MG CS SUV Concept heading for Shanghai Motor Show

MG has a new urban SUV concept heading for the Shanghai Motor Show – the MG CS SUV – which looks to be a refinement of the MG Icon Concept.

MG are still struggling to make much of an impact on the car landscape, but one car that could change that is a funky urban crossover / SUV to give cars like the Nissan Juke a run for their money.

That looked to be on the cards last year when MG turned up at the Beijing Motor Show with the MG Icon, an SUV.Crossover Concept that took the ‘Ugly but Cute’ style cues from the Juke but grafted on a nose that looked like it could have come from MG’s sports car past.

The Icon was a decent effort – and even won an award for ‘Best Concept’ at Beijing from Autoweek – but it looks like MG has decided the design of the Icon was just a bit too radical, so they’ve toned it down with a new concept heading for this year’s Shanghai Motor Show – the MG CS Concept.

The MG CSA still appears to be a coupe-like crossover with big wheels and a swoopy roofline, but the nose has changed in to something that no longer looks like an MGB but more like…well, we’re not really sure, but it does look like a smaller version of something US car designers were doing a generation ago.

Round the back, the MG CS is pretty mainstream with twin tailpipes, a rear diffuser and butch wheel arches, but it’s not as funky as the Icon.

We have no official details yet on whether the MG SC is heading for production – or what engines it will get if it does – but we should know more before the Shanghai Show starts later this month.