Tuesday 27th March 2007

The first Chinese-built MG sports cars rolled off the production line in the eastern city of Nanjing. State-owned Nanjing Automobile had bought the assets of collapsed UK firm MG Rover in 2005. The MG7 saloon and the MG-TF sports car, priced at between 180,000 and 400,000 yuan ($23,300 – $51,700; £11,800 – £26,300), were launched to the sound of music from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra against a video wall showing shots of Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace.