If you're a NY Times online subscriber there's an interesting article about
the sale of MG to a Chinese company at
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/08/automobiles/08CARS.html The gist of the
article is below:
" THE mortal remains of the last British-owned mass-market carmaker, MG
Rover, passed to the Chinese last month when Nanjing Automobile bought the
company's production machinery and other physical assets, which now seem
destined for China. Several companies, including Shanghai Automotive
Industry, which acquired the rights to the designs and technology last year,
are still negotiating over the marque's immortal soul. Longtime fans of MG
in the United States heaved another collective sigh, if not of relief then
perhaps of resignation. Even after the latest development in the tale, it
would be risky to predict the reincarnation of the beloved brand. "
The rest of the article has to do with the history of the car as well as
some collectors.
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org <http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/>
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