Rover to be built in china, Using MG Rover technology

Why did they renew the Longbridge lease, I wonder?

I originally heard the story on the CCTV-9 English language business news earlier today, they emphasised the link with 'GM', also 'MG Rover technology'.

Niche 'British manufactured' MG sports car production?

Yes. The K-Series engine is a fantastic piece of engineering.

Between head gasket replacement.

"Of course, the K-Series suffered from the famous weakness of its head gaskets, and effort was made during production to put the fault right - but as has been widely reported, these efforts were not wholly successful. Speaking in confidence to austin-rover.co.uk before the company went into administration, one production engineer said: "we knew exactly what we needed to do to put the K-Series right, but management simply wouldn't allow us to do it... it was frustrating to see such a fine engine dragged through the gutter by mean spirited management."

It doesn't detract from the fact it's a fantastic engine, let down by pen pushers and a completely inadequate cooling system

Sandy Nuts ( snipped-for-privacy@these.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

which worked fine on the Origami 200's 1.4 - it was the stretch to 1.8 and BMW's "upgrades" to the design that fubar'd it.

AFAIK It was 1.6/8's that suffered the worst. I've heard of a few 1.4's falling victim, however.

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Later ones, I bet.

Reading that website indicated that there was some pretty tasty engines under research and development.. anyone happen to know what exactly the Chinese did acquire for peanuts in the way of engine technology?

. anyone happen to know what exactly the

Apart from how contact breakers work? ;-)

-- Stuart

Careful Stuart, I'm old enough to remember when similar gibes were made about the Japanese motorcycle and motor vehicle manufacturers. :0)

And then they as a joke (the Chinese) sent us the Jiangling Landwind, the worlds worst car. :o(

As they say in Shanghai, may you live in interesting times, but preferably not in a Landwind.

PDH

?Every journey starts. with one small step?.... Chairman Mao. Sounds like he knew something about the quality of Chinese car building!

There is a lot to be said about the build quality when the crumple zone is THE car...!

PDH

I've known plenty of the 1.4's head gaskets going. Mine included :-( It's still a brilliant engine when running properly. Revs like a bike and is a lot of fun for the size.

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What age?