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MG ZR ZS ZT Technical - Missed Top Gear :-(

I missed Top Gear last night. Was the ZT260 on the show and what did they have to say about it?
Adrian

Wasn't very flattering. Basically said 260 was developed on a shoe string budget and even tho' you could throw the back end out it was not exciting to drive. Mind you, he also said the Jag S type was too ugly too even discuss.
Eric

Yes, it was on, and was the usual hatchet job on MGR.

The guys on the xpower site reckoned that the Stig was not trying. I am not sure about this, but when the time was announced everyone jeered and they said it was rubbish. However, if you go on the BBC topgear site you can see that it was faster than several hot cars including the Ferrari 575 and the Clio V6.

The rest of it was pretty slanted and I thought unfair.

Interestingly the item about this has just disappeared from the xpower site. Top level Link is - "http://www.xpower-mg.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=4"
look for an item about ZT260 on top gear
M Parris

Aha, the Xpower site has just moved the item. Here's the new link -

http://www.xpower-mg.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15492&perpage=35&pagenumber=1.

M Parris

I have some pictures of Clarkson driving the ZT260 if you would like to see them:

http://groups.msn.com/MGMaestroImages/zt260ontopgear.msnw?albumlist=2
Matthew Semple

This thread was discussed between 07/06/2004 and 21/06/2004

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