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MG hoping for sales boost after entering British Touring Car Championship

MG Motors UK faces a race against time if it is to realistically compete for honours in this year’s British Touring Car Championships. But it hopes its presence in the competition will boost sales across Europe.Read

MG to enter British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch

Birmingham-made MG is returning to the racing circuit – entering two cars in this year’s British Touring Car Championship. Read

Calls for museum legacy to MG Rover plant in Longbridge

A campaign is gathering pace in Birmingham for a museum to be built to commemorate the former MG Rover plant and its workforce.Read

MG Rover trust fund row heading to court

The fight for cash for more than 6,500 former Longbridge workers is to go before the High Court next month, it has emerged.Read

Wen Jiabao hails MG as symbol of China's friendship with UK

China's premier Wen Jiabao spoke of the importance of his country’s links with Britain when he visited the MG plant in Birmingham.Read

Losses at Longbridge slashed as MG sales take off

Longbridge has drastically cut its annual losses from over £12 million to just £392,000 as the rebirth of Birmingham’s most famous auto factory gathers pace. Read

Longbridge-made MG6 hits sales of £3m in first two weeks

Longbridge's first all-new MG for 16 years has drummed up over £3 million of business in just two weeks – with 180 cars sold.Read

New MG3 unveiled at Warwickshire testing facility

MG Motor UK’s new small car, the MG3, has been unveiled for the first time in Warwickshire. Read

Car dealers delighted with public response to new MG6

A month after the first MG6 rolled off the Longbridge production line dealers say the public could not have given it a better welcome.Read

Longbridge-made MG6 off to a flying start

Public response to the new MG6 has surpassed all expectation, according to its makers.Read

Directorship bans for Phoenix Four attacked for being 'a slap on the wrist'

The directorship bans handed out to four businessmen in charge of Longbridge-based MG Rover when it collapsed with the loss of thousands of jobs amount to no more than a "slap on the wrist", the former chairman of an influential business select committee has said.Read

Phoenix Four defiant after being banned from being company directors

The Phoenix Four remained defiant after the Government announced that the former MG Rover owners had agreed to be disqualified as directors for between three and six years.Read

Sun shines on Pride of Longbridge car show in Birmingham

A huge collection of MGs, Rovers, Austins and Minis lined up as the sun beat down on this year’s Pride of Longbridge car show, celebrating Birmingham's motor industry heritage. Read

Phoenix Four quit as directors of Phoenix Venture Holdings

THE Phoenix Four have resigned as directors of ill-fated MG Rover’s parent group – with no resolution to the Trust Fund saga in sight.Read

Phoenix Four spark row as MG production returns to Longbridge

Volume production is finally back on track at Longbridge – but the Phoenix Four say it could have happened six years ago but for “political chicanery.”Read

New MG6 rolls off Longbridge production line

A new MG car has rolled off the production line at Longbridge heralding what the company hopes will be a new era of manufacturing, six years after thousands of jobs were shed when the Birmingham factory closed. Read

New MG to roll off production line at Longbridge

A new MG car will roll off the production line at Longbridge - six years to the week after the West Midlands factory closed with the loss of 6,500 jobs.Read

New MG6 saloon unveiled by MG Motor UK at Longbridge

Longbridge’s Chinese owners have taken the wraps off a new £17,000 to £20,000 saloon car as the rebirth of the Birmingham car factory goes into over drive.Read

Former Longbridge workers to share £1m compensation payout

Nearly 80 ex-Longbridge workers have won up to £1 million after a seven-year battle following the world’s largest outbreak of occupational lung disease.Read

Mystery £23m claim on Longbridge Phoenix cash

More than £23 million raised from the remnants of the collapsed Longbridge Phoenix empire could lie untouched for years – because of a mystery Government claim.Read