GREAT VALUE NEW MG - the TF 135

MG has launched the new MG TF135 with an unbeatable price of just £13,511 on the road. With the government’s recently announced scrappage scheme, the price of the car has tumbled to a fantastic £11,511.

• MG TF 135 from just £11,511
• Signature mid engine, rear wheel drive sportscar
• Six new colours and new wheel design

Jack Safiruddin, Sales & After sales Operations Manager for MG, said;

“The MG TF LE500 was well received thanks to its amazing specification and we expect the new MG TF 135 to be equally popular thanks to its compelling price tag. Initial models will also be fitted with leather interior at no cost to the customers.”

A range of new colours, new wheels, new trim and a new ICE will set the 135 apart from its LE brother. Yet it maintains the refinements that have made the brand’s eagerly awaited return to production so rewarding for those taking delivery of the latest cars.

Jack concluded; “The MGTF 135 complements the MGTF LE500 and the new MGTF 85th Anniversary thanks to its competitive price point. This 135 mainline model goes back to the roots of the TF as a classy sportster for everyone to enjoy. There is growing interest in MG and we remain delighted with the way the brand has returned to the market.”

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There is growing interest in MG and we remain delighted with the way the brand has returned to the market.

Just a shame its not an all new car, but hopefully this means that if they are pleased with the response to MGs relaunch that they will launch a new MG hopefully a British built 6,

Have to say every time I see the TF I remember just what a good looking car it is.

Are they tripping?

It's hard not to admit that the TF is still a great looking car, especially in that new metalic red, but I can't help but feel it's not enough. At least they've been realistic with the pricing.

Just a shame its not an all new car, but hopefully this means that if they are pleased with the response to MGs relaunch that they will launch a new MG hopefully a British built 6,

Have to say every time I see the TF I remember just what a good looking car it is.

At this rate it could become an icon! I don't think it will last as long as the Range Rover. That thing is a success story and icon, but the TF will be remembered by MG Fan's (Enthusiasts).

Are they tripping?

Well I don't think the TF LE 500 sold that badly, or was even that "problematic". I mean this will be a bit sugar coated. But I think the LE 500 was a test car. To see if MG was viable at all in the UK, same with MG in Chile. The TF 135 will be a car that will properly be around for four years so get used to it. With the 85th Anniversary something pop's to mind. They have only just finished a limited edition, do they really need another? I mean MINI release "Special Editions" all the time. So much that they are not so Special, I just don't want MG to do that.

It's hard not to admit that the TF is still a great looking car, especially in that new metalic red, but I can't help but feel it's not enough. At least they've been realistic with the pricing.

The thing that got me on the LE 500 was the price, alright it's not Jaguar expensive, but it is overpriced. I know it's a Special car. MG are doing the right thing, it does not seem "enough" mainly because you have seen this car lot's of times and it's long in the tooth. But when the MG 6 comes along it will be a different ball park.

Why they cant update the interior?

Why they cant update the interior?

Ever heard of this phrase?

"Money makes the world go round"

This phrase is synonymous with the demise of MG Rover, the lack of new Rover models and the interior in the MG TF.

Why they cant update the interior?

I suspect the problem is packaging, there isn't a lot of room to make any meaningful changes.

Lovley colour, but not the most inspiring photgraphy. They should let me have a crack at it.

I suspect the problem is packaging, there isn't a lot of room to make any meaningful changes.

And there is little point in SAIC spending money on a car that is very close to the end of it's lifespan.

Lovley colour, but not the most inspiring photgraphy. They should let me have a crack at it.

I have added some more photo's from the MG website, don't know if you have seen them before but there hear for your viewing pleasure.

I was quite interested until I saw the interior. It seems like quite a step back from the R75/MG ZT, even for a little roadster. I'm still not completely put off though but I think some people might be.

Tbh after a 3 year gap, i reckon they were expecting there to be queues for those 500... I mean 500 cars in a country with 65 million people... and they havent sold them all months later. I think there probably doing more harm than good to the MG brand name. Mainly bad reviews in the press too, it just doesnt look good.

Wasn't the focus of the bad reviews the high price though?

Still a nice car but £11k for a car that is the same as the wife's that I paid £2k for just doesn't swing to be honest.

Glad theres another option,

is that a new alloy wheel design or and old one? I can't keep up :)

I have added some more photo's from the MG website, don't know if you have seen them before but there hear for your viewing pleasure.

The badge shot is a nice shot, #1 and #2 are pants and #3 looks like it's been badly cropped. I hope none of my eds would run those pics if I submitted them. The first one is especially poor, does NOTHING for the car at all.

Tbh after a 3 year gap, i reckon they were expecting there to be queues for those 500... I mean 500 cars in a country with 65 million people... and they havent sold them all months later. I think there probably doing more harm than good to the MG brand name. Mainly bad reviews in the press too, it just doesnt look good.

Still a nice car but £11k for a car that is the same as the wife's that I paid £2k for just doesn't swing to be honest.

Please do not forget that the LE 500 they made are just things there banging out of Birmingham because they can. The real relaunch is starts now with the 135 and I am sure we will see better cars like the 6. Also to respond to great kahn about not many people buying the car's. The real reason is lack of advertising. And why would you advertise a 15 year old car as new?

Glad theres another option,

is that a new alloy wheel design or and old one? I can't keep up :)

Actually there is going to be two new options!

Wasn't the focus of the bad reviews the high price though?

You can say that again! It was high because it was a special edition.

The badge shot is a nice shot, #1 and #2 are pants and #3 looks like it's been badly cropped. I hope none of my eds would run those pics if I submitted them. The first one is especially poor, does NOTHING for the car at all.
It's not a photography competition!

But here is my entry :lol:

http://www.mgmotor.co.uk/mmlib/includes/sendimage.php?path=86.250aba41.jpg&height=666&width=1024.png

Lovley colour, but not the most inspiring photgraphy. They should let me have a crack at it.

It is rather pants really. At least it's not that dull business park backdrop that MGR was so fond of.

You do wonder how these photos come about though. They have a brand "new" sports car to advertise... "Hey look, shove it infront of that wall over there and take a pic, brilliant!".

It is rather pants really. At least it's not that dull business park backdrop that MGR was so fond of.

You do wonder how these photos come about though. They have a brand "new" sports car to advertise... "Hey look, shove it infront of that wall over there and take a pic, brilliant!".

I'm sure they have to do it very carefully. These photographs are meant to incise consumer's. The first photo graph is there to show that big box or building has something in it (Perhaps imported Roewe's) and make customer's want to deluge into the photograph. The second and third are done in a place that looks like it is in Greece (I have never been to Greece, using stereotypes) and the building looks very posh and that is comparing the car to the building. Because of the Car's strong color it makes you notice the car first. Making customers feel the car is more beautiful than the building. The shot with the woman on adds a little casual sense to the photograph.

The problem with Windy's photograph is that it is very busy. Perhaps change the circle backdrop to London City and that would be much better.

I'm sure they have to do it very carefully. These photographs are meant to incise consumer's. The first photo graph is there to show that big box or building has something in it (Perhaps imported Roewe's) and make customer's want to deluge into the photograph. The second and third are done in a place that looks like it is in Greece (I have never been to Greece, using stereotypes) and the building looks very posh and that is comparing the car to the building. Because of the Car's strong color it makes you notice the car first. Making customers feel the car is more beautiful than the building. The shot with the woman on adds a little casual sense to the photograph.

The problem with Windy's photograph is that it is very busy. Perhaps change the circle backdrop to London City and that would be much better.
I think mine is intentionally busy and for good reason, just as you have found reasons for the others to be as they are. The problem with viewing them here on this thread is that they are out of context. They were definitely never selected to be hung in a gallery as individual photographs.

The one Windy posted up at least makes the car more interesting. The pictures are being used to advertise the car but they don't make it look attractive. Blasting down a B road, sun shining, that sort of thing. Fun and Freedom.

The one Windy posted up at least makes the car more interesting. The pictures are being used to advertise the car but they don't make it look attractive. Blasting down a B road, sun shining, that sort of thing. Fun and Freedom.
But you don't want all the photos to be of cars "Blasting down a B road", there is a place for such a picture and they do have them on the site:

http://www.mgmotor.co.uk/mmlib/homepagefeatures/28.multipleimg.09.06.15HomepageLEsilver.jpg

You also need to remember that many, if not most, MG TF drivers do not buy their cars in order to "blast down a B road" - the MG ZS is a much more appropriate car for that, which is maybe why you have a ZS ;)

Oh yeah, I don't disagree with you mate, it's just I find the pic of the TF plonked in front of the wall so uninspiring. There's nothing wrong with Urban or industrial settings, they just need to be done right.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1107/61849601.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/i/61849601.jpg/)

or

http://gallery.xpowerforums.com/data/9272/medium/rgs-0102-386-.jpg

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(Incidentally, does anyone know where that ZS shot was taken?)

I think http://www.sniffpetrol.com hit the nail on the head...

http://www.sniffpetrol.com/wp-content/uploads/spadmgtf2.jpg

Regards

John

I think http://www.sniffpetrol.com hit the nail on the head...

http://www.sniffpetrol.com/wp-content/uploads/spadmgtf2.jpg

Regards

John

******* harsh :rofl:


I do prefer the mg interior to the MX-5.

http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/imgser-uk/servlet/media?id=926444533

Although there is something wrong when you can get a nicer interior on a 10k fiesta.

http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/imgser-uk/servlet/media?id=935386440

I think it looks fantastic, especially in that colour.
At the end of the day you can get a brand new/updated MG roadster with 135bhp for 11k. Not bad really. How about we all support MG while they get ready to launch the new saloons next year? Would make a nice change to agree on something we all share a passion for!
I was looking through a 1998 Top Gear mag yesterday and the base F was £17k and that was 11 years ago!

I think it looks fantastic, especially in that colour.
At the end of the day you can get a brand new/updated MG roadster with 135bhp for 11k. Not bad really. How about we all support MG while they get ready to launch the new saloons next year? Would make a nice change to agree on something we all share a passion for!
I was looking through a 1998 Top Gear mag yesterday and the base F was £17k and that was 11 years ago!

Indeed we should all support MG because sometimes I do wonder about the forum there is always something to complain about. The quality of the TF is bad, the interior is bad ,the price is bad , the marketing is bad and now even the pictures are not good enough ! Help !!!!

While I may have whinged about the photos that was purely with my photographers hat on. I'd buy a TF tomorrow, should circumstances allow. I'll back MG as long as the name exists.

Personally I would buy one, just because theres so few cars on the market that actually interest me at all, where as MG's do :P even if it is a CMG :P

It is rather pants really. At least it's not that dull business park backdrop that MGR was so fond of.

You do wonder how these photos come about though. They have a brand "new" sports car to advertise... "Hey look, shove it infront of that wall over there and take a pic, brilliant!".

But if the back ground is so amazing, no one would notice the car lol

Well I don't think the TF LE 500 was even that "problematic"


Depends how you classify problematic...

My personal experience is that I have an A4 list of "problems" that I want sorted (tomorrow is the crunch day with MG's Technical guy coming to look at the car)


But I think the LE 500 was a test car.

In more ways than just viability.....

Chris

The ZS shot looks like it's taken on the bridge going to the Bythe Valley Park. You'll go under the bridge near J4 of the M42, near Shirley (Solihull).

You can see the bridge on google streetview:-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.37687,-1.786458&spn=0,359.989057&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.376611,-1.788847&panoid=cZWZHkH8l1ygpMNeX8z7bg&cbp=12,31.41,,0,-6.47

Not a lot of dosh for a sports car. This might sell.

The ZS shot looks like it's taken on the bridge going to the Bythe Valley Park. You'll go under the bridge near J4 of the M42, near Shirley (Solihull).

You can see the bridge on google streetview:-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.37687,-1.786458&spn=0,359.989057&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.376611,-1.788847&panoid=cZWZHkH8l1ygpMNeX8z7bg&cbp=12,31.41,,0,-6.47

Thanks mate, I had a feeling it was there, I drive under it on my way home from Coventry games and I was willing to be it was there.