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Article in The Times as to a new revival exercise



Car chiefs in secret bid to revive output at Longbridge
By Christine Buckley, Industrial Editor



A FORMER Ford boss and an ex-General Motors executive are leading a secret bid to revive manufacturing at MG Rover’s Longbridge plant in new talks with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, The Times has learnt.
Martin Leach, the former head of Ford European operations, and Ed Sabisky, a former finance director of Vauxhall, were in Shanghai last night in advanced talks with MG Rover’s former partner. They are being backed by the T&G union. Tony Woodley, the union’s general secretary, went to SAIC’s headquarters last month to discuss the new plan.



The proposal involves establishing Longbridge as a base for research and engineering and, later, as a production centre for the new models that will be developed. SAIC confirmed that the talks are taking place but would not comment on them. However a source said that Mr Leach, also a former head of Maserati, and Mr Sabisky were being taken “extremely seriously”.



Article at The Times
 
When I saw SAIC that got my attention. I work for SAIC (Science Applications International Corp). Whew! Different SAIC! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
Just read on BBC that the deal is off. No new MG car company to emerge. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif
 
I've heard from my relatives in Britain all is not lost and there is hope.......AS of this morning July14/05 the newspapers are reporting that their are supposedly 3 prospective buyers vying for the collapsed company.......An aside regarding the MG/Rover supercar the TF.......It apparently was sold to the Chinese in a backdoor deal last year by ...er ...mistake( how they can make mistakes like this is beyond comprehension and belief).....Lets hope that this is not the case and it can be built as it looked to be quite the car and a good starting block to build on
 
I saw in the press that AUSTIN's name is revival again because the problem of ROVER's name is property of BMW? IS IT TRUE?
 
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