This is the very rare withdrawn brochure which is likely to become a rare collector's item in the future. The cover depicts a car with a bike mounted on the roof rails......those rails are for decoration only, and are not (at least in the UK) designed to carry any weight!

From the 'This is Money' website on 19th Jan 2021.......A car manufacturer has left customers dumbfounded after it emerged the roof rails on one of its electric estate cars are unable carry any weight.

If drivers ignore this detail it could 'result in an accident or damage to the vehicle'.

That's despite the brand's optional accessories for the model including roof bars for an extra £228 and a £192 cycle carrier that can only be purchased along with the former for a total of £420.

However, after ordering the car, a customer was shocked to find that the manual states that the rails are for 'decoration purposes only' and it is potentially unsafe to bear any weight on them at all.

In the manual, alongside a warning sign, MG says that the optional roof luggage rack for the car is a 'non-load-bearing roof rack, which is used only as a decoration'.

It adds: 'Do not place any load on the roof luggage rack, otherwise it may result in an accident or damage to the vehicle.' 

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