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It sounds like good news. Although, I agree that Rover being a British brand with the hertiage to match it's sad that it will become Chinese in ownership. But, the owners may have scope for design, engineering and building of the cars to be in the UK.
If you look at so many brand names that are associated with certain countries it's easy to see that it's a global marketplace. With so many iconic British brands having gone overseas in the past it's fair to assume that Rover would have done likewise if they hadn't gone belly up in 2005. I mean Jaguar, Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Mini and Bentley are all under "foreign" ownership. It's better to see Rover come back from the dead than continue to fade into the annals of history. Who knows? If it's in existence there is always a chance it could be British again, one day. |
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The merger of SAIC and Nanjing is old news but I haven't heard anything at all anywhere else about the Rover brand being sold to the Chinese! Really a scoop! If it's correct, which I doubt. Anyone out there who could give me a web link that would confirm this!?
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I'm ambivalent about the matter. One the one hand it keeps the brand alive and may help with values (we have the British version etc) on the other there's the negative connotation of Chinese cars. Having said that, Korean cars used to have that reputation, whereas now they easily rival Japanese and some commentators have rated the likes of Hyundai as better than most Japanese manufacturers. Only time will tell!
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Looks like Tata may have got the Rover name after all, according to .org: Link removed search on their site.
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At the Moment we seem to have Claim and Counter Claim with everyone Using the Terms Provisionally and Offered to etc.
Isn't it about time they sorted it once and for all? I think with Ford selling they would just go with highest Bidder and get the Most Money and not give a Dam. |
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Because of the confusion I asked the question 'in another place' and the replies made it clear that nothing is certain, but that it is more certain to be Tata than SAIC.
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Don't forget that NAC (and now SAIC) own the rights to longship emblem. So if Tata do get the name then they cannot use the longship without an agreement of some kind.
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Actually NAC owned and now SAIC own the Rover viking sheild from 1989 > 2005 without the ROVER name over it. Land Rover or whoever now own all the old logos and the right to the name
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