Longbridge car factory to reopen

T16 Westfield · Post by **T16 Westfield** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:36 pm

Probably a repost as I havent checked...............

Longbridge car factory to reopen

Car manufacturing is to resume at Longbridge, the former home of MG Rover, with its new Chinese owner set to start making MG models.

Nanjing Automobile said MG production would restart within months and that it would employ many former Rover workers.

The West Midlands plant has been inactive for almost two years after Rover's collapse in 2005.

Nanjing said its mission was to "revive, maintain and develop" the MG brand at the plant.

Economic lifeline

Nearly 6,000 Rover workers lost their jobs when the company went into administration nearly two years.

Nanjing, which bought the factory site and other Rover assets in 2005, has pledged to spend an initial Â£10m on reviving Longbridge.

It has not given any firm details of how many staff it will take on or when production will start, although it said this would be in the spring.

But the news will be a major boost to the regional economy which has seen a host of car firms scale down operations in recent years.

"The company's mission to revive, maintain and develop MG will start with the manufacture of the MG TF2-seater sports car for retail in both the UK and China," the firm said in a statement.

"All right-hand drive MG TF roadster customer orders will be subject to final assembly in the revived Longbridge plant."

Nanjing has previously said that Longbridge would eventually have the capacity to make 15,000 cars a year.

walshy.walsh · Post by **walshy.walsh** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:41 pm

T16 Westfield wrote:Nanjing, which bought the factory site and other Rover assets in 2005, has pledged to spend an initial Â£10m on reviving Longbridge.

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hardly a great investment for a factory of that scale, god a couple of machines here would come to that!

C2K · Post by **C2K** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:53 pm

Southside posted summat up about this I think. :idea:

T16 Westfield · Post by **T16 Westfield** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:56 pm

Full news story here

Great quote from Nelson - topical and up to date!!

T16 Westfield · Post by **T16 Westfield** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:58 pm

Afternoon Si - hows your head??

loomx · Post by **loomx** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:13 pm

15,000? plant oxford makes 200,000 a year.

richard moss · Post by **richard moss** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:40 pm

loomx wrote:15,000? plant oxford makes 200,000 a year.

Got to start somewhere - and it's better than Westfiled, TVR, Caterham, Noble and Morgan combined.

Right then, all of you who said it would never happen - stick your words in the microwave, warm them up and eat them!

dreaddan · Post by **dreaddan** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:45 pm

I just hope that have given the car a facelift.
It was starting to look dated back when it closed.

HOPPY · Post by **HOPPY** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:59 pm

richard moss wrote:
loomx wrote:15,000? plant oxford makes 200,000 a year.
Got to start somewhere - and it's better than Westfiled, TVR, Caterham, Noble and Morgan combined.

Right then, all of you who said it would never happen - stick your words in the microwave, warm them up and eat them!

THE SHOWS NOT OVER TILL THE FAT lady SINGS

smile · Post by **smile** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:35 pm

Now that language was just not necessary

southside · Post by **southside** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:42 pm

It already is back in production

http://www.rt2468abcd.r8technology.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=65978

requestingaflyby · Post by **requestingaflyby** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:23 pm

HOPPY wrote:THE SHOWS NOT OVER TILL THE FAT lady SINGS

nuff said

C2K · Post by **C2K** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:13 pm

T16 Westfield wrote:Afternoon Si - hows your head??

Fine now!, Was a real mess and i've got a nice scar according to the mrs!

richard moss · Post by **richard moss** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:21 pm

HOPPY wrote: THE SHOW'S NOT OVER TILL THE FAT lady SINGS

southside wrote:It already is back in production
http://www.rt2468abcd.r8technology.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=65978

Hoppy, warm up those words and start munching!!!!!

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