SAIC Motor Technical Centre (also known as SMTC UK) is the European subsidiary of the Chinese automaker

SAIC Motor SAIC Motor Corp., Ltd. (formerly Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is a Chinese State-owned enterprises of China, state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Anting, Shanghai. Founded in 1955, it is currently the largest of the ...

via SAIC Motor UK Holdings. SAIC Motor also controls MG Motor UK for sales and distribution, but is independent of the technical subsidiary.

History

SAIC Motor UK formed when SAIC Motor bought out MG Motor from Nanjing Automobile 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 developing the

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models and helping production of the Rover KV6 engine 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 *Wolseley

Operations

Research and development

SAIC Motor UK was the major developer of MG and

cars for SAIC. Its best known developed car is the MG 6.

References

External links

SAIC Motor UK—SMTC UK
{{Authority control SAIC Motor divisions and subsidiaries Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2006 Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom MG Motor British subsidiaries of foreign companies