Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, Longbridge

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Big Daddy
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Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, Longbridge

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SAIC owns MG and Roewe marques (was Rover). SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre is based at Lowhill Lane, Longbridge. April edition of Octane magazine devotes 7 pages to plant's troubled history.

http://www.saicmotor.co.uk/


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Also British Motor Heritage (BMH ! ) now offer a new Mini Mk1 bodyshell in primer for the princely sum of £9950 (inc VAT) :shock:

http://www.classicandperformancecar.com ... r-heritage
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Graham Turner stated that at the time of the merger with Leyland, 16 versions of the Mini were being produced yielding an average profit of just £16 per car, while every Morris Minor sold lost the group £9 and every Austin Westminster sold lost £17... :whistle:
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Definition of Shanghai (slang):
to trick someone into taking a job.
to trick someone into joining the crew of a ship.

verb - transitive:
to kidnap.
to steal.
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