时代周刊：上汽购买Rover技术建新生产线

　　据时代周刊报道：上海汽车工业（集团）（SAIC）总公司估计已经取消了曾经提出的与英国汽车制造商MG Rover的合作计划，这加速了MG Rover的衰落，也打消了它试图在英国寻找另一个合作伙伴或母公司的努力，因为它现在已经有权生产25和75系列的汽车，但这还是能为Longbrighe的工厂6100名裁员计划中保留1000个职位。 据说SAIC正计划在英国本土建立一个汽车研发中心，用来技术上支持它在中国销售Rover 汽车，而这个研发中心将主要由原Rover 的工程师组成。时代周刊说：“我们相信，这个研发中心的发展目标将是，通过向SAIC提供这些领域内的专家和关键技术，来充分继承和发展Rover的原有专业知识以及工程实际中丰富的技术秘诀，昨晚消息来源称在24小时之内，上海汽车工业总公司将吐露这方面的信息”

　　The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation may have pulled out of its proposed partnership with MG Rover, precipitating MG Rover's collapse and hindering any attempts to find another partner or parent company for the British firm because it now owns the rights to manufacture both the 25 and 75 ranges, but it could yet save 1000 of the 6100 lost jobs at the Long bridge factory, reports The Times hopefully. SAIC is said to be planning to open a UK-based engineering development centre, to support its production of the Rover models in China, and this could be staffed by former Rover employees. "It is believed that the putative development operation would aim to exploit Rover's research and development expertise," says The Times, "and its broader engineering know-how, by giving SAIC access to key people and technology in these areas... Sources indicated last night that an offer from SAIC could emerge within 24 hours."

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