Talk:MG cars

Origin of the M.G. name

I see a new paragraph has appeared describing the origins of the M.G. name. The trouble is I can't understand it. It seems to say that the initials don't stand for Morris Garages but rather for the initials for Morris Garages which seems a very narrow distinction. One thing is certain, on all the early advertisements and letter headings it was never MG but always M.G..

Also, can anyone give a source to the story that Cecil Kimber said M.G. didn't stand for anything. Without a source this rather contentious statement should not be there. Malcolma 20:03, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

University of Oklahoma?

There has been some news in Oklahoma of MG opening a plant in Ardmore, but the University of Oklahoma certainly would not keep quiet about their involvement if it were already made public by MG.

Record breaking and racing

I think we need to say something more about MG's successes in these in the 1930s - in racing and trialling, it was not just the works team - the three musketeers, cream crackers etc. -- Beardo 13:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Renaming to MG Motor

It appears this article has been renamed without any discussion. Apart from the fact that the current UK company name, as of January 2009 is not "MG Motor Limited", but MG Motor UK Limited, per WP:UCN, we should use follow the most common usage when naming articles. Since the "MG Motor UK" name has been in use for only a few months (and the MG brand has been around since 1924), I would suggest this isn't the most common usage. Letdorf (talk) 23:23, 12 May 2009 (UTC).

I also am concerned at the renaming. The company has had many names over the years and is arguably more famous for its past than its present. MG Cars, the old name, while not strictly accurate was to my mind a good compromise title and was quite likely to be found by a casual search whereas MG Motor is not. Its a pity we can't just have MG but that is now a disambig page (with some staggering obscurity in it). I would like to move back to MG Cars. Malcolma (talk) 09:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I was the one who renamed it, I have put it back to normal now. --Thomas G 21:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Gilling (talk • contribs)

Chinese? British!

Even though MG is in foreign hands the HQ is still in the UK and the brand is british. I will change it to Chinese owned! --Thomas G 22:01, 21 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Gilling (talk • contribs)

This article

This article was created to be about MG Cars, a now defunct British car maker. The brand it created does live on, but MG Cars (the original company) does not - it was absorbed decades ago. Other companies, including British Motor Corporation, Rover Group and MG Rover have owned the marque since then, and each have their own articles. Today the marque is owned by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation which also has its own article, and which created a new company in the UK, MG Motor UK Limited to assemble cars. However, that new company is exactly that, a new company, so should have an article of its own. This article should not be converted into an article about that company. -- de Facto (talk). 21:28, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: no consensus for the move to this title. Article has already been moved back to MG Cars which there seems to be a consensus for as an interim solution. Dpmuk (talk) 12:46, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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MG Sports Car → MG Car Company — Relisted. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:35, 2 January 2011 (UTC) As the current hatnote states, this article is about the history and products of the car business that was first incorporated in 1930 as the MG Car Company Ltd. According to Companies House, the original company (M.G. Car Company, Limited (The), to be pedantic) existed (presumably as a subsidiary of Morris Motor Co., the Nuffield Organisation, BMC etc.) until it was dissolved in 2010, so I propose that "MG Car Company" be the most appropriate title for this artice. Letdorf (talk) 14:05, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Car Models?

Why no mention of the VA SA and WA models? Or the KN come to that? There are some fine articles on wiki for an internal link.Tylexman (talk) 19:38, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Survey

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• Weak neutral on the proposed title, however the current one is absolutely wrong and if this discussion doesn't come to a conclusion soon it should be reverted back to MG Cars while this is worked out. From the looks of it this article is as much about the MG marque as it is about the manufacturer, and I think MG Cars is the more common name. However, I could be persuaded otherwise. --Sable232 (talk) 20:05, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose The article as it stands appears to cover three things: the original MG Car Company, which according to the article ceased to exist in any meaningful way by the end of the 1970s; the use of the MG marque by its various owners after that date; and the cars produced under both categories. MG Cars seems to me to be the most likely common name covering these usages. AFAIK, later British MGs were not built by the MG Car Company, but by BL/Austin Rover/Rover, so using MG Car Company for the article as it stands would be rather misleading. I too am open to other views as none of this is very satisfactory. 4u1e (talk) 11:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

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Another renaming

User LoyaltyCard moved the article to Morris Garages (Cars) without prior discussion so I have reverted the change. His logic seems to have been that the company is now called Morris Garages which it is not. Malcolma (talk) 19:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I agree with your revert, the MG Car Company was never actually called "Morris Garages". Letdorf (talk) 00:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC).