MG Cars
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| Owner | MG Motor (since 2009) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Markets | Automotive |
| Previous owners | 1924–1935: William R Morris 1935–1952: Morris Motors Limited 1952–1967: British Motor Corporation 1967–1968: British Motor Holdings 1968–1986: British Leyland 1986–1988: Rover Group 1988–1994: British Aerospace 1994–2000: BMW 2000–2005: MG Rover Group 2006–2008: NAC MG |
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| Industry | Automotive industry |
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| Fate | Merged |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Founder | Cecil Kimber |
| Headquarters | Longbridge, Birmingham (Previously Abingdon, Oxfordshire) |
| Products | MG Automobiles |
| Website | mgcars.com |
MG (Morris Garage) is an English automotive marque registered by the now defunct MG Car Company Limited, a British sports car manufacturer begun in the 1920s as a sales promotion sideline within W R Morris's Oxford city retail sales and service business by the business's manager, Cecil Kimber. Best known for its two-seat open sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés. Kimber was an employee of William Morris.
The MG business was Morris's personal property until 1 July 1935 when he sold MG to his holding company, Morris Motors Limited, restructuring his holdings before issuing (preference) shares in Morris Motors to the public in 1936. MG underwent many changes in ownership starting with Morris merging with Austin in The British Motor Corporation Limited in 1952. MG became the MG Division of BMC in 1967 and so a component of the 1968 merger that created British Leyland Motor Corporation. By the start of 2000 MG was part of the MG Rover Group which entered receivership in 2005 and the assets and the MG brand were purchased by Nanjing Automobile Group (which merged into SAIC in 2008) for GB£53 million. Production restarted in 2007 in China, and later at Longbridge plant in the UK under the current manufacturer MG Motor. The first all-new model from MG in the UK for 16 years, the MG 6, was officially launched on 26 June 2011.
The original MG marque was in continuous use, except for the duration of the Second World War, for 56 years following its inception in 1923. The production of predominantly two-seater sports cars was concentrated at a factory in Abingdon, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Oxford. The British Motor Corporation (BMC) competition department was also based at the Abingdon plant, producing many winning rally and race cars, until the Abingdon factory closed and MGB production ceased in the Autumn of 1980.
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