Buying an MG = sports car?? and looking for economic motoring is a contradiction in terms innit?
You either have to drive your MG like a granny, which defeats the purpose of owning one, or get a smaller car..
A manual gearbox will give better mpg than an auto. Apart from that you will end up spending more money than you save by doing loads of modds to your car trying to improve the mpg..
I hear Mini's are nice?
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