MG Rover Group Limited

Fate	Acquired
Successor	Nanjing Automobile Group
Founded	2000
Defunct	April 2005
Location	Longbridge, Birmingham
Industry	Automobiles
Key people	John Towers, Chief Executive Peter Stevens Chief Designer
Peak size	6,000 employees

MG Rover was the last British-owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry. The company was formed when BMW sold some of the original Rover Group in 2000 to the Phoenix Consortium. MG Rover later went into receivership and was eventually purchased by the Nanjing Automobile Group in 2005.^[1] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... NACs logo The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, Chinas oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Longbridge Plant from the Air, 2005. ... Birmingham (pron. ... Car redirects here. ... John Towers, the ex Land Rover and Rover Group MD, together with Peter Beale, Nick Stephenson and John Edwards formed the Phoenix Consortium who bought Rover Group for just £10 in April 2000, together with the Studley Castle, a conference hotel. ... Peter Stevens (born 1943) is a British car designer. ... The British motor industry is historically centred around Coventry in the West Midlands. ... Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the state-owned vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL. After divesting of its commercial vehicle and bus manufacturing divisions the company by then consisting of the car manufacturing arm Austin Rover Group and the... The Phoenix Consortium is a group of four businessmen which purchased the British car company the Rover Group in April 2000, when BMW decided it was no longer willing to operate it. ... NACs logo The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, Chinas oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. ...

History

MG Rover was formed from the parts of the former Rover Group volume car production business which BMW sold off in 2000^[2][3] due to constant losses and a declining market share^[4][5]. BMW had acquired the Rover Group from British Aerospace in 1994 and had since sold the Land Rover business to Ford^[6][7], and split-off the MINI business as a new BMW subsidiary based in Cowley^[8]. MG Rover took control of the remainder of the former Rover Group volume car business, which was consolidated at the Longbridge plant. Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the state-owned vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL. After divesting of its commercial vehicle and bus manufacturing divisions the company by then consisting of the car manufacturing arm Austin Rover Group and the... British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft and defence systems manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ... For the new MINI, see MINI (BMW). ... Map sources for Cowley at grid reference SP5504 Cowley in Oxfordshire is a residential and industrial area within the city of Oxford, originating with the former villages of Cowley, Temple Cowley and Cowley St John (Also occasionally referred to as Church Cowley). The Cowley area underwent massive transformation from 1912... The Longbridge plant is a formerly illustrious car factory in the Longbridge area of Birmingham, England. ...

Phoenix Consortium ownership

When BMW sold off its interests, MG Rover was bought for a nominal £10 in May 2000 by a specially-assembled group of businessmen known as the Phoenix Consortium^[3]. The consortium was headed by ex-Rover Chief Executive John Towers. The four business men who took control of the newly-formed MG Rover Group reported to receive around £430 million in a dowry from BMW which included unsold stock. John Towers, the ex Land Rover and Rover Group MD, together with Peter Beale, Nick Stephenson and John Edwards formed the Phoenix Consortium who bought Rover Group for just £10 in April 2000, together with the Studley Castle, a conference hotel. ...

In 2004, the company made losses of around £80 million. MG Rover's best year for sales figures was in 2001 - at over 170,000 cars. In the year 2004, their sales were down to around 120,000, a decrease of 50,000. The company eventually ceased trading on 8 April 2005 after having debts of over £1.4billion.

Aborted deal with SAIC of China

In June, 2004, it was learned that Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation had signed a joint venture partnership to develop new models and technologies with MG Rover. This led to much speculation among the British media suggesting the Chinese company was poised to launch a takeover. Later that year, in November, news broke of an agreement between the two companies to create a joint venture company to produce up to a million cars a year, with the production shared between MG Rover's Longbridge site and locations in China. SAIC were to have a 70% stake in this company in return for a £1 billion investment, with MG Rover owning the remaining 30%. However, this agreement had to be ratified by the Chinese government, specifically its National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). SAICs logo The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (in Chinese: 上海汽车工业(集团)总公司; Pinyin: ShànghÇŽi QichÄ“ Gõngyè (Jítuán) ZÇ’nggõngsÄ«; or 上汽, Shàngqi; abbreviated SAIC, pronounced: [sei-ɪk]) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer which ranks the third among the Big Five Chinese automakers (the other four are...

The Commission was of the mind that if BMW could not make a success of Rover, then it would be hard for SAIC to do so.

On December 8, 2004, Tata of India, which had cooperated over the export of the Tata Indica as the CityRover, threatened to cease its agreement with MG Rover if the SAIC tie-up went ahead, according to the Indian press. Tata claimed the report was inaccurate two days later. is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tata may refer to: Tata Group, a multinational company based in India Tata Motors, one of Indias largest automobile company known for its hatchback motorvehicle Tata Indica Tata Steel, worlds fifth largest steel producer Tata Consultancy Services, Indias largest IT company Tata Airlines, now Air India Tata... The Tata Indica is a small hatchback automobile manufactured by Tata Motors of India. ... 2004 CityRover Style. ...

SAIC did purchase the technical rights to manufacture Rover's 25 and 75 models, and for the Powertrain Ltd business, for £67 million last year. It did not acquire the Rover name, which was still owned by BMW at the time (See 'Brands' below). Powertrain Ltd, as a subsidiary of Phoenix Venture Holdings, was a British company based in Birmingham which designed, manufactured and marketed car engines and transmissions. ...

In January 2005, it was revealed that British Prime Minister Tony Blair had intervened to support the alliance between MG Rover and SAIC. MG Rover could not give a date on which the agreement would be finalized. A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

Figures released by the company showed that the sale of Rover-branded cars fell in 2004 compared to 2003.

In April 2005 it was reported that the partnership deal with SAIC was in trouble because both SAIC and the British Government had discovered that MG Rover's finances were in a far more parlous condition than had previously been thought. On 7 April 2005 the company announced that it was suspending production because of component shortages. Later in the day, it was announced by Patricia Hewitt, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, that the company was being placed in receivership. Her statement was based on a conversation with MG Rover chairman, John Towers. It was later denied by MG Rover Group, although the company admitted that it had engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountancy firm, to advise on its current financial situation. In the event, MG Rover placed itself in administration on 8 April 2005, a different status than receivership under British law. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Patricia Hope Hewitt (born 2 December 1948) is a British politician. ... The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ... John Towers, the ex Land Rover and Rover Group MD, together with Peter Beale, Nick Stephenson and John Edwards formed the Phoenix Consortium who bought Rover Group for just £10 in April 2000, together with the Studley Castle, a conference hotel. ... A PwC office building (Southwark Towers) in London, England. ... Accountancy (profession) or accounting (methodology) is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by managers, investors, tax authorities and other decision makers to make resource allocation decisions within companies, organizations, and public agencies. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...

On 8 April 2005, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, visited the offices of the Transport and General Workers' Union in Birmingham and stated that there might be some hope for the future of the company, although not the original deal agreed with SAIC. April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... For others with the same or similar names, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). ... The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial matters. ... Transport and General Workers Union central office Front door of the central office The Transport and General Workers Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, is one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it is known as the Amalgamated Transport... Birmingham (pron. ... SAICs logo The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (in Chinese: 上海汽车工业(集团)总公司; Pinyin: Shànghǎi Qichē Gõngyè (Jítuán) Zǒnggõngsī; or 上汽, Shàngqi; abbreviated SAIC, pronounced: [sei-ɪk]) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer which ranks the third among the Big Five Chinese automakers (the other four are...

On 10 April 2005, MG Rover announced that they had received a £6.5 million loan from the British Government. ^[9] This would cover worker wages for one week while buy-out proposals were made to SAIC. The same week, SAIC denied it had ever made an offer to buy MG Rover and threatened to sue anyone who attempted to make the 25 and 75 models. is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ...

Acquisition by Nanjing Automobile Group

On 15 April 2005, it was announced that SAIC had once again rejected pleas to buy out the company. With no other rescue deal in the pipeline, the administrators were not in a position to seek further funding from the government and announced that redundancy notices to Longbridge staff would be issued. is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

By the end of April 2005, Sir Richard Branson had reportedly expressed an interest in buying the remaining assets of the company for the purpose of reviving the marque in order to enter the hybrid automobile market, and several other parties were also rumoured as wishing to buy the remnants, including two Russian businessmen (one of whom denied the reports) as well as the Iranian state-owned car manufacturer, SAIPA. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... SaiPa is a Finnish ice hockey team playing in SM-liiga based at Kisapuisto (capacity 4847), Lappeenranta. ...

SAIC had claimed that it had already acquired Intellectual Property Rights in some Rover product for £67 million in the autumn of 2004, including the Rover 25, the Rover 75 and the Rover Powertrain K-series engine, but the Administrators advised that there was still interest in saving some other parts of the company, including MG, and Friday, May 13, 2005 was set as the deadline for bids from potential investors. For the 2006 film, see Intellectual Property (film). ... The Rover 25 was launched in autumn 1999 as a facelifted version of the 200 Series which had been in production since the summer of 1995. ... The Rover 75 (codenamed R40 during development) is an executive car produced initially by the Rover Group at Cowley, Oxfordshire, UK, and later by MG Rover at their Longbridge site in Birmingham, UK. The Rover 75 was available with either a saloon or estate body and, latterly, with front-wheel... The Rover Group K-Series engine was introduced in 1988 as a powerplant for the Rover Metro car. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On Friday, May 20, the Administrators announced that, after considering numerous proposals, they had entered talks with two unnamed "overseas companies" with a view to restarting one or more of the Longbridge production lines. Nevertheless, the following week they informed creditors that they by then expected the company to proceed instead to a creditors' voluntary liquidation, setting the date for a preliminary Creditors' Meeting to be held in Birmingham on Friday, June 10, 2005. At that meeting, creditors learned that so little of value was left in the company that there would probably be negligible or even no repayment of its outstanding debt and that, although three bidders were then still negotiating to acquire the company intact as a going concern, the Administrators had instructed their agents to prepare for the piecemeal sale of the very few remaining assets in the event that satisfactory negotiations for the sale of the entire business were not concluded. May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A creditor is a party (e. ... Liquidation, or winding up, refers to a business whose assets are converted to money in order to pay off debt. ... Birmingham (pron. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a contractual or quasi-contractual tripartite set of relationships when an Agent is authorized to act on behalf of another <No it is not. ... In business and accounting an asset is anything owned which can produce future economic benefit, whether in possession or by right to take possession, by a person or a group acting together, e. ...

On Thursday, July 14, it was reported that Magma Holdings, a financial group including former Ford Motor Company and General Motors executives, working in conjunction with SAIC, would be making an offer for both MG Rover and engine maker Rover Powertrain which, if successful, would see at least some production being restarted at Longbridge, and that talks with the other two interested parties – China's Nanjing Automobile Group and Project Kimber (a consortium of Birmingham businessmen led by David James) – were still in progress. is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... NACs logo The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, Chinas oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. ... A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organisations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. ... David James CBE is a British businessman and corporate trouble shooter and Conservative politician. ...

On Monday, July 18, Magma Holdings and SAIC formalized their bid with an offer of £60 million. However, that offer was not well-received and on Friday, July 22, the Administrators announced that the entire group had been sold to the Nanjing Automobile Group for around £53 million, with a deposit of around $5 million, indicating that their preliminary plans involved relocating the Powertrain engine plant to China and splitting car production into Rover lines in China and MG lines in the West Midlands (though not necessarily at Longbridge), where a UK R&D and technical facility would also be developed. But on Saturday, August 27, The Daily Telegraph reported that the balance of around £47 million, due on August 22 had not been paid. Citing confidentiality, the Administrators declined to comment. is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... NACs logo The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, Chinas oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... The phrase research and development (also R and D or R&D) has a special commercial significance apart from its conventional coupling of scientific research and technological development. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nanjing Automobile started shipping equipment from Longbridge to China on Thursday, September 15 and, according to a report in The Times on Saturday, September 17, were close to a deal with SAIC under which they would manufacture the Rover 25 and Powertrain engines while SAIC would produce a stretched Rover 75. Nanjing Automobile Group was reported to be in exclusive negotiations with GB Sports Cars, a venture by former Rover managers, to re-establish MG production at Longbridge. is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... NACs logo The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, Chinas oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. ...

In late October, key ex-workers received letters from Nanjing Automobile Group offering 10 months' work dismantling plant at Longbridge for reassembly in China while talks with GB Sports Cars continued. However, after announcing that the UK government had not offered any substantial assistance in either grants or loans, Nanjing Automobile was also reported to have begun negotiations with at least two other potential partners, including "a wealthy San Francisco family", and, in early November, Nanjing committed to making every effort "to resume production [at Longbridge] at the beginning of 2007". NACs logo The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, Chinas oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. ...

In the autumn of 2006, Nanjing announced plans to build three new MG model ranges which are expected to go on sale by the end of 2008. It was also revealed that the Austin marque may be revived on at least some of the MG range, some 20 years after it was discontinued. The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles. ...

Timeline

• 2000: MG Rover was formed as the part of the former Rover Group's mass-market car business which BMW sold to the Phoenix Consortium for a nominal £10.
• 2001: MG Rover bought Qvale of Italy (Only bought the factory and the rights of platform of the Mangusta car. MG Rover did not acquire the rights of the Qvale name)
• 2001: The MG ZR, MG ZS and MG ZT (based on the Rover 25, Rover 45, Rover 75 respectively) are launched as sporting alternatives to the standard Rover models.
• 2002: MG Rover agrees to collaborate with Tata of India.
• 2003: MG Rover launches the new MG SV and SV-R, prices start at around £65,000. The car is based on the Qvale Mangusta.
• 2003: MG Rover launches the new CityRover - a small 5 door hatchback city car which is the product of last year's collaboration with Tata. It was first sold as the Tata Indica in 1998.
• 2004: MG Rover enters talks with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) about a possible collaboration.MG Rover launches its facelifted models.
• 2005: The proposed collaboration Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) collapses, forcing the company into administration.
• 2005: Nanjing Automobile Group acquires the entire assets of MG Rover.
• 2005/06: Nanjing Automobile Group announces plans to build cars at Longbridge after signing a deal to lease the site for 33 years. Also Nanjing Automotive is to build an American MG factory, believed to house the future MG 3 and 5 series models.
• 2006: SAIC sets up a new company called Roewe and now builds a car based on the Rover 75 platform called the Roewe 750.
• 2006: Ford buys the rights to the Rover marque, meaning that only the MG badge will be used on the new range of Nanjing-built cars. Nanjing announces the possibility of relaunching the Austin marque for a new generation of cars which are planned for a launch in 2008.
• 2007: Nanjing Automobile Group restarts MG TF production at Longbridge and in China before the end of May, but no cars are expected to leave dealerships until at least September.

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Brands

All of the following brands were controlled by MG Rover, and were formerly the property of British Leyland.

• 1895 Wolseley
• 1905 Austin
• 1912 Morris
• 1913 Vanden Plas as a coachbuilder and as a car brand (outside the US & Canada)
• 1923 MG created by Cecil Kimber based on Morris components
• 1930 American Austin created by Austin for US market
• 1947 Princess created by Vanden Plas as a car brand
• 1987 Sterling created as a separate brand in the US by the Rover Group

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