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Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
> In chi.general Elmo <DoNoSpam@nospam.org> wrote:
> : Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
> :> In chi.general E Brown <three1983s@att.net> wrote:
> :> : On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:12:16 +0000 (UTC), Chicago Paddling-Fishing
> :> : <jwn@ripco.com> wrote:
> :> 
> :> :>I would have said that differently, in 89 a bunch of new model convertables
> :> :>came out... Porsche cabriolet was based on it's existing model, Lotus brought 
> :> :>out the M100 (sort of a milestone for them)... the Miata sorta reminded me 
> :> :>of updated Lotus Elan or Triumph Spitfire. Makes you wonder what MG or Triumph 
> :> :>might have introduced by then had they survived. 
> :> 
> :> : 	Umm, MG was producing cars as recently as last year; they just went
> :> : under a few months ago.
> :> : 	And the Miata was based on the Lotus Elan - they even shipped one
> :> : to California (where it was designed) to analyze it.
> :> 
> :> MG Rover is still around I supposed, it's just a chinese car company now...
> :> but to my knowledge, it hasn't been producing cars like the MGB or MG Mini
> :> for more than a decade.
> :> 
> : Yesterday (Wed) I saw an announcement that they plan to build an assembly
> : plant in Omaha.
> 
> I dunno, http://www.landroverusa.com/ has press announcements going back to
> 2003. There are dealers in Omaha, but that was all I found. The latest press
> release there was April 2006.  
> 
> http://www.danwei.org/breaking_news/another_chinese_acquisition_na.php
> "...Nanjing is planning to ship much of the Rover equipment from Birmingham 
>  to a plant in eastern China. ..."
> 
> Perhaps it's Omaha China, but I can't see them wanting to open a plant here
> when they can pay the wages they do there and just ship product...
My mistake, it's Oklahoma (all them names 'tother side of the big river that
begin with O sound the same dontcha know).

Nanjing, which purchased the assets of the bankrupt MG Rover Group last year, 
aims to be the first Chinese carmaker to open a factory in the United States. 
The company has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday in Oklahoma to 
announce plans to build a newly designed MG TF Coupe there, starting in 2008. It 
said the coupe would compete with cars like the Mazda Miata, which sells for 
$20,000 to $25,000.


Google: MG China Oklahoma

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