MG cars again in production at Longbridge

First new cars made at the site since company went into administration in 2005.

By Alice Gribbin Published 14 April 2011

The MG Birmingham plant has resumed its first large scale car productions since cutting 6,000 jobs when MG Rover went into administration in April 2005.

The British designed five-seater, 1.8l engine MG6 is assembled in Longbridge from parts made in China. It is the first new MG model to be mass produced in the UK for 16 years.

MG itself is owned by China's largest car manufacturer, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation.

Local MP Richard Burden said that although it is impossible to "bring back the days when thousands were employed on Longbridge production lines", it was time to "build a future in the 21st century."

The MG6 is expected to cost from £16,000 to £19,000.

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Tue, 2012-07-31 02:38 — J3rrYcid

I thought that the car manufacturer was gone for good. There had been very little news about MG for so many years that no one expected them to arise again. Though they are no longer at the size that they were back in the 90s, they would do well to survive into the future. www.carid.com

Fri, 2012-06-08 06:06 — felipealonso

It would be nice to see these classic cars with their modern look. MG should come back with its iconic cars with the classic emblems. I love to see these cars roaring again.

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Tue, 2011-05-31 09:45 — Great News for our British Automobile Manufacturing Base (not verified)

Great news for the workers at Longbridge! Home of The Austin Motor Company Ltd! Keep up this great work and now focus on real MGs!

Its the heritage of William Morris and Herbert Austin!

But the group of people that ransacked the old Rover Longbridge company on its takeover from BMW and stole all the finances are apparently still running round free!

They ruined the life of thousands with their enormous greed!

They should be doing life in Dartmoor!

What does the Director of Public Prosecutions say to this - their should be a new investation into all this!