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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...
-- 
John Nelson
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