Nanjing Auto merges into SAIC

[grober]

Shanghai Automotive Industry, China's largest automaker who are launching facelifted Rovers under the Roewe brand, has agreed to buy Nanjing Automobile Group's auto-assembly and component-making businesses. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/26/business/auto.php
Why is this vaguely interesting? because Nanjing Auto owns the formerly British MG marque. http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/return-of-morris-longbridge-to-resume-building-mg+tf-232837.php
SAIC is becoming a large conglomerate manufacturer just like British Leyland---------hold on a minute this is sounding eerily familiar !

 

[TonyVianoAmbiente]

Interesting! Our local Skoda dealer is going to sell MG in 2008.

I wonder if Nanjing/SAIC will continue to make the MG 7 and Roewe 750 models, both of which are closely based on the Rover 75? It would seem sensible to drop one of them.

 

[grober]

SKODA the chinese connection.

YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS THEN.
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/65374
AND THIS
http://www.worldcarfans.com/2061120.009/skoda-octavia-for-china

I should apologise to the mods since I meant to post this thread in the NEWS section.