Since the 2012 Beijing Auto Show->ke2062 is coming up fast, it's only natural for a local automaker to be in attendance at the event. After all, what would it say about a growing auto market like China if it doesn't have a representative on its home soil event.

Fortunately, MG Motor->ke56, a division of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, is ready to pick up the mantle with the Icon Concept. Sure, the company is based in England, but it's got local ties, doesn't it?

Set to become a production model no later than 2014, the MG Icon Concept looks a lot like a MINI->ke57, except for those distinguishable protrusions of the front bumper lights. We're not sure what that's all about, but it is pretty odd, to say the least.

For the most part, though, the Icon Concept actually looks stylish. it's got suicide rear doors that we hope ends up in production. It's got a spacious and functional interior that comes with four bucket seats, it's got a massive set of wheels to add a more aggressive stance to it, and it's rumored to carry 130-something horsepower under its hood.

You're not going to mistake the MG Icon Concept as a drop-dead, out-of-this-world, beyond-gorgeous concept. But give credit to MG because, if for nothing else, the Icon Concept is an attention-grabber, mostly for the right reasons.

Well, except for that front bumper. What's that about, anyway?

2012 MG Icon Concept

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