Faults:

Rattles, clutch arm, boot leak, smokes badly, badly fitted trim inside.

General Comments:

Great looking car. Drives fantastic. But I have had to put so many things right. Only go for the diesel, if you want to buy one. They are far better than the petrol. Just be aware of the the noisy engine!

Faults:

Nothing major has gone wrong with the car. At the moment the only problem I have had is the exhaust back box needed changing the other week at around 37000!

Only other fault was the alarm that stopped sounding at around 27000.

General Comments:

After owning a 105 ZR, I knew how well a ZR handled. But I wasn't ready for the acceleration difference between the two when I first put my foot down. The 160 is an amazing car for the size engine it has. 0-60 7.4 speaks for itself on a 1.8 without the aid of a turbo.

The interior on the face-lift models in my view is much better and looks more modern. Only downside is you get a lot more rattles than the mk1 as the build quality seems to be worse.

Also can't fault the car for MPG I'm getting; around 33 MPG on average, which I don't think is bad at all.

Faults:

Battery fault (because of low temperature - I didn't start the engine for 2 weeks though).

The knob can fall off if you change the gears aggressively.

General Comments:

Although I knew the car from magazines from a fair amount of time, I wasn't aware of its performance. It's simply amazing.

Consider this: 160 HP, 1.8 petrol engine, 5 gears speed box and 1180 KG, plus 10.5 lit res/100 KM consumption.

This car blew me away when I drove it, and it does a decent job when driven on the rush hour, even though the suspension is firm, and it gets bumpy.

It doesn't have any luxury inside (except for some leather seats), and is a simple car which can boost you out on the highways (210 KM/h) and take you where you need inside town.

The real threat is the interval between 3500/5000 rot/min, then your heart is beating faster. And it provides exclusivity, when I answer somebody: "I drive a MG" he replies: "what is that".

So if you want a car that connects to satellites and rubs your behind while driving, you can go for other things (Mercedes, Lexus), but if you want a compact (little and mean) beast you can have an MG ZR.

The things that aren't too good at this car are: you can't find it anymore (production stopped, actually has been moved to china, for the TF manufacturing) and the cockpit looks pretty cheap, large amount of brute plastic, manual A/C, generally small details problems.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with this car, it is extremely reliable.

General Comments:

When I first got the car I thought it was reasonably quick and handles brilliantly.

However now it is a hell of a lot faster, and I can beat a Ford Focus ST in a straight line, and also an Astra VXR. I have had the ECU reprogrammed, fitted a supercharger and a cat bypass kit.

Faults:

Very poor steering! car veers all over the road and is hard to keep in a straight line.

Bulbs and fuses keep blowing.

Problems with the stereo breaking.

Alarm goes off for no reason.

Dealer we got the car from are the worst I have ever known.

General Comments:

This car is my 10th car and would not entertain an mg again after my experience.

Faults:

Nothing, the cars great, just one problem.

Brakes constantly squeal when braking

{not brake dust}.

Any remedies.

General Comments:

This car is very nippy and fun to drive plus you get a lot of attention off other drivers at lights and slow moving traffic. All the looks are of disbelief of how sporty these cars really look, and then you get the other "look" from the raging 40+ males that wish they were 20 again so they could buy one. Anyway enough about the old folk. I am proud to own the FACE LIFT model with all extras and in what I think the nicest colour, ignition blue. Paid £8495.

I can't believe they won't be made again, sad.