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Sunday, 16 July 2006
Written by Steve Rothfuss
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Finally, the automotive world is becoming a global place. A recently deceased automotive brand, need I say an iconic car company is making a comeback of sorts. The Chinese automotive company, Nanjing, will begin building two door sports cars under the MG [originally Morris Garages] label starting sometime in 2008. Nanjing purchased the assets of MG during last years bankruptcy. The other incredible part of this story: There will be two models, a hard top and a convertible. The hardtop will be built in Oklahoma and the convertible at the MG factory located in Longbridge (England), employing some 500 workers at each facility. The concept car shown above will compete in an increasingly crowded segment of smaller two-seat sports cars. Even though MG stopped selling new vehicles in 1980, most Americans will still recognize the name. This should really help a fledgling car company. But it won't be easy since this segment is currently dominated by the Mazda MX-5. General Motors also has just begun offering a pair of incredible two-seaters to the public, the Saturn Sky and the Pontiac Solstice. In this vehicle segment, owners are very interested in the driving experience and the thrill. Nanjing knows that many owners of MG cars will be very disappointed if they can not pull it off. After all, MG was the company that started the small sports car segment. So why can't they do it again?
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