Britain's favourite classic sports car, and a Midlands baby, reaches its 90th anniversary this year, and to celebrate the occasion MG will be the featured marque at Simply Classics and Sports Car, at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, on Sunday, August 24.
Britain's favourite classic sports car and a Midlands baby, reaches its 90th anniversary this year, and to celebrate the occasion MG will be the featured marque at Simply Classics and Sports Car, at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, on Sunday, August 24.
The MG name is set to return to one of the most famous races in the world – the Le Mans 24-hour, it was announced today. A deal was being revealed at Longbridge.
The first cars have rolled off the production line at Longbridge since MG Rover's £1.6 billion collapse two years ago. The first cars have rolled off the production line at Longbridge since MG Rover's £1.6 billion collapse two years ago. Around 6,000 people lost their jobs when the site was shut down after MG Rover went into administration. It was bought for £53 million by Chinese car maker Nanjing Automobile Group, which plans to restart production of the iconic MG TF sports car this spring. A series of more than 40 test vehicles are due to be made as production warms up over the coming weeks. The first two cars were completed yesterday. Nanjing says it plans to make up to 12,000 TF sports cars a year, increasing the workforce at its factory on part of the former Rover site from 110 at present to around 250. Speaking in China, Nanjing MG Motor public affairs director Lv Qiang revealed: "Production in England will begin in April or May." Read the full story in the Express & Star
Production work started at Longbridge today, signalling the return of the UK's favourite sports car.
The new Cyberster EV roadster will be taking centre stage for the brand at the West Sussex show.
The new Cyberster EV roadster will be taking centre stage for the brand at the West Sussex show.
The iconic Austin name could be resurrected by Nanjing Automobile Corporation, the Chinese company set to start building MG sports cars at Longbridge later this year.
It will be the first MG-badged sports car in more than a decade
New Rover "clone" cars are rolling off a production line in China today, two years after the famed Longbridge factory shut its doors.
The first new MG sports cars to be made at Longbridge in three years will go on sale in September, it was revealed today.The first new MG sports cars to be made at Longbridge in three years will go on sale in September, it was revealed today. After more than a year of delays and a string of problems the Chinese owners of MG - Nanjing Automobile Company, or NAC - today unveiled its plans to start production of the TF LE 500 roadster at the beginning of August. The first cars will be delivered to showrooms in September. It follows years of intense speculation and rumour since Nanjing Auto bought the collapsed MG Rover for £53 million in the summer of 2005. Most recently Nanjing was bought by bigger rival Shanghai Automotive, or SAIC. Today's announcement follows a top level visit to Longbridge by senior SAIC executives last month. In a statement issued by the company today it said: "The commitment planned by MG and the level of investment underwritten by SAIC will persuade doubters that the MG brand is being re-launched with the support to make it successful again. "The fact is that in 2008, desirable and competitive British-made sports cars will once again be rolling off a production line in Longbridge. A sight that many thought they might never see again." Read more in the Express & Star
It will be the first MG-badged sports car in more than a decade
Electric roadster will be first new sports car to wear MG badge in almost 30 years.
The former owners of MG Rover have paid £3 million from their own pockets to the liquidators of the car company in a deal to prevent future claims, it was revealed today.
Electric roadster will be first new sports car to wear MG badge in almost 30 years.
