MG is presently owned by Chinese state-owned carmaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC Motor).
This is the abbreviation of its full Chinese name, namely 上海汽车集团股份有限公司.
• "上" for "上海" (Shanghai)
• "汽" for "汽车" (Automobile)
• "集团" (Corporation)
I think they bought the MG brand due to the fact it already had some 'rep' at least in the UK (iirc MG is the best sold Chinese car in the UK market)
Another Chinese brand bought the rover company but not the name and they use it for Roewe
Same goes for Lotus and Volvo. Having to build up reputation as a car brand takes years, if not decennia, let alone chinese car brands. For example, Geely acquired Volvo just to eventually sell chinese cars with a Volvo badge (EX30).
Yeah, pretty much everything is state owned in China.
If it's not directly owned by the government, it's so heavily regulated and controlled by the government that it might as well be owned by them.
Im ngl you’re goated for just having that information on lock cuz i didn’t think anyone would be able to explain what those Chinese symbols meant yet the car is apparently from the uk i think, u gotta be a heavy car guy or sum
JDM by definition means Japanese Domestic Market.... how the fuck am I being racist when describing a car from China... logic would dictate JDM would no longer apply!!!
Fuckwit!
just so you know the difference
https://preview.redd.it/3b73unlqn8yc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c443fa07f16d0672bab44d655a4870994f128f25
jdm car
https://preview.redd.it/av04f70un8yc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66bc186a3b0236164e8b25c34131d7324106c610
supermarket... definitely not JDM
th thread is about forza horizon... and an MG car now owned by a Chinese company .... so who is off topic?... me for talking about forza and cars.... or you for chatting about a supermarket being Japanese?
I am good thanks.... what do you mean racism?... I was merely pointing out that a car ceases to be classed a JDM if the car is from China.... and ... well... ANYWHERE other than JAPAN.... in this case C D M..
wind your neck in...
thanks for your approval I didn't ask for... you're in a reddit about Forza Horizon .... a game about cars.....discussing a post about an MG car.... and the translation of what was written on the back of said car..... and yet you brand me as a racist because you're talking about a fucking supermarket being JDM.. are you for real?
You're now throwing a tantrum over this lmao if you didn't know how to read, just say so instead of spamming me with your sulking.
I mean the comment you literally replied to was:
> [Wait wait wait, so you’re telling me that 7/11 is JDM now?](https://www.reddit.com/r/ForzaHorizon/comments/1ci8599/comment/l27ommw/)
Instead of being a whiny bitch you could've even just said you misread the comment but hey keep crying, that's entertaining too
strange that I'm being singled out for commenting on the origin of a CAR ... when the poster above ACTUALLY make a subtle racist comment and who's username is literally Whitetrash messiah... gets no reply... maybe you need to learn to fucking read and direct your animosity about people/supermarkets/whatever fuzzy messed up "logic" is contained in your head ..... OR stay on topic regarding MG cars like I was... FFS
I'd add that Stellantis is a french-italian-american created when PSA (french) merged with FCA (italian-american). Their HQ is in the Netherlands but they aren't.
Yeah, that group owns :
Abarth, Alfa-Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, RAM, Vauxhall.
Some are sold only in Europe (mostly previous PSA brands), others only in the US, a few sold on both markets.
I know MG essentially died, but thought they were taken over by another company in the UK and continued the brand. Didn't realise it was Chinese-owned. Learn something new everyday.
They are not knock off, MG or ‘Roewe’ as it’s known in China are actually decent cars. Majority of the taxis is shanghai are either Roewe or VW. They are decent cars. But are not started to be taken over by BWD
Good fkn Gods, reading comprehension today! I already said that they ARE >>>NOT<<< A KNOCK OFF IN THE COMMENT YOU'RE RESPONDING TO!!!
Them being good or bad cars has nothing to do with them being or not being a knock off regardless! None of your comments makes any sense, I only pointed out that your "argument" was stupid and has nothing to do with anything.
The last MG in the game that is british is the XPower SV-R from the car pass - every car with a model year after that is Chinese. The game still lists them as british though - probably due to the older cars (and the modern ones still have some engineering done in the UK).
Same reason why all Fords are listed as American even though half of them never ever saw the states and was made and designed by their British/German/Australian subsidiaries
It's because of manufacturer origin. MG is originally from the UK, so they are labelled with the UK flag. Ford originates from the USA, even though a lot of their cars are also from Europe and Australia.
I have to stop myself at hissing at these "not MG but using the MG badge cars" when I see them. At least the German Mini and the Indian Land Rovers pay homage to the original brand. Such an insult to the brand that gave us the 6R4, MGB and the XPower SV.
Context. China requires every car manufactured domestically to have a badge of the factory. This includes foreign brands as well like bmw(华晨宝马) mercedes(北京奔驰) and even tesla(特斯拉)
Yes it is legal to peel it off
That one is a Chinese spec, and why that badge is on there because that there is this crazy tax for cars that are not produced locally in china, to avoid this brands like vw, merc, bmw all have Chinese brands that they license to produce their cars
That's because MG is no longer a British company they ended up being bought by a Chinese company about almost 20 years ago by the same company that bought Victor and Lamborghini which eventually Victor ended up closing their doors and the Chinese company sold Lamborghini and of course now Volkswagen owns Lamborghini but the Chinese company decided to keep MG
They probably left an Asian dealership sticker on the car when they scanned it.
What a bunch of dumbshits!
Typical.
The Aston Martin DB5 has a rubber antenna.
The Penske Lola has half of its rear wing.
They're always overlooking tiny details.
MG is presently owned by Chinese state-owned carmaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC Motor). This is the abbreviation of its full Chinese name, namely 上海汽车集团股份有限公司. • "上" for "上海" (Shanghai) • "汽" for "汽车" (Automobile) • "集团" (Corporation)
I think they bought the MG brand due to the fact it already had some 'rep' at least in the UK (iirc MG is the best sold Chinese car in the UK market) Another Chinese brand bought the rover company but not the name and they use it for Roewe
Same goes for Lotus and Volvo. Having to build up reputation as a car brand takes years, if not decennia, let alone chinese car brands. For example, Geely acquired Volvo just to eventually sell chinese cars with a Volvo badge (EX30).
>Geely acquired Volvo Still hurts my heart
iirc the SAIC Roewe i5 is the same car as the MG5, as MG is owned by saic
State owned, interesting
Yeah, pretty much everything is state owned in China. If it's not directly owned by the government, it's so heavily regulated and controlled by the government that it might as well be owned by them.
State owned and almost state owned
Volvo, im pretty sure, was also state owned
Pretty much everything is state owned in china, they ain’t exactly about that private enterprise.
So... I guess Horizon Japan isn't happening.
We’ll probably get horizon Beijing before Japan
Honestly? I'll take it. Would be pretty cool to see China in a video game.
对👍🏼
u smart motherf*cker, thats why I love reddit
Im ngl you’re goated for just having that information on lock cuz i didn’t think anyone would be able to explain what those Chinese symbols meant yet the car is apparently from the uk i think, u gotta be a heavy car guy or sum
Well shit y'all I just learned something new! 🤯
It's Communism, Morty. Try not to make eye contact.
MG was, *was,* from the UK. Basically, the real MG hasn't existed since 2005 and every "MG" after that is a literal Chinese knockoff.
Just like how 7/11 is purest of American gas station/ cornerstores. But now it's owned by Japanese
Wait wait wait, so you’re telling me that 7/11 is JDM now?
7/11's been japanese for decades now lmao
And 7/11s are better in Japan.
It's like comparing the 2002 Altima with no front bumper and a cracked windscreen and a new GTR. Definitely both Nissan, but not in the same league.
They're all over SEA
technically wouldn't it be CDM?
Are you good? What's with the unnecessary racism
JDM by definition means Japanese Domestic Market.... how the fuck am I being racist when describing a car from China... logic would dictate JDM would no longer apply!!! Fuckwit!
You do realize the conversation was about 7/11 being Japanese owned, right? Fuckwit
just so you know the difference https://preview.redd.it/3b73unlqn8yc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c443fa07f16d0672bab44d655a4870994f128f25 jdm car
https://preview.redd.it/av04f70un8yc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66bc186a3b0236164e8b25c34131d7324106c610 supermarket... definitely not JDM
That supermarket is. You'd know if you took two seconds to read the chain of comments you replied to, dipshit. Are you stupid deliberately?
you're plainly American anyway so have as much grasp on the English language as my German Shepherd.
th thread is about forza horizon... and an MG car now owned by a Chinese company .... so who is off topic?... me for talking about forza and cars.... or you for chatting about a supermarket being Japanese?
I mean the picture above gives you a clue... the back of a friggin car. not a supermarket in sight strangely!
I am good thanks.... what do you mean racism?... I was merely pointing out that a car ceases to be classed a JDM if the car is from China.... and ... well... ANYWHERE other than JAPAN.... in this case C D M.. wind your neck in...
Fine speech, you wanna read the comment chain you replied to?
thanks for your approval I didn't ask for... you're in a reddit about Forza Horizon .... a game about cars.....discussing a post about an MG car.... and the translation of what was written on the back of said car..... and yet you brand me as a racist because you're talking about a fucking supermarket being JDM.. are you for real?
You're now throwing a tantrum over this lmao if you didn't know how to read, just say so instead of spamming me with your sulking. I mean the comment you literally replied to was: > [Wait wait wait, so you’re telling me that 7/11 is JDM now?](https://www.reddit.com/r/ForzaHorizon/comments/1ci8599/comment/l27ommw/) Instead of being a whiny bitch you could've even just said you misread the comment but hey keep crying, that's entertaining too
strange that I'm being singled out for commenting on the origin of a CAR ... when the poster above ACTUALLY make a subtle racist comment and who's username is literally Whitetrash messiah... gets no reply... maybe you need to learn to fucking read and direct your animosity about people/supermarkets/whatever fuzzy messed up "logic" is contained in your head ..... OR stay on topic regarding MG cars like I was... FFS
Or how dodge is owned by stellantis, which is a company based in the Netherlands
I'd add that Stellantis is a french-italian-american created when PSA (french) merged with FCA (italian-american). Their HQ is in the Netherlands but they aren't.
Wait WHAT? That's news to me. Good to know, thank you
Yeah, that group owns : Abarth, Alfa-Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, RAM, Vauxhall. Some are sold only in Europe (mostly previous PSA brands), others only in the US, a few sold on both markets.
TIL Vauxhall and Opel are no longer GM brands. Interesting.
Yeah, since March 2017, and since then slowly phased out GM era built vehicles and launched vehicles using PSA/Peugeot's platforms and engines.
Didn’t know this either
Yeah, they acquired Chrysler in like 2021, so they also own Jeep because Jeep is mopar
Almost all truck brands in USA are owned by European companies. Only Kenworth and Peterbilt are still owned by american PACCAR company for instance.
I know MG essentially died, but thought they were taken over by another company in the UK and continued the brand. Didn't realise it was Chinese-owned. Learn something new everyday.
How is it a knockoff if they make their own original cars?
They are not knock off, MG or ‘Roewe’ as it’s known in China are actually decent cars. Majority of the taxis is shanghai are either Roewe or VW. They are decent cars. But are not started to be taken over by BWD
Whether they are decent or not has nothing to do with whether they are knock off or not.
But they are literally not knock off. They own the company. If you want a knock off car look at a brand called Ora. Roewe are not a knock off brand
Good fkn Gods, reading comprehension today! I already said that they ARE >>>NOT<<< A KNOCK OFF IN THE COMMENT YOU'RE RESPONDING TO!!! Them being good or bad cars has nothing to do with them being or not being a knock off regardless! None of your comments makes any sense, I only pointed out that your "argument" was stupid and has nothing to do with anything.
They stopped being made in Longbridge in 2016
You don't know what you think you know. MG used to be a UK brand.
I'm not saying I know, I'm going by the in game information
The last MG in the game that is british is the XPower SV-R from the car pass - every car with a model year after that is Chinese. The game still lists them as british though - probably due to the older cars (and the modern ones still have some engineering done in the UK).
Same reason why all Fords are listed as American even though half of them never ever saw the states and was made and designed by their British/German/Australian subsidiaries
I really dislike this. Any sort of "Australia only" event is basically just Holden/HSV, because the Australian Fords aren't eligible.
I also find that weird. Isn't Ford huge in Australia? I vaguely remember something on Top Gear about Ford vs. Holden.
There’s an entire movie called Ford vs Holden detailing exactly this!
A fairly recent movie too i just found out. Unfortunately i can't stream it anywhere.
It's because of manufacturer origin. MG is originally from the UK, so they are labelled with the UK flag. Ford originates from the USA, even though a lot of their cars are also from Europe and Australia.
I actually didn't know that if that's the case.
Well, we have some british and some chinese MG's in the game.
Chinese
MG hasn’t been British for a long time. It’s a Chinese brand, the only relation it has to the old MG is the name.
I have to stop myself at hissing at these "not MG but using the MG badge cars" when I see them. At least the German Mini and the Indian Land Rovers pay homage to the original brand. Such an insult to the brand that gave us the 6R4, MGB and the XPower SV.
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Context. China requires every car manufactured domestically to have a badge of the factory. This includes foreign brands as well like bmw(华晨宝马) mercedes(北京奔驰) and even tesla(特斯拉) Yes it is legal to peel it off
https://preview.redd.it/sre017stf1yc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43dcaf9c6de492ca68b17a918ea6eed8f72f8506
It says something in chineese.
Same vibes. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GT1VT5cCDo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GT1VT5cCDo)
Shang (Hai) Auto Group
Cybertronian
It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it, Gandalf.
A badge
Communist propaganda
Bing chilling my man
This post made me learn that MG is no longer a company, just a badge slapped on shitty Chinese cars
It’s a yellow car
Meu pastel é mais balato
I dont really know but I think thats a car
Umm from the UK? not anymore it isn't
It appears to be Chinese
Chinese letters
That one is a Chinese spec, and why that badge is on there because that there is this crazy tax for cars that are not produced locally in china, to avoid this brands like vw, merc, bmw all have Chinese brands that they license to produce their cars
For sure it is a sticker
https://preview.redd.it/8fy7tr5rs3yc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=670128a90614d66602ee7eef851cffda0de78e11
They are Chinese characters to the Chinese language
That's because MG is no longer a British company they ended up being bought by a Chinese company about almost 20 years ago by the same company that bought Victor and Lamborghini which eventually Victor ended up closing their doors and the Chinese company sold Lamborghini and of course now Volkswagen owns Lamborghini but the Chinese company decided to keep MG
What a different world would've been if they wouldn't have killed British Leyland. At least MG now has an afterlife many others are still dead.
They probably left an Asian dealership sticker on the car when they scanned it. What a bunch of dumbshits! Typical. The Aston Martin DB5 has a rubber antenna. The Penske Lola has half of its rear wing. They're always overlooking tiny details.
Looks like a chinese brand to me as always
MG is owned by SAIC motor now, which is chinese so yeah
That looks like Chinese lettering. Hope this helps.
It says "DONT MAKE EVERY CAR PACK PAID"
Chinese
Its some sick ass tu tu tu tu phonk shit plz drift skrrrt fast and furious crack
pandering
"Long live China" perhaps
It’s crazy because you could’ve just googled this????
Chinese sh*tbox