Futuristic MG Midget Concept Created by Design Student During Internship at SAIC

More than six years after China's Nanjing Automobiles acquired the once-famed MG brand only to be incorporated itself in SAIC Motor's portfolio a couple of years later, the British carmaker is still struggling to find its way and re-enter the global scene.

At last month's Beijing Auto Show, we saw MG providing a glimpse into the future with the Icon, a study for a small crossover coupe.

Another proposal for a future MG model comes from a design student of the Coventry University in the UK, who created a sports car concept during his internship at SAIC Design.

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1949 Cooper /MG T10

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MG Icon Scoops Best Concept Award at the Beijing Motor Show, Do You Agree?

Neither the sharp lines of the Lamborghini Urus SUV nor the sculptured body of the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe managed to convince a panel of judges at the Auto China 2012 in Beijing when it came to picking out the 'Best Concept' of this year's show. Instead, most votes landed upon the new MG Icon small crossover.

The awards were announced by U.S. car magazine Autoweek, which plans to present MG with an engraved trophy at a later date.

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MG's Beijing Show Icon Concept Previews a Small Crossover that Could Enter Production by 2014

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), the Chinese owner of the MG Motors brand, is eyeing the Nissan Juke and the small crossover segment with a new concept study named the Icon that was officially revealed today at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show.

The British company's first ever SUV concept was created by the MG global design team headed by British director Anthony Williams-Kenny who says he took inspiration from some of the most well-known MG models of the past such as the MGA and the MGB GT.

“The MG brand has a unique set of values and heritage and allows us to offer individual design values to our products," said Williams-Kenny. "The MG Icon represents our vision of a modern MG and we feel that the small SUV canvas demonstrates MG’s capacity for progressive design with respect for its long heritage."

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New MG Icon Concept Crossover to be Unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show

These are the first official sketches of a new concept model from MG named the Icon that will make its world premiere at next week's Auto China Show 2012 in Beijing.

The Icon is said to preview an upcoming compact crossover model that will be launched in China within the next two years. Some of the car's styling elements are loosely inspired by the fixed-roof MGB GT built between 1965 and 1980.

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"They Started In MGs". New book out that talks about the famous who got their start in MGs

Briggs Cunningham, Phil Hill, Suzy Dietrich, Bob Donner, Carroll Shelby, Ken Miles and Charlie Elmers

a unique look at the early days of road racing in the U.S. in 291 pages and 278 photos by great racing photogs of the past. It profiles 80 sports car drivers of the 1950s

Carl Goodwin "They Started In MGs"
retail price is $35.00 from the publisher, McFarland - Publisher of Academic Nonfiction, and Serious Books about Pop Culture. Contact: www.mcfarlandpub.com Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8624-3

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the San Diego British Car Club Council show at Liberty Station

 Deloreans were built in Ireland

 Barnfind from So Cal, just pulled out 2 weeks ago

 on the center console os a valve cover racer

 Above, best sign board

 Best custom interior/dash/steering wheel

The above is a Berkley

great company truck!

What the new Mini coupe looks like

Quite a variety of Rolls Royce

And Lotus changed a lot too

Best display

 above, best cultural interior that fits the car show

 Quite a variety of Bentleys too

British cars that were at the show, Alpine, Austin, Delorean, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Land Rover, Berkley, MG, Morris, TVR, Cooper, Triumph, Rootes, Morgan and maybe a couple I can't think of... but the number of Britsh built cars is surprising... and if you wonder why the new Mini is at the British car show... when it is a BMW... and you'd think German, well, it's built in Oxford Britian. Has 20 some percent of it's parts from France too.

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