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Longbridge making cars again

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

Business|Jan 30, 2007
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