Is it not strange that the British auto work force could not make a
go of it - Now they are expected to work efficiently for the
Chinese. However, they will, After all they work efficiently for
the Japanese.
At 01:09 PM 9/29/2005, Aeseeyou@aol.com wrote:
>Paul,
>I direct you to today's Hemmings E-Weekly Newsletter (free) The article
>below came off of this issue.
>Albert Escalante
>Sports Cars
>Breath of Life for MG Rover?
>The gears may be turning again at the MG Rover plant in central England by
>2007, says Chinese automaker Nanjing Automobile, which bought the assets of
>the former carmaker after its collapse in April.
>Nanjing, in its first public comment since buying MG Rover's assets for an
>undisclosed sum, says it plans to employ 1,200 workers at Rover's Longbridge
>plant and produce 100,000 cars per year within five years.
>Nanjing also says that it is considering four or five new car models,
>depending on market conditions and the final details of a business plan for
>Longbridge. Nanjing said the business plan was still being
>discussed with partners
>and could take two or three months to finalize.
>Assuming that Nanjing succeeds in its plan, which is far from certain, what
>might we expect to see rolling off Longbridge's assembly lines? Could we see
>a return of the little mid-engined MG TF, a car that could give the Miata a
>run for its money in the U.S. market?
>Time will tell.
>- Story by George Mattar
>http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/email.newsletter2/volume/1/issue/
>16/id/199/emlid/46865/#199
>
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
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