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MG6 Diesel Road Test

The long awaited arrival of the New MG 6 DTi-TECH Turbo Diesel is over as our first launch car was picked up last week from MG Birmingham Head quarters and has now been through PDi and has been registered as our NEW MG6 DEMONSTRATOR - it's superb !

I personally drove the vehicle back the 135 miles from Longbridge so I managed to get a very good feel for the car through motorway / traffic and A/B Roads too, so lets go from the leaving the gates of the factory where the car is built and assembled.

As all the new cars were lined up for pick up, the Perkins of Rayne car was 4 th in line so we attatched our transport plates , started the engine to a quiet and smooth tickover, turned on the heated seats, got myself comfortable with the electric adjustment, inserted the SD card for the Full Colour Satellite Navigation, connected my mobile telephone with the hands free BLUETOOTH connection and did what what the nice lady on the navigation told me to do - "please turn right" - I like this car !

So the weather was horrible , the traffic around the M6/M42 was worse than London traffic around the M25 (quite depressing) and the daylight was fading fast, not ideal conditions to be driving a brand new car safely home.

However, nothing to worry about - the Xenon headlamps along with the "fast wipe" function helped me see the way home and using the Cruise Control as the traffic lightened and the Dual Zone Climate control set to the happy temperature, I tuned in the radio (I actually programmed in Radio 1/ 2 and 4 (for the comedy half hour) and flicked between them and the RDS Traffic data reports) as the Sat Nav directed me back to the Dealership.

It feels new obviously but also extremely sturdy and well built - the windows and door close nicely and the dashboard and seating is visually clean and comfortable - the engine sits comfortably at 1800 rpm in 6 th gear on the motorway cruise and was showing a very impressive 48.0 mpg on the average and 54.6 on the instant fuel economy - this is from the brand new DTi -TECH MG turbo diesel engine and I'm sure those figures will increase as the engine gathers more miles.

It was also noticable that this car does look a little different on the road to many of the other "family saloons" in the this car sector- The tear drop headlamps and LED rear light clusters make the car stand out from the crowd a little and there are not too many on the road as yet so you do notice other drivers taking note of the car and it feels like an individual choice of motor car - you're just a lillte bit different from the average car.

SO that's my opinion of the car in the few hours we've had available - We would love to hear your comments and judgement on this superb new product from MG Motor UK that is now available to test drive from today at Perkins of Rayne - MG Dealer in Essex.

Prices start from £16995 on the road and if you order soon, you'll get delivery for March 2013 - Philip Bunyard and Kevin Wiseman are at hand at the dealership to look after your enquiries so please fell free to pop in for a little look or call 01376 550899 to book yourself a test drive in the NEW MG 6 DTi-TECH GT TSE 5dr or MAGNETTE - It's the MG we've waiting for - come and tell us what you think.

Official figures for the New MG 6 Diesel - 46.1 mpg URBAN - 59.0 mpg EXTRA URBAN - 53.5 mpg COMBINED.

Insurance Groups are 14E to 15E depending on variant