The SAIC MGTF

MG-Rover as a company went into administration in April 2005 and many thought that would be the end of the MGTF. However, two years later there was a saviour firstly in the form of the Nanjing Automotive Corporation and later the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation. The MGTF rose again in a modified form building on the last 2005MY MG-Rover TF. A limited number were built to keep the MG name alive until SAIC could produce its own MG models which soon came with the MG6 and then the MG3.

Despite the small numbers made the marketeers were still at work as can be seen below.

SAIC are now mass producing MGs in China and around the World with regular new models being released including the popular Electric Vehicles – the MGZSEV, MG5 and MG4. The first sports car is due to be released to the public in May 2024 – the Cyberster. Pre-production examples have been seen in Europe and production has begun in China. This will be the first MG roadster since the demise of the MGTF and could be seen as a nautral succesor to it. However, the car is much larger, more expensive and more powerful than the TF so will be entering a different market segment.