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[perkins]

Le Finantial Times révèle que de nouveaux délais sont à prévoir pour la relance de la production à l'usine de Longbridge, selon Chen Hong un des directeurs de la SAIC : la MG TF commencera à être produite en Chine en mai 2008 et il faudrait ensuite compter 3 mois pour la voir sortir des chaînes de production de Longbridge (donc autour du mois d'août). Raison invoquée : la qualité du produit. Ils savent que le monde aura les yeux braqués sur eux depuis les fameux "crash tests" réalisés sur les voitures chinoises...
Il y aurait quand même 70% des composants fabriqués en Chine et 30% en Europe.
MG étudie  3 modèles (dont le remplacement de la MG TF) qui devraient être produits pour 2010.

Sinon les chinois se sont engagés solennellement vis-à-vis du  maire de Birmingham à relancer dès que possible l'usine de Longbridge et de réaliser des investissements.
Il n'est pas impossible que de son côté TATA MOTORS parvienne à lancer un premier modèle ROVER (dérivé de la plateforme de l'Indica V3 mais avec un style approprié) avant MG, si les chinois vont à cette allure là...



 

Source :
Financial Times FT.

MG's two-seater poised to make return
By John Reed in London

Published: February 5 2008 02:00 | Last updated: February 5 2008 02:00

Shanghai Automotive (SAIC) hopes to begin producing the MG TF two-seater in Nanjing in May and at its plant in Longbridge, UK, within three months of that date, a senior executive said yesterday.

But SAIC admitted the car's long-awaited relaunch could be delayed again as it grapples with quality issues and rebuilds tooling bought in 2005 from bankrupt MG Rover and shipped to China by Nanjing Automobile (NAC), with which SAIC merged in December.

"We want to begin production of cars at Longbridge as soon as possible, but the first priority for us is the quality of the product," Chen Hong, SAIC's president, told the Financial Times yesterday.

"If we launch the product on the UK market and don't have sufficient quality to meet customers' expectations, we damage the brand."

The relaunch of MG's two-seater, which has a passionate UK and US following, will mark the highest-profile European debut for a Chinese-made car. SAIC has selected 50 dealers to sell the car, and distributed a teaser brochure with the slogan "A New Journey".

MG is studying at least three new models, including a replacement for the TF, which it hopes to produce from 2010, Mr Chen said. However, the carmaker is still building a supply base in China and Europe that would allow it to meet European quality standards. About 70 per cent of the car, including its engines, will be made in China, and 30 per cent in Europe.

"From the point of view of SAIC, more time is needed for quality," Mr Chen said.

Other Chinese carmakers, including Chery Automobile, have recently postponed export plans over qualityconcerns. Some Chinese cars exported to Germany have performed poorly in crash tests and been derided in the motoring press.

"They realise the eyes of the world are upon them," a person close to SAIC's management said yesterday.

SAIC is one of China's biggest and most ambitious carmakers, and has joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen.

[clemar64]

Bonjour la motivation, c'est de la poudre aux yeux tout cela!

[Fantomas]

Honnêtement ça ne me surprend pas: effets d'annonces, coups d'esbrouffes, projest fantasmagoriques (cf l'Oklahoma ...) voilà à  quoi nous assistons globalement depuis 2005 

[serpentin]

il est peut être même pas impossible que TATA rachète MG avant même que la moindre voiture ne soit sortie de Longbridge!!!  ce serait l'idéal, nos marques chéries enfin réunies autour d'un projet viable 

il ne restera plus qu'à venger Mini ...

[clemar64]

ouhai, on se croirait dans le patient anglais!

[perkins]

Honnêtement ça ne me surprend pas: effets d'annonces, coups d'esbrouffes, projest fantasmagoriques (cf l'Oklahoma ...) voilà à  quoi nous assistons globalement depuis 2005 

Et voilà que l'on annonce que des dirigeants de la SAIC sont cette semaine en visite à Longbridge pour décider des modèles et du volume de production afin de relancer l'usine anglaise.
Jusqu'à  3 modèles pourraient être assemblés à Longbridge, selon Eleanor de La Haye, porte-parole de  MG. Un des dirigeants de la SAIC était optimiste par rapport à la décision de choisir d'assembler de nouveaux modèles à l'usine anglaise.   
Il faut maintenant attendre l'annonce officielle de la SAIC qui devrait suivre cette visite.

 

Chinese to decide UK factory's future
Nanjing–SAIC must decide on models, volumes at Longbridge plant

Tony Lewin
Automotive News Europe
February 6, 12:57 CET

A high-level delegation of executives from Shanghai Automobile Industry Corp. is in the UK this week to discuss the integration of its local operations with those of Nanjing Automobile.

SAIC took over Nanjing late last year. The deal has delayed Nanjing's planned restart of production at the former MG Rover plant in Longbridge, central England.

No cars have been assembled there since the factory's grand reopening in May last year. Nanjing got control of the factory in 2005 when it bought the assets of MG Rover, which collapsed because of financial problems.

The Shanghai Auto delegation will meet Nanjing managers at Longbridge and visit SAIC's own vehicle development base at nearby Leamington Spa, said an official close to Nanjing.

The executives will decide on the carmaker's future model policy for Europe and determine which models will be assembled at the Longbridge factory. Nanjing's plans for the plant have never been truly clear beyond the promise to build a limited volume of the MG TF roadster.

'Crucial time'

One executive close to the process was optimistic that a decision on future models and production volumes would result from the delegation's visit.

" Now is a fairly crucial time in the process," he told Automotive News Europe.

Up to three volume models could be built at the Longbridge plant, Eleanor de la Haye, Nanjing's Longbridge spokeswoman, said.

Last month, SAIC Motor President Chen Hong said SAIC aims to restore production of original MG models in Longbridge soon. It also plans new MG models for Europe, he said.

"The British business will become SAIC's new platform for overseas markets and a window for SAIC to Europe."

In 2005, Nanjing beat SAIC in a bidding war for MG Rover. Soon after the acquisition Nanjing started looking for a financial partner to help it relaunch Longbridge production. Industry observers said Nanjing did not have the financial resources to revive volume production at the plant.

Car production started in Longbridge in 1905. At its height in the 1960s the factory was one of Europe's biggest plants, building more than 360,000 Austin, Morris and MG cars annually.

SOURCE: Automotive News

[Fantomas]

Et voilà que l'on annonce que des dirigeants de la SAIC sont cette semaine en visite à Longbridge pour décider des modèles et du volume de production afin de relancer l'usine anglaise.
Jusqu'à  3 modèles pourraient être assemblés à Longbridge, selon Eleanor de La Haye, porte-parole de  MG. Un des dirigeants de la SAIC était optimiste par rapport à la décision de choisir d'assembler de nouveaux modèles à l'usine anglaise.   
Il faut maintenant attendre l'annonce officielle de la SAIC qui devrait suivre cette visite.

 
SOURCE: Automotive News

Je crains encore une fois qu'il y ait loin des paroles aux actes...

[perkins]

Un groupe de chinois ( nouveaux propriétaires de la MG 7)  étaient à Longbridge la semaine dernière : suite à un tirage au sort, le voyage leur avait été payé...



SOURCE: "Pacific Automotive Network PCauto" http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl...language_tools

Two powerful car dream which depart from Grand Mercure MG brand back to the British Understanding
February 14, MG of Grand Mercure "respect privileges, brand back" to the activities of the United Kingdom arrived at the first leg of the UK's largest century British MG Longbridge car factory sites. On that day, the MG brand name Jue envoy visited the famous British MG Longbridge factory, AUSTIN studio and VEC (Vehicle R & D center), as well as BMH (Birmingham) Museum.



"Buy Japanese cars, buy the tools; cars in Germany, select the machine and the British car, owned by the arts." From the invention of the automobile more than 100 years, the United Kingdom has always been considered to represent the ultimate technology and automobile grade, the value of luxury, elegance these many words in the car the perfect embodiment. British car manufacturing industries have always been regarded as the originator of the world automobile industry, product quality堪称classic in the classic. People in the UK automotive strict and realistic manufacturing concept and gave birth to MG Rover, Rolls Royce, Bentley, MINI as the representative of a large number of world-renowned brands. Fundamentally, it is creating a brand quality, and rigorous, realistic guarantees the quality of the automobile.

MG's century-old history can be said to mapping the history of the development of the British automobile industry. MG William Morris, founder of the British automobile industry as one of the founders of the British MG that the contribution of the automotive industry. In the car, the MG is the most superior of the era of car products, the Nanjing to buy 53 million pounds after MG name to Fusheng Grand Mercure in China, and the full product line will transplant the most essential characteristics juice Original Reservations.

[Rover820i]

Ils en ont de la chance

[Fantomas]

On remarquera sur la photo le riant climat d'outre-manche

[perkins]

ChinaCarTimes a  parlé d'une petite voiture MG en préparation suite à certaines indiscrétions de certains  personnels de MG.
L'info est reprise dans le Blog auto : http://www.leblogauto.com/2008/02/une-mg-mini.html
Une petite MG ou une petite AUSTIN  ? 

[perkins]

Quelques  photos suite à  la visite des chinois à Longbridge :

[perkins]

Nous sommes toujours dans l'attente d'une annonce officielle du plan de la SAIC en ce qui concerne l'usine de Longbridge. Sur le site web de  Austinmemories , ils font le point sur la partie louée, entourée en bleu (en rouge l'espace occupé  à l'époque de MG ROVER jusqu'en 2005):

If you are not familiar with the size of the Longbridge plant, I have attached an aerial view and it also shows what part of the plant is been leased by SAIC-NAC.

Aerial view of Longbridge factory, it does not show what was the Cofton works. The total area of the plant was about 410 acres in red, with SAIC NAC leasing about 100 acres in blue

 

   

Here we see a better picture of the area leased by SAIC NAC.

   

   

The following numbered picture are taken from the points shown.

Picture 1


Picture 2


Picture 3


Picture 4 'Q' Gate


Picture 5

   

http://www.austinmemories.com/page77/page77.html

[perkins]

Une délégation chinoise (politiciens et hommes d'affaires) étaient à Longbridge pour inspection durant 3 jours (du 6 au 8 mars)


Le deuxième à partir de la gauche est Gary Egan (un des directeurs de MG UK) , le quatrième est Lin Xiao Ju (un des directeurs de MG UK), au centre ce serait Jiang (à la tête de la délégation chinoise)   

JIANG Fan headed to the Senate Nanjing companies inspected work in the United Kingdom
2008-03-12 00:35

March 6, JIANG Fan of the Senate and lead the business-funded enterprises in the secretariat of the staff to Longbridge in Birmingham in the United Kingdom Limited Nanjing conducted a three-day safety inspection and operation of the investigation. JIANG Fan Participation in public companies operating officer Linchihu and others, accompanied by inspected the plant welding, painting and final assembly plant plant, and asked in detail about and understanding of the enterprise in the production safety regulations, systems and work processes, and Enterprise emergency response capacity, and to listen to the company's business development in the introduction. JIANG Fan Participation of the public companies in the production safety work fully affirmed the achievements remind enterprises to production safety work should attach great importance to a long and unremitting grasp.



March 7, 2008 Birmingham Chamber of Commerce annual dinner in Birmingham, was solemnly held at the International Conference Center. Birmingham City Mayor Mike Whitby, the United Kingdom Ministry of Commerce, Minister of State Jones, the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce President Rod Ackrill, and other guests attended the service and speech. JIANG Fan invited to attend the Senate. Birmingham city government is formulating the "big city" (big city plan), the next 20 years to develop the local economy, the establishment of international linkages, the provision of first-class service to be adopted and cost more than 170 million pounds to the Birmingham development planning in Europe and the international economic and financial centres. City and the business community and the public in close cooperation with the Greek world economic power, China, India and other emerging countries in the economic, social and cultural areas such as the establishment of close ties. In his speech, the mayor also specifically mentioned last year, the South China welcomed its steam European headquarters and research and development facilities to move to Birmingham Longbridge, Birmingham and expressed to continue to strengthen cooperation with China's strong desire.

Source : http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/i/...305422762.html

[Jeudi]

J'avais jamais le logo de la rouge début du XXème siècle