[ROVERNET - UK] Re: Rover & Shanghai

[Jonathan Hewison]

Then there is a good chance we will end with Rovers looking like the car featured on the page below....

http://www.autobuy.co.nz/car/car_stock.php?module_id=3&vehicle_id=206497&dealer_id=556&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcguinnessclassics.co.nz%2Fmainfinal.htm



Jonathan Hewison
Engineering Technician
Faculty of Architecture & Design 
Victoria University of Wellington
Te Whare Wananga o Te Upoko o Te Ika 
New Zealand. 
www.vuw.ac.nz
-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Reynolds [mailto:wreynold at uniserve.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 5:43 p.m.
To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: Rover & Shanghai

Here's the text of an article a friend emailed to me on Nov 21/04.

"Takeover looms for Rover
(Filed: 20/11/2004)

MG Rover, Britain's last large car maker, is on the brink of a merger with a Chinese motor company.


The deal could secure the Longbridge plant Reports say the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation will get 70 per cent control of Rover in exchange for investing more than £1 billion.

The deal hangs on the Chinese government giving the go-ahead in the New Year.

MG Rover will not discuss details of the merger but have said it could be signed next year and will be a "tremendous opportunity" for both sides.

Stewart McKee, head of international media, said: "The precise details of the collaboration between Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and MG Rover are yet to emerge, as both parties are awaiting final approval from the Chinese authorities, which is expected in the New Year.

"What's certain is that we have started negotiations with Shanghai Automotive to enter into a wide-ranging strategic relationship.

"We have signed those agreements in June of this year and both parties have been working hard on the detail of the relationship.

"We do need the final approval of the Chinese authorities in order to proceed and that's the point at which the final details will emerge.

"The ownership of Rover has been discussed at a number of points. We have always talked about a joint collaboration."

But despite talks of joint control, reports say that the deal will mean control of the Longbridge-based motor manufacturer will pass out of British hands.

A new joint-venture company to design, develop and produce cars will be owned by the Chinese, with only 30 per cent held by MG Rover.

There will be separate British and Chinese companies to manufacture the new models in Birmingham and Shanghai but the key assets and intellectual property rights of the two car-makers will be contained in the Chinese-controlled joint venture.


Information appearing on telegraph.co.uk is the copyright of Telegraph Group Limited and must not be reproduced in any medium without licence. For the full copyright statement see Copyright "

Walter.  1968 P6 SC

Walter D. Reynolds
19753 Wildcrest Avenue, Pitt Meadows, B.C.  V3Y 1M3
Ph:  604-465-6350   Fax:  604-465-6367

> I am from Brisbane Australia and i was told by a friend that there was 
> a news article about Rover last night on the news about it going broke 
> or
some
> such thing. They just caught the tail end of the article. Did anyone 
> see
it
> or know what it was about, or is this just another rumour / urban myth?
>
> Thanks Damien


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