MG car production goes ‘home’

Cynics among us knew it would happen before long. That it took so long is indeed a surprise.

MG boosts engine test capability

MG Motor UK has invested £1.2 million at its Longbridge site, Birmingham, UK, to install addition test equipment and reduce the need for outsourcing.

LDV Maxus sets van sights on UK and Europe

Plans are in place to import 3,000 LDV Maxus V80 vans, made in China, into the UK where the design originated in 2000, when it was a joint venture between LDV in Washwood Heath, Birmingham and Korea's Daewoo.

SAIC poised to pounce on UK van market?

Van dealerships in the UK may be wondering if the Maxus van could make a return to the country if SAIC is able to undercut established marques.

The long journey of GAZ's latest van

GAZ Group, Russia’s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles (CVs), has completed what Vadim Sorokin, group president, hails as “the most complex and large-scale project GAZ has implemented in the last 15 years.”

Chevy teams with SAIC for 2019 MY launch

Chevrolet, through General Motors, is investing $5 billion for the development with SAIC Motors of an all-new vehicle family that will meet the rapidly changing demands of customers in these markets.

Has Volvo plans to be a world leader?

Is Volvo planning to become Number One in world truck manufacture?

Ricardo to aid Tenneco with DPF support

Ricardo has been selected by Tenneco (Suzhou) Emission Systems Co. Ltd.  to provide diesel particulate filter (DPF) control software and development support.

Ricardo is a leading developer of next-generation fuel-efficient and clean technologies, and is no stranger to working within the Chinese market and has a well-equipped engineering facility and team in Shanghai.

SAIC doubles size of UK design centre

The European Design centre (EDC) of SAIC Motor at the MG Birmingham site was officially opened today. It has more than doubled in size just three years after the original design studio opened.

The latest investment from SAIC Motor, MG's parent company, follows one of over £500 million invested in the development of new models for Europe.

Staff in the newly expanded EDC are already working on a range of future MG models, including the new MG3. The latest investment allows the studio, now the fifth largest in Britain, to carry out even more advanced design work. The original studio was part of a £5 million investment programme.