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Added: 24 Feb 2011
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A SALOON version of the new MG6 will be going on sale in the UK this summer, assembled at the Longbridge factory in Birmingham.

Shanghai Automotive-owned MG Motor UK unveiled the new five-seater MG6 saloon, priced £17-20,000, which will be joining a coupe model due on sale in the next few weeks.

The saloon version will be the second volume car produced at Longbridge as full car manufacturing finally gets under way again at the factory for the first time in six years.

Pre-production work on the MG6 sports fastback, Longbridge's first all new MG for 15 years, is already under way in advance of a full launch in the spring.

Meanwhile the new saloon will supplement the MG6 and sell for between £17,000 to £20,000.

Full production targets have not been released but the car firm is looking to produce several thousand vehicles when the assembly lines are up and running.

A total of 39 UK dealers are already in place whilst MG Motor UK has also unveiled a new badge and logo in line with the new production plans.

Guy Jones, MG marketing director, said: "We have been building a little part of a new global automotive business here in Birmingham. We have the backing of the largest manufacturer in the world's largest market."

He said SAIC had already pumped in £45 million worth of capital investment into Longbridge along with hundreds of millions of pounds in new product development.

"The strategy at MG can be summed up in one word and that is quality. Part of the magic of MG is the great love people have for the brand."

The firm's PR manager, Doug Wallace, said: "These are pre-productions cars but it’s pretty much the finished article."

The launch of two new vehicles will mark the restart of car production at Longbridge for the first time since MG Rover closed in 2005 with the loss of 6,500 jobs.

Nanjing bought the assets of MG Rover for £53 million in July, 2005, and was later taken over by the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation.

Initially the MG 6 will be available with a 1.8-litre petrol engine which will be followed by a new 1.9-litre diesel next year.

 

Words: Jon Griffin

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