Just wondering about what everybody thinks of the huge revival in public interest in MG Rover Group?
Those of you that know me and have seen my post in the MGR Staff Thread know that I work very closely with MGR on a day-to-day basis, as my employer manages around 2,500 of their vehicles. We're talking Company Vehicles, VIP cars. Any MGR you see on soaps, like the upcoming tahiti blue R25 stepspeed that Rita Sullivan will be driving around in in about six weeks time on tv - we supplied. We also run a fleet of around 1,500 demonstration vehicles.
Since the launch of the MG Saloon Range, public interest in MG Rover and their products has been phenomenal. People are snapping up the new vehicles like they're going out of fashion, and can't wait to try them.
A brilliant example of this would be the time that customers have to wait for the MG ZT 190. Normally, customers can expect to wait around 2 weeks for any vehicle.
Despite the fact that we have over 50 MG ZT+ 190s on our fleets at present, customers have to wait 3 months before they can expect to receive the car. We're trying to get more cars out, but there's just not enough to go around!
I've been with my employer since 1998, and can say that no car launch I have seen has ever brought the interest that these new Saloons have brought.
I predict that, providing that MGR can cope with the demand, the company will perform a complete turnaround, and before the end of 2002 will be making a profit again.
I also know that the public interest for the MG TF, considering the reviews in the auto mags, will go through the roof.
People are coming OUT of ***s, Mercs, even Jags to go into Rovers. Proof that the company is attracting the attention it has desvered for so long. Ok, maybe in the past they didn't do that good a job with the cars... the Montego and the Maestro are proof of that.
Now though, they have managed to turn their fortunes around completely. Who would have thought back in May 2000 that we'd be raving about their products? Who, when we're being honest, thought that the company wouldn't last more than 18 months?
The press have got a hell of a lot to answer for!
Those of you that know me and have seen my post in the MGR Staff Thread know that I work very closely with MGR on a day-to-day basis, as my employer manages around 2,500 of their vehicles. We're talking Company Vehicles, VIP cars. Any MGR you see on soaps, like the upcoming tahiti blue R25 stepspeed that Rita Sullivan will be driving around in in about six weeks time on tv - we supplied. We also run a fleet of around 1,500 demonstration vehicles.
Since the launch of the MG Saloon Range, public interest in MG Rover and their products has been phenomenal. People are snapping up the new vehicles like they're going out of fashion, and can't wait to try them.
A brilliant example of this would be the time that customers have to wait for the MG ZT 190. Normally, customers can expect to wait around 2 weeks for any vehicle.
Despite the fact that we have over 50 MG ZT+ 190s on our fleets at present, customers have to wait 3 months before they can expect to receive the car. We're trying to get more cars out, but there's just not enough to go around!
I've been with my employer since 1998, and can say that no car launch I have seen has ever brought the interest that these new Saloons have brought.
I predict that, providing that MGR can cope with the demand, the company will perform a complete turnaround, and before the end of 2002 will be making a profit again.
I also know that the public interest for the MG TF, considering the reviews in the auto mags, will go through the roof.
People are coming OUT of ***s, Mercs, even Jags to go into Rovers. Proof that the company is attracting the attention it has desvered for so long. Ok, maybe in the past they didn't do that good a job with the cars... the Montego and the Maestro are proof of that.
Now though, they have managed to turn their fortunes around completely. Who would have thought back in May 2000 that we'd be raving about their products? Who, when we're being honest, thought that the company wouldn't last more than 18 months?
The press have got a hell of a lot to answer for!