[ROVERNET - UK] BBC E-mail: New lease of life for Longbridge

Gayle Rauschenberg wfritz at mindspring.com
Thu Feb 23 13:26:12 GMT 2006


That's good news. A toast is in order. A round of Guiness, mates?
Fritz Rauschenberg


> [Original Message]
> From: Robert Thornton <R.Thornton at adelaidecitycouncil.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Date: 2/23/2006 4:32:38 PM
> Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] BBC E-mail: New lease of life for Longbridge
>
>
> Bit of a pale shadow of its former self but at least production is in
Birmingham not Beijing.
>
> Shame BMW still owns the Rover name and doesn't look like relinquishing
rights to it (they also jealously protect the Mini brand name to the extent
that they have prosecuted many of the classic Mini specialists and traders
for continuing to use it).
>
> ROVER V8 ENGINE PRODUCTION CONTINUES
> Now this is an equally exciting piece of news which appeared on
Pistonheads, the TVR owners site:
>  http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=13228
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2006 5:07 AM
> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] BBC E-mail: New lease of life for Longbridge
>
> Steve saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it.
>
> ** Message **
> Latest news from the BBC about the Longbridge car plant
>
> ** New lease of life for Longbridge **
> Nanjing Auto, which bought MG Rover in 2005, signs a "landmark" lease
which could restart Longbridge production.
> < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/business/4739616.stm >
>
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