Engineers are well aware of this potential pitfall, which is why MG called heavily on its small UK team, based at Longbridge, to help fine-tune the car before it went on sale in October here last year. Guided by ‘MG David’ (David Allison, Head of Product and Planning at MG Motor UK Ltd), the team liaised closely with HQ in China, culminating in a handful of successive development cars being sent over here, for testing, refinement and development.