Mg History:
MG Company started in 1924, although the first cars bore both Morris and MG badges and a reference to MG with the octagon badge appears in an Oxford newspaper from November 1923.Although there is a section that believe that MG only properly began trading in 1925. The first cars which were rebodied Morris models using coachwork from Carbodies of Coventry and were built in premises in Alfred Lane, Oxford but demand soon caused a move to larger premises in Bainton Road in September 1925 sharing space with the Morris radiator works. Continuing expansion meant another move in 1927 to a separate factory in Edmund Road, Cowley, Oxford, near the main Morris factory and for the first time it was possible to include a production line. In 1928 the company had become large enough to warrant an identity separate from the original Morris Garages and the M.G. Car Company Limited was established in March of that year. Amidst a mix of economic, internal and external politics, the Abingdon factory was shut down as part of the ruthless programme of cutbacks necessary to turn BL around after the turbulent times of the 1970s. After BL became the Rover Group in 1986, ownership of MG passed to British Aerospace in 1988 and then in 1994 to BMW. BMW sold the business in 2000 and MG became part of the MG Rover Group based in Longbridge, Birmingham. The practice of selling unique MG sports cars alongside badge-engineered models (by now Rovers) continued. The Group went into receivership in 2005 and car production was suspended on 7 April 2005. On 22 July 2005, the Nanjing Automobile Group purchased the rights to the MG name and the assets of the MG Rover Group.

Mg Overview:
MG is a British sports car brand founded in 1924. In the spring of 2005 MG production ceased when the brand owners, MG Rover, went bankrupt. In early 2007 the new owners of the brand, Nanjing Automobile Group, resumed production of MGs at the Longbridge plant, which they had also acquired when they took over MG Rover, and at a plant in China. MG is best known for two-seat open sports cars, but MG also produced saloons and coupes. More recently, the brand has also been used to designate sportier versions of other models belonging to the parent company. Following the collapse of the MG Rover group, who had owned the marque since purchasing it in 2000 from BMW, MG was bought by the Nanjing Automobile Group in 2005.

Other Mg Details:
Nanjing restarted production of the MG TF and ZT ranges in early 2007. The TF is being built at Longbridge, while the ZT (now the MG 7) is being assembled in China. Other models include; MG 3, MG 5 and MG 7.The MG 3 is a current production car which will be sold under the MG model range owned by Nanjing Automobile Group. It is under the body and chassis of the MG ZR which was the last MG product of this size, and ceased production in April 2005 on the bankruptcy of predecessor organization MG Rover. The MG 5 is a current production car which will be sold as an MG. It is similar to the MG ZS, which was produced by predecessor organization MG Rover until that firm went bankrupt in April 2005. It was launched in 2008. It is designed to compete against the likes of the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf, and may also be sold as an Austin. The MG 7 is a sports saloon .Production started in early 2007.The MG7 has received praise from the British press who test drove it in May.