Cost of the enquiry as to why MG Rover went bust has so far cost £10m and rising.
Could I suggest that BR's could have given answers for a shade less money!
Here are some for starters:
Under Capitalised
Poor Management
Poor Current Product Design
Poor Build Quality
Lack of Direction
Money squandered on MG racing team..............
Please add to the list
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 23/10/2007 at 00:11
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onjce there was a motor co
then it was split to become an ipco, opco and propco
What amazes me is that it was allowed to rise form the ashes in that form. Careless, really careless, when there was almost certainly a future doing something sensible with the MG brand
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Some excellent cars and engineers , a well motivated workforce let down by British drivers who would rather swan around in silver BMW's,Merc's,Audi's etc. Even the Germans liked MG ZT's and Rover 75's !
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"...British drivers who would rather swan around in silver BMW's,Merc's,Audi's etc.... "
Be fair - some but not all. I tried a Rover 75 but was put off by:
- previous experience of Rover dealers
- lack of zing - frankly it was boring to drive
- ghastly sepia instruments - like a 1940s parlour
- appalling residual values
- mixed reputation for reliability - you either got a good one or you didn't.
I write as one who would like to be patriotic. I had two Maxis in the 1970s - both totally reliable but all the design faults were still there in the third one that I decided against. Seven Renaults and four German wagen since then, I'm afraid.
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- previous experience of Rover dealers
Interesting given their advertising line in the mid 90s was "Above all we're Rover dealers" What was up with them exactly?
My only experience of them was enquiring about used 600 series once and being told "we don't have any" fair enough then!
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It went wrong whe the honda partnership broke down
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But the Honda relationship died with the BMW buyout which is not surprising. For years they managed with Honda co-developed vehicles. Honda was even a shareholder but had to leave the party I guess.
Then funny business stuff happened (I am deliberately vague how they divied up assets) after BMW sold. Sure it could have gone on as a going concern - they got a big "loan" from BMW too.
BMW were smart though... sold Land Rover and kept Mini. And now about to re-release Triumph according to auto express.
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I thought Rover carried on until the BMW -'gift aid' ran out, then it went down the pan that it was bound to do anyway.
Of course by then , perhaps, certain people had had time to make sensible pension provision.?
Hardly rocket science.
My forays into Austion/Morris BMC were minis- made badly, never improved tried to live on past gloies. If BMC ruled heaters would still be extras!
It was a privilige to buy one, no chance, once was enough. hello Henry- he seems to be still selling cars , although struggling.
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>>let down by British drivers whowould rather swan around in silver BMW's Merc's Audi's etc. Even the Germans liked MG ZT's and Rover 75's !
I think you will find this is the fundamental cause of the problem.. If people liked them, they would buy them, and MG rover would still be here.
People did'nt, did'nt, so they aint.
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< Ex RF, Ex TVM >
Edited by Altea Ego on 22/10/2007 at 22:32
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rover?
never heard of em?
are they chinese?
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