Oh my god, a Rover 25 saloon ??????

 

It's quite revolting isn't it..... what is the point?

The 450 looks wicked.
Imagine seeing that mean front end in your rear view mirror

Agreed, the 450 does look very good (well, the exterior does anyway). Shame it's not got the Rover badge on it......

//edit come to think of it, I wouldn't be suprised to see the Rover Longship logo appear on it at some point, seeing as NAC got the rights to the Rover Badge (but not the name) when they snapped up MGR...... it would make sense, the Roewe logo is tacky as hell.

 

The 450 looks wicked.
Imagine seeing that mean front end in your rear view mirror

 

something doesn't add up to me...

 

This site is by a Roewe enthusiast, its been mentioned a few times on here before.

This is a big giveaway

"ROEWE.co.nr - This website is 100% unnoficial"

You would think you would spell unofficial correctly :err:

 

The Chinese are of a smaller average height so a 25 sedan may seem like a large family car in the home market.

LOL. Yes, Andy is so small, that when he comes back to China he checks in as hand luggage.

The real reason is that saloons are much more popular that hatchbacks in China as it looks like your getting a bigger car for the same money.

edit: just to make a point, the Fiesta is only available as a saloon in China, or should I say was, as it bombed and quietly retreated from the market in favor of the Mazda 2.

 

ROFL.

If these cars are to go on sale here, they are going to have to be sooo cheap.

We know they will be nasty, so is this actually good news???

That logo looks like the sort of thing Del Boy would have on the back of his dressing gown!

 

Well that site has some colourful history and news in the FAQ and latest news sections!

Isn't a 25 saloon a 45 hatch with a boot? :fim:

 

So the Roewe "Website" is a fan site run by an enthusiast with typos and eroneous mistakes?

Bodes well for the future......

 

It would help if the UK motoring press was interested in either the UK or Chinese automotive industry...

 

The News section of MGE has improved considerably recently, there was a very knowlegable, detailed and accurate news article in the September edition covering events in China. Full marks to the people who wrote and translated for that.

... :err:

Can't say the same for the rest of the UK press though.

 

I am pleased with the Roewe Alloy wheel front page, that looks great.

 

Strange how SAIC people never tell the truth :shake:


http://www.freewebs.com/roewe/latestnews.htm

SAIC buy NAC
Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007

SAIC have bought out their rival Anglo-Chinese brand NAC-MG in an initiative began by the Chinese government. How this will affect both companies is unknown, though so far little seems to have changed. What we can report is that SAIC are now offering reductions on the 750 range, in a bid it would seem to combat the low prices of the MG7, so no sign of the competition between the two car brands stopping yet it would seem.

 

I thought people were saying it wasn't a buy out, it was a merger (some were adamant about it when I said that it was a 100% takeover of Nanjing Auto)

Is this an official announcement?

 

Roewe 450 will got the MG badge on it when sales in Euro.

 

I take streetrover's points about the citing of sources. However, I really had in mind references to any relevant articles from the established Automotive Industry news channels or, for instance, the likes of The Financial Times or the China Daily etc..

Indeed, I believe that an article headlined "Former rivals on road to merger" by Wang Zhenghua from the China Daily dated 5th September, 2007 at the link below provides a good example:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-09/05/content_6080660.htm

I reckon that SAIC/NAC-MG would maximise the global impact of the Model Ranges currently under development by using the MG marque on an international basis. However, that would not, in my view, necessarily preclude the medium-term revival of the other legacy brands such as Austin now owned by NAC-MG.

 

the China Daily etc.

The China Daily should be called Fraud Daily. There is nothing in there but good news about China, and how chaotic the rest of hte world is.

www.chinacartimes.com is a much more reputable source for Chinese motoring news.

Really, 169% truth.

 

'Wrong, it's not a take over, it only involves a small percentage of NAC-MG and Yuejin (NAC's parent company) still exists afterwards with SAIC owning 0% of them while Yuejin do own a percentage of SAIC!'

The above was prevoiously posted by Windy

Now what do you say to that!

 

'Wrong, it's not a take over, it only involves a small percentage of NAC-MG and Yuejin (NAC's parent company) still exists afterwards with SAIC owning 0% of them while Yuejin do own a percentage of SAIC!'

The above was prevoiously posted by Windy

Now what do you say to that!

Since it now appears that the assets jointly owned by SAIC and Yuejin will be in the form of a Joint Venture, the last part of that quote should read "while Yuejin do own a percentage of Shanghai Automotive!" (modified bit highlighted.)

The Joint Venture certainly makes that statement look better from SAIC's point of view!

 

The merger/takeover all depends on various factors which haven't been decided as far as we know.

 

Agreed - SAIC and Yuejin Motor (Group) Corporation are still in negotiations.

Indeed, according to the article from the China Daily referred to in my last post, the respective parent companies are still working towards "full cooperation" (notwithstanding the article's headline!).

However, irrespective of whether the final agreement(s) is(are) categorised as a JV, a merger or a takeover, the key factor in determining the future success of the brands concerned will, in my opinion, be an effective, flat and flexible mangement structure capable of controlling all the relavant corporate fuctions and operations in a non-political environment.

 

The words '****', 'Pot' and 'Same' spling to mind.