Beijing: MG Icon displays Mini-like sensibilities

Filed under: Concept Cars, China, Hatchback, Beijing Motor Show, Design/Style

MG has taken to the 2012 Beijing Motor Show with its Icon Concept, a hatch that's somehow intended to pay tribute to the MGA and MGB GT models of old. The automaker is marking its 50th anniversary this year, and chose the Chinese show to mark the occasion with the funky-looking concept you see above. Aside from a general hatchback shape, we don't see too much of the Icon's predecessors in the design - in fact, we see as much Mini Countryman as anything else. The tall ride height and flashy wheels certainly look as if they'd be at home on a modern roadway, however.

Details are scarce as far as the concept's drivetrain is concerned, though MG says the Icon can accommodate four occupants, and the rear seats fold into the floor to optimize the available cargo area. A brief press release is after the jump.

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