I've had nearly 40 cars, from a Touareg down to a 50 quid Robin, the best cars i had were ALL Rovers, i've got a 75 still, seemingly only Rover cars break down all the time
It's painful to see the proud name of MG thrown in the mud. Decades ago I thoroughly enjoyed over 100,000 miles of going all over the USA, in an MGB (and before that a TR3). Just seems that today they don't make cars that are that much fun and I must ask why. To get that level of fun today I have to buy German, at ridiculous expense, or Italian which is even worse expense.
I remember at Politecnico of Milano the lessons on design held by Marco Zanuso in the early 80s'. He was a great architect/designer responsabile of the Olivetti's design at that time (besides Brionvega, Cassina, OLuce and so on). He often mentioned and showed slides on the evolutive design accompanied by several inventions of the P4, that he had owned. I remember when they were presented the 2000/3500 of the sixties and of the seventies. A class apart. Sad story. I already didn't like bmw, after that less than less
People like my Dad would have worked in that place way back. I am sure it was here actually because it looks the same and his site is still around and used as a museum. Makes me feel sad.
neil walsh English greed kicked in in the 80's and killed it, by the 90's she was on borrowed time. I went in there after it closed to remove one of the kitchens, was a experience I will never forget. Could feel the people still in there, very strange feeling.
Lee Englandland And pissing money where it need not have been spent. I have an MG ZS and love MG Rover, but they didn't help themselves! The Phoenix 4 nearly saved them but they got ripped off by the Chinese for the naming rights and pulled out of huge funding at the last minute and just took the brand.
Spac8 because they can’t handle their alcohol. The Phoenix consortium were morons that obviously didn’t have enough business sense to know they were being taken for mugs by the Chinese.
So sad, not for these Chinese cars put together at longbridge, but looking at this once great factory now derelict / demolished and the loss of Rover once the pride of British manufacturing. I owned many Rovers, Montegos, 200, 2 x 600s and 2 x 75s all were very reiliable I'd have another 75 tomorrow such a lovely looking car.
It's incredible that English people still buy bmw after what they combined with the poor beloved Rover. To drown marque and factories to take possession of the brands they could re-use, and sell off the others without permitting that someone other resuscitate them by holding back the brand names. Incredible this sneaky typical German conduction. ...quite same mercedes with Chrysler group.
Well typical Britain moans bout an empty factory when it's too late.. were all to blame with the state of the industry today. Blair's government should of nationalised the factory till a suitable buyer came along. In the contract make it official whoever took it over should look after industry workforce etc for so many years.. however it's lot Rover fault with bad management with old car design and crap distribution. Bmw crippled the business by not investing in new models in the 90s due they were only interested in land rover and mini. Everyone too negative in this country. This company could of made a comeback and I think they're still market for the rover name preferably under JLR with jaguar becoming too common lower cheaper mass produced volume car like rover could fit in there. A real shame what's happened to longbridge. It will all be houses MG will totally move to China. Well that's what it like Britain needs to wake up and finally realise that industries like this shouldn't be raped and abused and British people jobless. It's a disgrace what's happened
There was no point in nationalising it, as there would never have been a buyer, the market for outdated car factories is very limited. BMW invested heavily in the Business, the 75 and the signed of 55 as well as the Mini and a New Range Rover and the Freelander production facility, they would have done more, but with it costing 300 million a year in loses and no interest from UK Government in helping them redevelop Longbridge (request for 20 million to deal with the legacy of contamination on the site) they had little choice but to pull the plug.
I could rant, however, suffice to say that Leyland should have stuck to bus and truck production. Leyland making Rovers, give me a break! Longbridge was renowned for lay off's and strikes.
@@paulbroderick8438 Longbridge was a British Motor Holdings (BMH) factory originating from Austin via BMC. Rover was based in Solihull and at its take over by Leyland was highly profitable with its Land Rover and P5 and P6 cars. Leyland's downfall was to take over BMH, whilst BMH was vulnerable to fluctuations in the volatile UK market because it needed large volunes of Mini and ADO16 sales due to their tight margins and failure of its larger car the ADO17 and unpromising Maxi in development for the more profitable market segments, it did have a strong global presence and at the forefront of space efficiency and suspension technology. Sadly Leyland failed to solve the problems and squandered the legacy with the Marina, Allegro and Princess and also killed their own Triumph and Rover with the Stag, TR7 and SD1. The Range Rover and XJ6/12 both predated Leyland envolvement and it was testament to their greatness that both designs outlived British Leyland and BL. Leyland also killed their truck and bus division at the same time with their flawed AEC and Leyland monoblock engines which destroyed their reputation for reliability and quality.
The demise of this industry was self inflicted . The unions had a strangle hold over the company i think the main union man was Derek Robinson he was a communist nick named red robbo he led 523 walkouts in a 30 month period . I remember a picture in the paper or tv the staff had built beds in the racking , poor workmanship and standards where rife the vehicles they built weren't fit for purpose. Michael Edwards the chairman sacked Red Robbo a motion for a strike for his reinstatement was defeated 14.000 votes against 600 in favour the workers had had enough of him, trouble was it was to late.
@@stevewilson6390 To blame it all on Derek Robinson is too simplistic, he was anyway only a power at Longbridge so we can't lay the blame on him for Canley, Cowley, Speke, Swindon, Bath Gate etc. Not that he can be excused. However the reality was that before the Allegro their was hope that it coukd existvasca volume manufacturer after the Allegro missed the market and with it went BMC European sales net work, no matter what the Unions or Management did it was finished as a volume manufacturer. Because no matter what they built, they could never have sold them in enough volume to compete with the major European manufacturers, because they no longer had the sales channels. VAG was in a similar situation in the early 70s, but they had the Polo and Golf, Peugeot in the early 80s and they had the 205. BMC had been kept alive by the Mini and BMC1100/1300, the failure to replace them with successful cars made all this inevitable.
Hi Lucio, We'd love to use this footage in our documentary. If you're happy for us to do so could you drop me an email to jamie.carriban@back2back.tv Thanks.
No shit.. I own an mg gs😱🤯 what a mistake The garage have it more then me over the 2 years. Nothing works as it should and if it does it’s constantly breaking 🤦🏻♂️
MG and Rover cars produced in 1995-2005 was shit. Germany ,Japan, France were produced for much better cars. UK can not produce anything without any forreign assistance. Where is beautiful legendary British cars ? So sad..
I don't agree, I had a 2005 MG ZT 1.8 turbo, brilliant car, I believe they were developed by BMW when they owned Rover, as certain parts were straight off a BMW such as the touch screen radio sat nav etc Only the MG was a fraction of the cost of an over priced BMW!! 😳
The most valuable part of them cars is the MG badge.
John Paul Those.
I've had nearly 40 cars, from a Touareg down to a 50 quid Robin, the best cars i had were ALL Rovers, i've got a 75 still, seemingly only Rover cars break down all the time
It's painful to see the proud name of MG thrown in the mud. Decades ago I thoroughly enjoyed over 100,000 miles of going all over the USA, in an MGB (and before that a TR3). Just seems that today they don't make cars that are that much fun and I must ask why. To get that level of fun today I have to buy German, at ridiculous expense, or Italian which is even worse expense.
how to drag the name of mg through the mud
Yep,the cars in storage looked shocking....
Just the idea that the original Mini was built here...
Have been here over 3 times last year not much has changed
how do i get into this place i love exploring abandoned places ?
*They come with a complimentary pair of chopsticks which are in the glove box*
There so many idiots on here that don't have a clue and can only come out with what reads as a racial comment
Have you got one in silver?
I remember at Politecnico of Milano the lessons on design held by Marco Zanuso in the early 80s'.
He was a great architect/designer responsabile of the Olivetti's design at that time (besides Brionvega, Cassina, OLuce and so on).
He often mentioned and showed slides on the evolutive design accompanied by several inventions of the P4, that he had owned.
I remember when they were presented the 2000/3500 of the sixties and of the seventies. A class apart.
Sad story.
I already didn't like bmw, after that less than less
People like my Dad would have worked in that place way back. I am sure it was here actually because it looks the same and his site is still around and used as a museum.
Makes me feel sad.
Why didnt you take a car for a drive?
I own a mg z tt and its a great car ive always loved the rover brand but it needed more investment which no one could provide
I will give you £10 for the lot
nw8000. You're getting ripped off!
British Leyland as a company was as big if not bigger than Volkswagen in 1979. Where did it all go wrong?
neil walsh English greed kicked in in the 80's and killed it, by the 90's she was on borrowed time. I went in there after it closed to remove one of the kitchens, was a experience I will never forget. Could feel the people still in there, very strange feeling.
It was run by idiots
neil walsh Goose? Maybe something about a killing...oh yeah, and a Golden Egg.
Unions killed our motor industry
@@andrewstokes4026 Unions helped to get us the benefits, safe working practices and equal pay most of us still enjoy today.
Over a century of car manufacturing at Longbridge flushed down the toilet! 😢
A bloody minded union, a bloody minded management, and a bloody minded work force killed it off !!!!
Lee Englandland And pissing money where it need not have been spent. I have an MG ZS and love MG Rover, but they didn't help themselves! The Phoenix 4 nearly saved them but they got ripped off by the Chinese for the naming rights and pulled out of huge funding at the last minute and just took the brand.
Thanks to the fuckin chinese crap
Spac8 because they can’t handle their alcohol. The Phoenix consortium were morons that obviously didn’t have enough business sense to know they were being taken for mugs by the Chinese.
Did the unions call a strike again
Is this an MG car factory
was the old MG Rover plant
Yes it is the mg plant which was in use till 2016 to build the cars u see in the video
storage only. just can't sell them.
james dudfield not storage there new cars which have now all been taken to dealer ships
These cars where built in china and finished in uk
james dudfiel
So sad, not for these Chinese cars put together at longbridge, but looking at this once great factory now derelict / demolished and the loss of Rover once the pride of British manufacturing. I owned many Rovers, Montegos, 200, 2 x 600s and 2 x 75s all were very reiliable I'd have another 75 tomorrow such a lovely looking car.
It's incredible that English people still buy bmw after what they combined with the poor beloved Rover.
To drown marque and factories to take possession of the brands they could re-use, and sell off the others without permitting that someone other resuscitate them by holding back the brand names.
Incredible this sneaky typical German conduction.
...quite same mercedes with Chrysler group.
Well typical Britain moans bout an empty factory when it's too late.. were all to blame with the state of the industry today. Blair's government should of nationalised the factory till a suitable buyer came along. In the contract make it official whoever took it over should look after industry workforce etc for so many years.. however it's lot Rover fault with bad management with old car design and crap distribution. Bmw crippled the business by not investing in new models in the 90s due they were only interested in land rover and mini. Everyone too negative in this country. This company could of made a comeback and I think they're still market for the rover name preferably under JLR with jaguar becoming too common lower cheaper mass produced volume car like rover could fit in there. A real shame what's happened to longbridge. It will all be houses MG will totally move to China. Well that's what it like Britain needs to wake up and finally realise that industries like this shouldn't be raped and abused and British people jobless. It's a disgrace what's happened
There was no point in nationalising it, as there would never have been a buyer, the market for outdated car factories is very limited. BMW invested heavily in the Business, the 75 and the signed of 55 as well as the Mini and a New Range Rover and the Freelander production facility, they would have done more, but with it costing 300 million a year in loses and no interest from UK Government in helping them redevelop Longbridge (request for 20 million to deal with the legacy of contamination on the site) they had little choice but to pull the plug.
I could rant, however, suffice to say that Leyland should have stuck to bus and truck production. Leyland making Rovers, give me a break!
Longbridge was renowned for lay off's and strikes.
@@paulbroderick8438 Longbridge was a British Motor Holdings (BMH) factory originating from Austin via BMC. Rover was based in Solihull and at its take over by Leyland was highly profitable with its Land Rover and P5 and P6 cars. Leyland's downfall was to take over BMH, whilst BMH was vulnerable to fluctuations in the volatile UK market because it needed large volunes of Mini and ADO16 sales due to their tight margins and failure of its larger car the ADO17 and unpromising Maxi in development for the more profitable market segments, it did have a strong global presence and at the forefront of space efficiency and suspension technology. Sadly Leyland failed to solve the problems and squandered the legacy with the Marina, Allegro and Princess and also killed their own Triumph and Rover with the Stag, TR7 and SD1. The Range Rover and XJ6/12 both predated Leyland envolvement and it was testament to their greatness that both designs outlived British Leyland and BL. Leyland also killed their truck and bus division at the same time with their flawed AEC and Leyland monoblock engines which destroyed their reputation for reliability and quality.
The demise of this industry was self inflicted . The unions had a strangle hold over the company i think the main union man was Derek Robinson he was a communist nick named red robbo he led 523 walkouts in a 30 month period .
I remember a picture in the paper or tv the staff had built beds in the racking , poor workmanship and standards where rife the vehicles they built weren't fit for purpose.
Michael Edwards the chairman sacked Red Robbo a motion for a strike for his reinstatement was defeated 14.000 votes against 600 in favour the workers had had enough of him, trouble was it was to late.
@@stevewilson6390 To blame it all on Derek Robinson is too simplistic, he was anyway only a power at Longbridge so we can't lay the blame on him for Canley, Cowley, Speke, Swindon, Bath Gate etc. Not that he can be excused. However the reality was that before the Allegro their was hope that it coukd existvasca volume manufacturer after the Allegro missed the market and with it went BMC European sales net work, no matter what the Unions or Management did it was finished as a volume manufacturer. Because no matter what they built, they could never have sold them in enough volume to compete with the major European manufacturers, because they no longer had the sales channels. VAG was in a similar situation in the early 70s, but they had the Polo and Golf, Peugeot in the early 80s and they had the 205. BMC had been kept alive by the Mini and BMC1100/1300, the failure to replace them with successful cars made all this inevitable.
Why they just don't sell this
lacroix g all these cars were either directly sold or given to dealership
Hi Lucio,
We'd love to use this footage in our documentary. If you're happy for us to do so could you drop me an email to jamie.carriban@back2back.tv
Thanks.
freee caaaarssss !!! why do you not take ?!
Mon$$ter eerr security and err new cars and err working site and errr its all demolished now
They look like Renault A.K.A. Nissan crap!
Gonna go grab me a few scrapers from there to derby me thinks
retro coin op games neo geo capcom good luck sites been demolished cars have all been taken to dealerships
Chinese MG's are actually reliable!
They're not though. They're more unreliable than when they were british
No shit.. I own an mg gs😱🤯 what a mistake
The garage have it more then me over the 2 years. Nothing works as it should and if it does it’s constantly breaking 🤦🏻♂️
This is what happens when labour and europe get a hold of british manufacturing
Rolling scrap
Rover Ron brand new actually
they all have the steering wheel on the wrong side
You can’t use them on public roads as they’re Not registered to dvla and it has no reg so u can’t use it
Reece Watts because they are new cars you muppet!! They don't have plates on them and don't get registered untill they are bought from a show room
we were sold out by Blair, to EU
Geele MGs marketing should have been illegal, pretending to be made in britain.
Mg and rovers where both shit let the Chinese have then We still have Many better brands that are still produced in the UK
MG and Rover cars produced in 1995-2005 was shit. Germany ,Japan, France were produced for much better cars. UK can not produce anything without any forreign assistance. Where is beautiful legendary British cars ? So sad..
I don't agree, I had a 2005 MG ZT 1.8 turbo, brilliant car, I believe they were developed by BMW when they owned Rover, as certain parts were straight off a BMW such as the touch screen radio sat nav etc
Only the MG was a fraction of the cost of an over priced BMW!! 😳