[ROVERNET - UK] Rover brand name sold

[Ali Al-Abbasi]

I agree, I'm a Mercedes guy , I own four models dating from 1970 to 1997. It 
somehow baffles me how they can miss some things and have issues that you 
would never believe. But that said, it's still apples to oranges.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew Egginton" <drew at pitstop.net.au>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover brand name sold


> True! What about the Paykan from Iran... a Hillman Hunter they made until 
> last year or even the early 1960's Ford Falcon that made it into the 1990s 
> in South America!
>
> Whilst the 75 is a nice car, I find it very cramped inside and while there 
> have been quality issues you wouldn't expect BMW to produce a model that 
> was better than their own - but don't forget BMW & Merc have also been 
> known to drop the ball on quality.
> Ali Al-Abbasi wrote:
>> They will be a little dated, but nothing like a Hindustan, a Russian Fiat 
>> 124 derivative or a Romanian Renault 12. Those things are at least 30 
>> years old. I think if they set the price right and get the build quality 
>> right, these cars should easily be able to compete with American cars 
>> quite easily. If they try selling them in the same price range as a BMW 
>> then they will be making the exact same mistake as the British owners 
>> before them. These car's just aren't as good as a Mercedes or BMW.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Egginton" <drew at pitstop.net.au>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover brand name sold
>>
>>
>>> Yes, apparently Nanjing will produce a revised MGTF and ZT (possibly 
>>> renamed MG7) in the UK and optimistically MGTF coupes in Oklahoma, USA. 
>>> SAIC (I think I mistakenly wrote Nanjing in the last post) will make 
>>> this new 75 and 25 in China. Interestingly, several previous suppliers 
>>> have put their hands up to help Nanjing with the TF and I've read Lotus 
>>> is assisting with upgrading the K-series engine. You would think 
>>> (despite freshening up) these models would be well past their use-by 
>>> dates by the time they're on the market compared to their competition! 
>>> Many "poorer" countries have a long history of taking over production of 
>>> old UK/European designs. Hindustan anyone?
>>>
>>> UK dealer SMC has also been offering some great deals on the last of the 
>>> ZTs & 75s.
>>>
>>> Andrew E
>>> Perth, Aust
>>>
>>> Gavin.Walker at csiro.au wrote:
>>>> We could end up with the interesting situation of having to versions of
>>>> the same car produced by two independent companies on two independent
>>>> production lines.  Nanjing would produce MG ZTs based on the Longbridge
>>>> plant and SAIC would produce Rover 75s based on the same design but 
>>>> with
>>>> new plant.
>>>>
>>>> Gavin Walker
>>>> Canberra, Australia
>>>>
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