THE UK’s number one Chinese car company is a brand born 101 years ago in the verdant English countryside: MG Motor. No, we haven’t lost our minds: Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation snapped up t

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China’s best-known automotive export brand, MG, is now unashamedly gunning for the UK car market’s big fish. Right now, our shores typically support between five and eight manufacturers with 5% market

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