We're doing everything in our power to resist asking, "Why?" With that in mind, here's the scoop: MG, spun off totally from Rover, undead and now owned by Nanjing Auto, will reopen their Longbridge factory on May 29th. Production of the TF, first introduced in 1995 and face-lifted in 2002 before taking a two-year nap starting in 2005, will resume then. MG has actually been building TFs in a Chinese factory since March. The reborn British TFs will be sold in the UK, Germany and Mumbo Australia. The Chinese made cars will be sold in, um, China. No cars from either plant will be coming state-side. However, as we've been telling you, MG will be opening a third plant in Oklahoma some time in 2008. That's where the US cars will hail from. Oh, and the expsive bits — those pesky engines and gearboxes — will be built by slave cheap labor in China. Somewhat amazingly, Malcolm Bricklin is in no way involved.
Longbridge factory to reopen on May 29 [via Motor Authority]
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Return of Morris! Longbridge to Resume Building MG-TF [Internal]