Always a head turner at the events..

NEC Classic Car Show 2023

NEC Classic Motor Show - 10th - 12th November

Great news that the MG SV Club attended the Classic Motor Show in 2023 which will be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the MG SV.

Chris Flanagan, Dawn Flanagan and Gareth Hawkins have been working very hard to bring a fantastic stand together to represent the MG SV Club this year. We are sure most will be very pleased when they get to see it!

To celebrate this year, Dawn arranged balloons with the anniversary written on, and MG SV Club balloons were given to children throughout each day. People had the opportunity to drive a MG SV on the XBox being setup by Sam Flanagan on the stand.

The cars being displayed on this years stand are:

Dominic Middleton - MG SVR - Dusty Blue - 5.0 V8

Chris Flanagan - MG SVR - Red - 5.0 V8

Graeme Grove - MG SVS - X Power Grey - 4.6 V8 Supercharged

Gareth Hawkins - MG SVR - X Power Grey - 5.0 V8

MG SV Club X Power Polo Shirts were also available to purchase.

Hampton Court -
Concours of Elegance 2022.

The MG SV Club were again invited to display a range of cars at the prestigious Hampton Court Concours of Elegance on Sunday 4th September 2022 with the gathering of 12 SV/SV-Rs.This will be the third consecutive year the club has been in attendance and the multicoloured SV's were sure to provide much interest from the general public and car enthusiasts.

That number represents a significant number of the known 87 or so existing SV/SV-Rs and SV-Ss. You can see many pictures on the MG SV Club Facebook page…

The weather gods smiled on the event again, and the MG SV club assumed the same position as in 2021 down near the Thames. Although a little distance away from some of the eclectic Concours entries and other multi-million pound exotica, the owners were able to welcome many curious visitors. Many arrived with a knowing smile and engaged in extensive discussion with the various owners who were enjoying their picnics on the lawns. A common statement uttered was “I’ve heard of the SV, but I’ve never seen one in the flesh”.

Most visitors left more informed and more effusive over the SV/SV-Rs.
We all think the great thing about the SV/SV-R is that it is totally classless. One day we can mix with the high and mighty of the classic motoring world sipping their champagne and the next day we can turn up at an MG ‘noggin and natter’ and have a pie and pint.

Hampton Court -
Concours of Elegance.. (Cont’d)

In 2020 the club had the “Magnificent Seven”, and last year (2021) it was “Ocean’s Eleven”  In 2022 it was the turn of the “Dirty Dozen” with attendees being:-

#111 Graeme in the XPower Grey ex-Maidstone Sports SV-S,
#118 Nigel in his ex-Top Gear French Titanium SV-R,
#124 John in his Dark Cobalt SV,
#129 Nigel in his Red Hot SV-R,
#136 John with his BRG SV-R ex-EVO Rowan Atkinson car,
#137 Gareth and his XPower Grey SV-R ex MG Rover Director’s (John Parkinson) car,
#139 Dominic and his 2004 Birmingham NEC Motor Show and Earls Court MPH Dusty Blue SV-R,
#140 Gareth in his Raven Black SV,
#152 Stan his Red Hot SV-R,
#155 Andy (with Cath driving) Red Hot automatic SV-R,
#181 Chris with his splendid recently completed Red SV-R
#151 Colin in his Mirror Silver ex John Towers (MG Rover Chairman in 2005) SV-R car.

Naturally all the owners are thankful again to Gareth for his superb organisational skills.

Report by Colin Withers MG SV-R #151

Classic Car Show - NEC November 2022

Great few days with the MG SV Club at The Classic Car Show….Big thanks to Gareth Hawkins for doing all the “Donkey Work” and the four days passed much quicker by us all getting on, helping each other out and having a laugh!…thank you to Chris Flanagan, Dawn Flanagan, John Bridge & Gareth Hawkins, enjoyed your company and we think our MG SVs we’re well received.

Hopefully the MG SV Club will be invited to display again at teh 2023 Classic Show.