A Chinese manufacturer has won its High Court battle over a famous name in British motoring history. Judge Sir William Blackburne said the Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC) had acquired the rights to the MG trademarks and logos. He ordered Sports and Racing Europe, based in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, to stop using the famous octagonal logo and name on its MG X POWER supercar. The judge ruled it was infringing the marks and had no entitlement to them - according to BBC News.

SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle Co., an own-brand vehicle subsidiary of SAIC Motor, yesterday started selling its self-developed MG 6 mid-class sedan in the domestic market, Xinhua News reported. The car is priced from 128,800 yuan ($18,800) to 192,800 yuan. SAIC Motor said the MG 6, available with a 1.8-liter engine and a turbo version, is especially designed for the Asian and European markets. At the 2009 Shanghai auto show in April, the car was unveiled as an own-brand concept of SAIC Motor, which has developed the MG and Roewe brands on the basis of acquired technology.

MG Motor is proud to annunce today, the international launch of the MG6, the first all new MG motor car since the launch of the MGF sports car. Guy Jones, Sales and Marketing Director for MG Motor UK said, "This is a milestone day for the iconic MG brand and for the UK automotive industry. MG has begun the international launch of an all new model that has been designed and engineered here in the UK, for the global automotive market. Currently we only build and sell the mid-engined TF sports car here in the UK, but we can now look forward to expanding the range of MG products."

A Chinese businesswoman, possibly backed by China's auto giant SAIC, has bought British van-maker LDV's assets and looks set to move the operation to Longbridge and Shanghai, UK media reported yesterday. Dr Qu Li's Eco Concept Ltd, a special vehicle engineering firm, has been named as the buyer of the collapsed Birmingham-based van manufacturer, ending a marathon nine weeks of negotiations and clearing the path for an entirely new business.

Jakiś czas temu pojawiła się informacja o planach Pol-Motu dotyczących wprowadzenia marki Roewe na polski rynek. Niestety przyszły importer nie ujawnił żadnych szczegółów dotyczących cen chińskich modeli. Na forach internetowych pojawiła się informacja, że nowocześniejszy model 550 będzie kosztował około min. 60-62 tys. netto. Postanowiliśmy policzyć orientacyjne ceny poszczególnych konfiguracji, bazując na cenniku obowiązującym w Chinach.

Chinese auto giant SAIC Motor is interested in acquiring a British light commercial vehicle manufacturer called LDV, Gasgoo.com said yesterday, citing sources familiar with the matter. In June 2009, Birmingham-based van-maker LDV went into receivership. If the acquisition by SAIC comes through, the Chinese automaker will locally produce and sell the LDV light commercial vehicles in the UK. SAIC did not deny the reports, but said "currently we have no news to release on the LDV deal, and no comment to make."

In the next year in Poland it will be possible to buy some models of Chinese brand Roewe, belonging to the biggest Chinese car's producer Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC). Pol-Mot Holding will be responsible for distribution of these models. Currently the offer of Asian producer contains two models marked by codes 550 and 750. According to the unconfirmed information, the first one has already received homologation and the second one is during the homologation process. Both of them were presented at the Agro Show Bednary 2009.

Chinese battery and electric car maker BYD Co has reached an agreement with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) to supply the automaker with lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicle productions, The Beijing News reports Tuesday, citing source from SAIC. The source said SAIC would purchase BYD's lithium-ion batteries to power its own brand Roewe hybrid vehicles.

A new, longer, turbocharged version of the MG7 was launched in China in July to boost sales and strengthen the car's image as a luxury car - according to Auto News China. The MG7 L has a larger wheelbase of 2949 mm and stretches 4949 mm long. But the mega change is the shift to a turbocharged engine. The MG7 L comes with a 1.8T Kavachi T engine, with power output of 118 kw (160 hp) and torque of 215Nm.

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. will start making a new Roewe model in February next year at its Pukou plant in the east China city of Nanjing. The new car will be the production unit of the N1 Roewe Concept car, displayed at the Shanghai auto show in late April. It will be built on SAIC's small vehicle platform code named AP11 - according to autonewschina.com.