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No airbags, but sports seats
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This is where MG Rover's lack of development funds becomes most apparent - there's switchable traction control and ABS, but no other electronic driver aids, and no airbags. Instead, MG has gone down the traditional racing route to driver safety, fitting a hidden FIA-approved roll cage and four-strap seatbelts that, although they have inertia operation, can cleverly also be locked in place by pushing a button on the centre console. Truth be told, these race-inspired features ought to keep occupants as safe as in a car with regular side and front airbags, though it's difficult to tell because neither the MG nor its rivals have been independently crash tested by the likes of EuroNCAP. That there is no stability control may be a concern to some, but it's unlikely to deter the sort of buyers that MG is chasing.
We don't imagine that MG has spent millions making the SV thief-proof, but there's a deterrent if it has been stolen, cars fitted with tracking devices have excellent recovery rates and a stolen vehicle can be remotely immobilised as soon as it's stationary.
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