[Shotimes] Re: (OT) Goodbye to MG

[Dave]

This whole bringing back brit car companies or car companies in general 
seems to be a losing battle. Jensen Motors had a beautiful car they were 
coming out with...........Still Born I think 11 of them were built and 6 
more in parts. (huge Jensen fan I own a 69 Interceptor)  Seems Bristol 
is trying to launch a come back that will probably die. MG well that 
ones dead. Seems the Brit companies either die or get bought by an 
American company that waters them down. I see the return of Packard has 
gone nowhere at the Centennial in 99 Big talk of the new Falkner powered 
V12 Packard.........Car never showed up but the guy that now owns the 
right to Packard presold about 8 Million worth of them. Anyone seen the 
Studebaker SUV yet??? Or did that one die too. The only thing old thats 
coming back and staying is Bikes. Indian, Triumph, Royal Enfield, I hear 
Norton is on the rebound, Hendrson came back for a bit. I don't think 
you can ever capture the original magic! You can slap GTO on any plain 
jain car but it will never be a GTO, That's why the SHO will never come 
back hard to get the magic of the first gen SHO ever again...look how 
bad it got after 93 ATX BAD IDEA.
Dave

ravinder walia wrote:

>To be honest, it was on the cards for a long time. In
>the UK, where I assume the biggest market was with the
>MG and Rover cars, they were a joke and no one wanted
>to buy one.
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>I remember you could get huge discounts on them but
>still no one wanted to buy them. 
>
>When BMW sold the Longbridge plant to the management
>for $18.00 (yes thats eighteen dollars) everyone
>shouldh have know the writing was on the wall.
>
>My father worked for Ford for 30 years, then they
>upped and left. Vauxhall moved out, everyone else was
>bought out and stripped. 
>
>As Springsteen said these jobs are going boys and they
>aint coming back.
>
>My father said to me when I was growing up these jobs
>are going Rav, the robots are taking them over. Design
>the robots. Maybe that's why I went into electronics.
>
>Just rambling, 
>
>Rav
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>--- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
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>>Yes,  a real shame for the history if nothing else. 
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>>I always wanted a chance to buy an MG..."F'?  Wasn't
>>that the car they 
>>sold the last few years?
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>>But they never brought it to America and I am
>>unlikely to import one.
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>>Another great name gone.  Story says most companies
>>don't come back from 
>>the British version of Bankruptcy.
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>>Don Mallinson
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>>Ron Porter wrote:
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>>>Looks like MG is going out of business:
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>http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/irep16e_20050416.htm
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