MG
to end UK car production at Longbridge with switch to China
Two
models are currently finished at the site - the MG3 and the MG GS sports utility
vehicle. MG Motor UK, owned by Chinese group SAIC, said vehicle assembly was no
longer required and cars would arrive fully built ready for distribution to UK
dealers in future. There will be 25 redundancies at the 69-acre site off Lowhill
Lane, but sales, marketing and after-sales operations will remain at the plant.
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report on the BBC News website says "MG has announced it is to stop making
cars at its Longbridge plant and will be moving production to China - ending manufacturing
in the UK. The firm said vehicle assembly was no longer "required" and
cars would arrive "fully built ready for distribution". MG said there
would be 25 redundancies, but sales, marketing and after-sales operations would
remain at the plant.
The first new MG for 16 years rolled off the production
line in the West Midlands in 2011. It marked the first large-scale production
at the plant since the demise of Rover in 2005. It will also be end of car manufacturing
at the Longbridge plant - which has seen cars built there since since Herbert
Austin set up in 1906., although there was a gap in production when MG shut down
in 2005. More |
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