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MG and Rover parts distributor XPart is offering its AutoService ...

Sun, Jan 4 | Birmingham Post
UK - “The course is particularly useful for those technicians who are new to the network and may not have a background in MG Rover repairs. ...

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Cost of MG Rover inquiry tops £14m

UK - Jan 1, 2009 The Longbridge site has been extensively redeveloped, though Nanjing is using part of the original plant to manufacture the MG TF sports car. ...
Thu, Jan 1 | The Guardian (UK)

Roewe 550 gets 5 stars in CNCAP crash test!

The Roewe 550 has sold around 2500 units per month since its launch five months ago. The Roewe 550 is based off the Rover 75 platform that SAIC acquired from the bankrupt British car maker Rover in 2005. SAIC have built two cars off the platform, the Roewe 750, and then the Roewe 550, which used...
Sun, Dec 28 | China Car Times

Tata takes lead with small cars

UK - But Tata is still smarting from the experience of supplying the original Indica for sale in Britain as the CityRover in the dying days of MG Rover. ... A year to forget' for carmakers BBC Birmingham all 16 news articles
Sat, Dec 27 | Times Online

SAIC under pressure to rescue Ssangyong

UK - By Christian Oliver and Kang Buseong in Seoul SAIC Motor, the Chinese carmaker that bought assets from MG Rover following its collapse, has come under ...
Fri, Dec 26 | Financial Times

Roewe 350 - Is it a Streetwise by another name?

SAIC did actually purchase the rights to the Rover 25 (on which the MG Streetwise is based) from Rover along with the Rover 75, although they have not yet put their own Rover 25 model into production. Since buying NAC MG, SAIC have actually acquired the MG3 plant anyway, thus rendering their...
Mon, Dec 8 | China Car Times

Inquiry into MG Rover collapse still rolling on

Three and a half years and more than £12m after the government announced an inquiry into MG Rover, there is still no final report But, three and a half years after the government announced an inquiry into the collapse of UK car giant MG Rover, a final report is still not thought to be imminent.
Thu, Nov 27 | Accountancy Age

COMMENT: Bailout Motors? Britain went down that road - Automotive News

BMW soon cast off Rover and everything else except Mini. Eventually, the castoff MG Rover factory went out of business. Several of the traditional English brands have been purchased and are still around. Some of the vehicles are even ...
Sun, Nov 23 | Automotive News

Court battle over car badge rights

UK - But Nanjing legal consultant Natalie Atkins said in a subsequent witness statement: “NAC has made it clear to Mr Riley and MG Sports and Racing Europe Ltd ...
Thu, Oct 23 | BirminghamMail.net

New Birmingham Chamber president urges more spending on UK business

UK - Oct 16, 2008 “We learned many lessons during the MG Rover crisis and they are now being put to good use today.” Chamber chief executive Jerry Blackett continued ...
Thu, Oct 16 | Birmingham Post

Bridget Blow is Birmingham Chamber's first woman president

UK - We learned many lessons during the MG Rover crisis and they are now being put to good use today.” Ms Blow is chairwoman of consumer electronics firm Alba, ...
Wed, Oct 15 | Birmingham Post

MG Plans Four Model Range Beyond TF, Future Of Longbridge “Assured”

Shanghai Automotive plans to introduce four new MG models to the UK market starting next year. The company just relaunched production of the MG TF with a limited edition run of 500 vehicles, but its plans to bring MG to the USA have fallen through. All four models will be built at Longbridge, w...
Thu, Aug 28 | Jalopnik

PCH, British One-Two Punch Edition: Travellers or MGB-GTs? [Choose Your Eternity]

Well, we can all go ahead and change our names to Ettore now, because the 'Bugatti' triumphed over the 'MG TD' in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll by a pretty healthy margin. Perhaps the faux MG wasn't really British enough, what with its German underpinnings (and the Fauxgatti, lack...
Wed, Nov 28 | Jalopnik

Project Car Hell, VW Kit Car Edition: MG TD or Bugatti? [Choose Your Eternity]

Some might say that the distinctive clattery noise of the Volkswagen air-cooled engine rings a bit false in machine that's supposed to be a Bugatti. However, the MG TD was clattery by nature, what with the loose engine tolerances and the hail of detaching parts hitting the tarmac and all, s...
Tue, Nov 27 | Jalopnik