And the last Longbridge car is... a frostfire Rover 75

Tuesday 15 November 2005 01:00 GMT
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Almost 15 million cars were manufactured in the century since Rover Cars was founded by Herbert Austin. It was on 8 April that MG Rover at Longbridge went into administration and car production ceased. Only a small group of skilled car workers was kept on at the plant during the summer to complete a number of unfinished vehicles, before the company was sold on to the Nanjing Automobile Corporation of China.

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