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08/2008 (Martin Greenr)
The Last Registered Rovers

Martin tracked them down, & now he reports on them here.

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05/2008 (express & Star newspaper)
Chinese MG to go on Sale in UK

The first new MG sports cars will be made at Longbridge will go on sale in September. The news comes after more than a year of delays & a string of problems.
The new Chinese owners og MG - Nanjing Automobile Company (NAC) unveiled its plans to start production of the MG TF LE 500 roadster at the beginning of August.
The first cars will be delivered to showrooms by September.
NAC bought the collapsed MG Rover company for £53million in 2005.
Recently, NAC has been purchased by bigger rival Shanghai Automotive (SAIC).
In a statement, SAIC 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 new car is a modernised version of the old MG TF that was one of Britains biggest selling open-topped sports car in the UK.
Pressings & other body parts will now be made in Chine and shipped to Longbridge for final assembly. The Chinese are convinced that
there is a healthy market for the revised cars.

Whilst production will be concentrated at Longbridge, designers at the company's SMTC facility at Leomington, Warwickshire
are already planning new MG models "That will capture the essential qualities of the MG brand".

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