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Blame gas prices. Blame the housing market. Blame the dollar for being worth much less than it was in 2005. But ultimately, you’ll probably need to blame the Chinese for the total lack of MGs being sold in the U.S. Despite initial plans by MG’s new owner, Nanjing Automobile Group Corp., to sell a U.S.

Things don't look too positive over attempts to restart MG car production at Longbridge. The announcement last week that StadCo is pulling out of producing car bodies (probably because of delays, unecrtainties and limited volumes if and when cars are ever actually made), has left other suppliers wondering what is going on and whether production is now feasible at all.

It all sounded too good to be true for fans of the MG TF roadster and too foolish to be anything but a pipedream to everyone else. Already well beyond its use by date when MG Rover folded, the TF was an unlikely candidate for resurrection but that didn’t stop the new Chinese owners from trying.

News today that that StadCo will no longer produce MGTF bodyshells at Longbridge for Nanjing raises some urgent questions as to Nanjing's intentions at the site. In particular, is MGTF production still going ahead? StadCo and Nanjing said simply that "Stadco and NAC jointly confirm that for commercial reasons, production of bodyshells for the MGTF by Stadco will cease.

Here’s an Autocade series for the Brits. Remember these? Well, maybe all but the last one. I haven’t put in the data for the MG ZR yet though. Triumph Acclaim. 1981–4 (prod. 133,625). 4-door saloon. F/F, 1335 cm³ (4 cyl. SOHC). Anglicized ver... Read and post comments | Send to a friend