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

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 external link

 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!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail 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 external link

 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 external link

 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? external link

Thumbnail 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 external link

Thumbnail 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 external link

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 external link

 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 external link

 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 external link

 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” external link

Thumbnail 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] external link

Thumbnail 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] external link

Thumbnail 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

 

Podcast: Longbridge MG plant reopens external link

MG Rover's Longbridge factory in Birmingham has been reopened by China's Nanjing Automobile.
Mon, May 28 | BBC News

 

Podcast: MGs set to roll out at Longbridge external link

MG Rover's historic Longbridge factory in Birmingham is due to reopen on Tuesday under Chinese ownership.
Mon, May 28 | BBC News

 

Podcast: Chinese plant rolls out first MG external link

The first Chinese-built MG cars roll off the production line in the eastern city of Nanjing.
Mon, Mar 26 | BBC News

 

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Birmingham Post launches campaign to support Jaguar Land Rover

 UK - The last UK car maker that fell behind the global market in terms of product development was MG Rover, a company too far gone to be helped by the time the ...
17 hours ago | Birmingham Post

 

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Can-do spirit is needed for small businesses if we are to survive

 UK - It was originally set up in the wake of the MG Rover collapse at Longbridge in 2005, offering a cash lifeline to MG Rover’s supply chain companies. ...
Thu, Jan 1 | Birmingham Post

 
 
 

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