Following the sale of the Rover and MG brands from BMW to the Phoenix Consortium in 2000, the MGF was one of the first cars to undergo some major revisions, after the Z Car saloons were launched.
Shown to the media at the end of 2001 and on sale in late February of 2002, the new TF was based on the same bodyshell, but with a new pointier front end, single pressed side panels, a boot lid spoiler and a higher class interior, with some lovely colour and trim combinations.
There was a new engine, too - a higher-output version of the VVC developing 158bhp, which would power the new range-topping TF160.
But the biggest changes were under the skin, with the Hydragas suspension finally being replaced by conventional coil springs, which would have been music to the ears of MGF designer Gerry McGovern, had he not parted company with Rover at the same time, moving with the Land Rover brand that had been sold into
