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SAIC Motor Technical Centre (also known as SMTC UK) is subsidiary of the Chinese automaker
SAIC Motor UK was the major developer of MG and
SAIC Motor UK—SMTC UK
{{Automotive industry in the United Kingdom SAIC Motor divisions and subsidiaries Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2006 Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom MG Motor British subsidiaries of foreign companies
SAIC Motor
SAIC Motor Corp., Ltd. (formerly Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Anting, Shanghai. Founded in 1955, it is currently the largest of the " Big Four" state-owned car manu ...
via SAIC Motor UK Holdings. SAIC Motor also controls MG Motor
MG Motor UK Limited (MG Motor) is an automotive company owned by SAIC Motor UK, headquartered in London, owned by the Shanghai-based Chinese state-owned automaker SAIC Motor. MG Motor designs, develops and markets cars sold under the MG marq ...
UK for sales and distribution, but is independent of the technical subsidiary.
History
SAIC Motor UK formed when SAIC Motor bought outMG Motor
MG Motor UK Limited (MG Motor) is an automotive company owned by SAIC Motor UK, headquartered in London, owned by the Shanghai-based Chinese state-owned automaker SAIC Motor. MG Motor designs, develops and markets cars sold under the MG marq ...
from Nanjing Automobile
Nanjing Automobile is a state-owned enterprise with a history that dates from 1947,
in 2006.
SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre is a subsidiary of the SAIC holding company, and evolved from the Ricardo 2010 consultancy that was working with SAIC including devleping the Roewe
Roewe is a vehicle marque created by the Chinese automaker SAIC Motor in 2006, focuses in luxury cars. Roewe vehicles were initially based on technology acquired from defunct British carmaker MG Rover. SAIC was unable to purchase the rights t ...
models and helping production of the Rover KV6 engine
The KV6 automotive petrol engine has a 24-valve quad-cam V6 configuration, and a pressurising variable-length intake manifold to add hot spots throughout the rev range. Variants exist in capacities. These were built initially by Rover Group, ...
in China. In 2007 it formally transferred into SMTC.
In 2019 there were large scale redundancies to the technical teams as SAIC downsized the SMTC in Longbridge.
Brands under SAIC UK
*MG *Morris *Austin *WolseleyOperations
Research and development
SAIC Motor UK was the major developer of MG and Roewe
Roewe is a vehicle marque created by the Chinese automaker SAIC Motor in 2006, focuses in luxury cars. Roewe vehicles were initially based on technology acquired from defunct British carmaker MG Rover. SAIC was unable to purchase the rights t ...
cars for SAIC. Its best known developed car is the MG 6
The MG6 is a compact car which has been produced by Chinese manufacturer SAIC Motor under the MG marque since 2010. It is slotted slightly above the compact sedan MG GT, and the compact hatchback MG 5.
First generation
The first-generation M ...
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References
External links
SAIC Motor UK—SMTC UK
{{Automotive industry in the United Kingdom SAIC Motor divisions and subsidiaries Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2006 Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom MG Motor British subsidiaries of foreign companies