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SO JEREMY CLARKSON does not like the MG6. In fact, in the Sunday Times at the end of May, the Top Gear bully-boy savaged the car from top to bottom, ending by giving it just one star out of five. The report reeked of bile rather than facts, but we’ve long known that if a particular comment will get Clarkson attention and a laugh, in it goes. In his so-called review, Clarkson manages to stall the MG6 Magnette and is unable to restart it. Conveniently, cameras are on hand to capture the ‘hilarious’ sight of Clarkson pushing it to the side of the road. But how many times have we seen staged disasters on Top Gear? Too many for me to take anything he says at face value. For example, he complains at length that the MG6 cup holder would spill drink over a passenger’s leg when you open it because it is not damped. Quite how the magical Mr Clarkson gets a drink into a cup holder before it is opened is beyond me... Is the MG6 perfect? No, of course it is not, and yes it is possible that the car he tested was faulty – these things can happen. Sadly though, there was no attempt at any meaningful test or useful description in the Sunday Times article. In the end his puerile rantings told us more about Clarkson than they did about the MG6. In total contrast, we have a feature this month on John Rogers, who bought a brand new MG6 Magnette just a few weeks ago. John is not famous so his comments will not make the motoring pages of a national newspaper let alone get aired on TV, but John lives in the real world and he buys cars with his own money. He is also a genuine motoring enthusiast rather than a celebrity buffoon, so if you want to see what a real person thinks of the new MG, turn to page 54 of this issue.