Motor Max: INSIDE STORY; Awful interior ruins good-looking MG ZR.(Features)

From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | Date: March 21, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: PAUL MALLEY

ALL fur coat and no knickers... welcome to the deceptive world of the MG ZR.

The ZR is infuriating. You get all excited by its classy, tantalising clothing only to find the interior is as common as muck.

My model -a 160 1.8-litre 3door -was a stunning sight, gleaming in its ultra-smart XPower grey metallic paint.

Good-looking, powerful and sporty in appearance, the Birmingham-built hot ...

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