Im not saying they are not suitable as I don't know, nor am Ia tyre expert, however MG Motors hsve made a statement that the only two tyre manufacturers they recommend are Toyo for their T* range or Falken Z* range, although both have been superseeded now but remain the go to tyres by pretty much all the F/TF owners that I know from the two clubs I belong to, I myself use Toyo Tr1 or T1r cant remember which one is the newest version but over the last 10 years I have not had any issues in "normal driving" although I have been known to push on shall we sayThanks chaps, are the Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 not a suitable tyre too? I read plenty of places that they were, having been developed specifically for the MR2.
Believe me BMW were as bad if not worse, I designed a trscking system to track a vehicle build and store the data on an RF tag, this data stayed with the vehicle from the initial frame build to leaving the gates on a transporter, the dealers would be able to access the data for warranty claims etc, the cost of the RF tag permanently attached to the vehicle (Mini in this case) was 40 pence, it was thrown out due to cost, go figure?If they needed to cut costs they would’ve been better off giving the bean counters the arse than cheapscating the product.
A race to the bottom is never a race you want to win………everyone but bastard bean counters understands that!