The Roewe 350:



The New Small Engine - NSE in 1.5L VTi NASP form.







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SOURCE: FT

A Chinese company is to buy Hummer, the General Motors brand known for its military- inspired offroad vehicles and seen as a symbol of gas-guzzling, road-hogging American excess. Hummer’s sale to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company will close this year, marking one of the biggest overseas acquisitions in carmaking by a Chinese group.

Shanghai Automotive's 2010 sales goal is 180,000

Shanghai Automotive Group Co. Ltd., formerly known as Shanghai Automotive Co. Ltd., in November 1997 listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, stock code 600104, the company referred to as "Shanghai Automotive." Company's major companies subsidiaries: passenger car division, Nanjing MG, Shanghai Volkswagen, Shanghai GM, Shangh...

I see from MG Enthusiast that an intrepid band of drivers will be driving an MGA, an MGB, and four MGB GTs from the MG6 factory in Shanghai to Longbridge where they will have pictures taken with the MG6 also.

The route will include China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Switzerland. Speaking personally, I wouldn't want to go to Iran at the moment although a nation of ...

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Weimin Gao, chairman of Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation
(SAIC)
Motor UK Technical Centre, said: "It is important for us to keep a
close track of global developments in automotive technologies.

"The UK has always been a compelling place to invest, as it is at the
forefront of automotive technologies and is a stepping stone into

It's a Zebra car with what appears to be an octagonal badge indent in its boot and a front grill closely resembling the MG6:







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According to Mike Rutherford in today's Telegraph (not found on-line), brand rating consultancy Brandfinance have produced a top 20 car brands on criteria including the company's financial strength, headed by Toyota still. Mr. Rutherford not only bemoans the lack of any British brands in the list(!) but notes that

SAIC of China has come from nowhere to 14th, not because it's doing an...

The January sales figures should be the first to include the MG6, however they are not available yet!



The news from the dealers is very encouraging with 10,000 orders to the end of January, a two month waiting list and the fac...

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Well done to the MG TF for winning the title of "Best domestic convertible 2010" in good company amongst the Ferraris, and well done to the Germans for winning almost every other title!

Was wondering why the Germans where doing so well, then I got to the last paragraph

"Auto Expo" "Car of the Year 2...