A statement from Nanjing claims that a “strategic cooperation on passenger cars, commercial vehicles and independent brands, as well as automotive parts and component manufacturing” may be possible.
Since both companies got parts of the MG Rover group when it went under, a joint co-operation could also bring the two parts together again. This may also accelerate plans at Longbridge (where the MG TF is already being produced) to introduce a range of cars for UK and global consumption.