Their range all date from the 90s, and they desperately need to replace them, so more people would buy them - I used to live in Birmingham and support MG Rover with a passion, they are suffering because Top Gear are always laughing at them. Although their newer models due to thsi deal with Proton look nice and will defintely be modern and competetive, Top Gear won't give them a chance because they are Proton-based (and Proton is NOT cool) Mind you, Skoda is now a fashionable brand, and SEAT is defintely cool, wheras before VAG, they were uncool tinny things.