a while to see if MG dares to challenge the Toyota MR2 for those customers seeking affordable mid-engine handling.

Here's an MG that's nearly as fast from 0-60mph as a Lotus Elise, sniffs at the heels of a Subaru Impreza WRX and will wipe the floor with a 2.2-litre BMW Z3. The new TF 160 spearheads the revitalised MG TF range, and proves what a finely honed driver's car the stylish roadster has morphed into. The same team that turned Rover's humdrum family cars into desirable sports saloons has been let loose to toughen up the MGF.
Powered by a 1.8-litre in-line four, the TF 160 offers 158bhp. The car can really be driven hard up to the 7,100rpm red line, and sprints from 0-60mph in 6.9 seconds and on to a 137mph top speed.

Sitting 10mm lower than the standard model, the car we tested was fitted with a £150 sports suspension pack, which means stiffer springs and different damper rates. The set-up gives much more driver involvement, but the MG doesn't suffer from the bone-jarring side effects of its raw cut rivals such as the Lotus Elise. The steering's crisp, the gearbox allows you to fully use the rev range and the brakes prove strong. In short, the MG TF is a very capable driver's car.

With a starting price of £19,995 for a standard TF 160, the roadster undercuts the likes of the Elise and 2.2-litre BMW Z3, despite offering more luxury than the former and a more exciting drive than the latter. There is still room for improvement, however. The staid interior differs little from that of the standard car, the steering wheel is non-reach-adjustable and the awkward stereo system will irritate drivers. Should you specify air-conditioning, you'll also have to live with a brick-sized intrusion into the passenger footwell.

Setting aside niggles such as these, though, the TF 160 is a far better car all round - and that's something MG, and any owner, should be very proud of.

The top-of-the-range TF is not only a hoot to drive but, taking into account its performance, is also competitively priced - and it should ensure the MG remains Britain's most popular roadster.

At a glance

• MG TF 160 is on sale in UK now, priced £19,995.

• Flagship model powered by a 158bhp (160PS) 1.8-litre engine.

• Several grades of Sports Pack available from £150 to £1,850.

• Interior trim can be specified to a buyer's individual tast.

By Russel Gray; Mail on Sunday

As a car mad teenager my favourite advert was for the MG Midget featuring a big haired brunette with heavy eye shadow wearing a white crocheted minidress and dreamily fondling the cars chrome handbrake.

Sadly, I never met the young woman and despite the fantasises, I never bought the car, either.

By the time I had money I was a rabid motorsport fan and that meant I had to have something closer to Grand Prix racing, a Lotus Elan.

The MG effect wouldn't go away though. Some weekends my late father, behind rose tinted spectacles, used to witter on about exciting drives in an early Fifties MG TF and of a friend who had driven a racing version home on public roads at night from a racing circuit.

I've never tried a TF, but in a move that older drivers may see as besmirching the name, there's now a new TF, the replacement for the MGF, Britain's best-ever selling sports car since its launch seven years ago.

The new car is much more focused on driving involvement and excitement and even further ahead of its rivals – and don’t think that I’m waving the Union Jack in a burst of patriotism.

This car is a tribute to British engineers. For although MG development was froze when BMW took control of Rover – because it didn’t want the car wiping the floor with it’s below par Z3 – the TF has arrived six months earlier than expected, in time for the March registration.

Prices are in the competitive MG tradition – from £15,750 on the road for the 115bhp 1.6 litre model to £19,995 for the rip snorting 160 bhp 1.8 litre car, with automatic transmission available on the TF120 for £18,245 and the likely most popular the TF135 at £17,245. The TF160 races from  0-60 in 6.9 secs and will deliver 26-37mpg.

And the new metal work provides styling hints to the next MG – the £50,000 high performance coupe on its way within a year. It has cut aerodynamic drag and reduced lift, giving the TF much greater stability at seed than the old MGF. But the biggest news is the Hydragas suspension, which had a tendency to leak, with a conventional one of springs, dampers and anti-roll bars.

The new suspension design has helped improve the brakes overall because the rear pair are used more. But the ride comfort is not as good and quite bouncy. With top speeds of 127mph for the TF135 and 137mph for the TF160, this is a cracking little sportscar.

Dressed to kill, the new TF is more raw, raunchy and passionate than before. You’re closer to the machine and the action as if in a pocket Porsche

And the steering is now quicker and more communicative.

Individuality? There are so many options – such as bright pack, if you are into chrome, for £175, and a wood trim at £350 – the chances of seeing an identical car are zero.

Inside, the suede and leather seats look good and there’s even a decent sized boot. Obviously, young people thinking about sports cars have a practical question about comfort a deux. The TF is not a large car, so the driving position is cosy for big people.

I know that doesn’t answer the delicate question of romance, but people who buy MG’s are too polite to go into that sort of detail.

BY JOHN SIMISTER

With this in mind, Rover's decision to abandon all that made the 'F' fantastic with it all-new MG TF seems an extremely risky gamble. But on looks alone, the bet has certainly paid off. The metallic blue MG TF 135 we sampled for this exclusive drive looks stunning in the metal.

Priced at £17,245, the 135bhp MX-5 and Lotus Elise rival sports a new grille, headlamps and bumpers. Styling changes have also altered the shape of the bonnet and boot, and put sharper creases into the wings as well. A new range of colours, which includes the Trophy Blue shown here as well as a metallic grey and green, has been developed, and there is an extra set of alloy wheels to choose from, too. Wearing sharp-looking sills and cooling vents, the TF is more modern and much more aggressive than its predecessor.

Launched progressively into world markets from February 2002 with an array of new improvements, the TF is led by its design, feature specification and driver enjoyment. In the UK market, the MGF has been the best selling car in the roadster sector for the last six years and the TF has been evolved to continue this tradition.

Product Summary:

• Multi-link rear axle with precise kinematics control Coil springs replace the interconnected Hydragas system

• Solidly-mounted subframes for improved handling responsiveness