Chinese MG production date set
Nanjing Automobile Corp. will celebrate its 60th birthday on March 27, 2007, and the star of the party will be a shiny new MG. Deputy chairman Lu Zhenxin announced Wednesday that Nanjing's first MG will roll off the line on the company's birthday.The company's new factory in Nanjing is under construction, and when completed will be able to pump out 200,000 MG cars and 250,000 engines a year. Some vehicles will be sent on to the former MG Rover plant in the U.K. for final assembly, and the first MG TF roadster could drive out of the U.K. plant as early as April 8, 2007, two years to the day after the plant ceased production.
U.S. production at the company's planned Oklahoma facility is scheduled for 2008.
[Source: Reuters]
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Peter 11:20AM (9/14/2006)
I'd suspect the Oklahoma date gets pushed back. An Oklahoma attorney has sued the state regarding the state funds Oklahoma has promised to Ardmore and Nanjing. It seems to have put a hold on progress and could likely be a while before the issue is resolved. Without the incentives, will Nanjing even bother staying in Oklahoma?
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Sven 11:37PM (9/14/2006)
Mid-engine? Cheap? The Chinese will have to do it for Toyota to realize how much they are missing. Then they'll reintroduce an MR2 a few years too late.
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Graham Lunn 11:53AM (9/14/2006)
The quality will be interesting to see, not the the English MG was that great. I have recently bought some guitars from China and the quality is astonishingly good, exceeds my Gibson and Fender guitars by a long way. If China does the same for MG, and presumably at a lower cost, then we can all be in for a surprise
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Greg 1:45PM (9/14/2006)
China will take over the American auto market!!
GO CHINA!!!
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Calibe 9:00PM (9/17/2006)
Leave it to an attorney to put jobs at stake. I hope it gets thrown out of court.
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Art 5:54PM (9/20/2006)
As a UK resident I am very pleased with the news of the re introduction of the TF, I have enjoyed nearly 6 years of MGF/MGTF motoring virtually trouble free, please give the new owners a chance, do not knock the quality before we see what they produce. My TF may not be over engineered like some of the more expensive German cars but the for a pure enjoyable driving experience it took some beating.
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Barney 12:48AM (9/21/2006)
The first Japanes imports weren't so great but look at the cars Japan produces today. The new MG looks fantastic. Mazda and Pontiac are going to get some real competition.
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