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New Rover 75 and MG ZT The Rover 75 received a nip/tuck, which has been met with criticism and praise in equal measure… ON Friday, the 17th of January, a […]

Longbridge sold! Longbridge, circa 1980. The huge site had a capacity to produce over 500,000 cars per year. Given MGR’s current volumes, doesn’t it make sense to start slimming down […]

CityRover hits the streets THE first all-new Rover to hit the streets since the formation of MG Rover back in 2000 has been a rather low-key affair. The launch date […]

Sales of MG Rover’s products have fallen sharply Car manufacturer MG Rover is stopping production for Christmas three days earlier than planned for stock taking, following a slump in sales. […]

Car maker MG Rover is suspending production for the rest of the week to help clear stocks of unsold cars. The Midlands manufacturer is to shut down work on three […]

Union leaders are to meet the Birmingham-based car group MG Rover after it was announced that a £12.9m trust has been set up for senior executives. The meeting, which was […]

A union leader said MG Rover misjudged the mood of workers at its Longbridge factory in Birmingham after they voted to call off a planned strike. Just over half of […]

MG Rover is considering a £300m deal to buy a Polish car factory. The Polish authorities have agreed to allow the Birmingham-based company to invest the cash in a former […]

Rover’s Longbridge plant: Edging towards profitability? Car maker MG Rover has said it will not break-even this year after all. The company has blamed lower sales caused by the strength […]

British carmaker MG Rover has announced plans to take over a car factory in Poland as part of its effort to assemble and sell more cars in Eastern Europe. “We […]

MG Rover and the Chinese automotive group, China Brilliance, have signed a deal to create a new company building small and medium-sized cars. The venture will safeguard thousands of jobs […]

The two top dogs at the UK car maker MG Rover – chief executive Kevin Howe and chairman John Towers – both failed to turn up at the company’s press […]

MG Rover, the loss-making UK car manufacturer, has bought the US-Italian sports car maker Qvale Automotive. The company, famous for its Mangusta sports car, employs just 70 people at its […]

MG Rover has unveiled four new sportier models as its new owners begin the long process of getting the loss making car maker back on the road to profit. The […]

Unique niche in motoring history for the man who designed XJ12 A former managing director of Jaguar Cars, who played a crucial role in the development of the company, has […]

BL selling site as factory units By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent BL Cars, which has more than £30m worth of closed down factories and few prospective buyers, is going […]

By Clifford Webb Midlands Industrial Correspondent Attempts by a consortium led by Aston-Martin to save the MG sports car marque have failed. The consortium was unsuccessful in raising the £25m […]

By Baron Phillips Aston Martin, which is leading a consortium bidding for British Leyland’s MG operation, has itself been the subject of takeover talks. But Mr Alan Curtis, the chairman, […]

Mr Maurice Wilks, Chairman of the Rover Company Limited, died at his home in Anglesey on Sunday night. He was 59. Born in 1904 Maurice Carey Wilks was educated at […]