MG Is Back This Fall

MG is one step closer to being home. MG has set pricing for “Limited Edition” TF at £16,399. The two-seat convertible will start production at the Longbridge plant in England, and the first cars should be available Europe by September.

While the car is somewhat of an update from the version sold from 2002 to 2005, the new TF (known as the LE500) signifies a return to the U.K. of one of their most celebrated brands – sort of. In 2005, a Chinese firm, which is now Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), purchased the remains of the MG Rover Group and shut the doors of the historic Longbridge manufacturing plant. Last year, updated versions of MG cars began coming off the assembly line at a new facility in China. Since then, SAIC has been developing a plan to return manufacturing to the U.K., but results have been slow.

The new pricing and delivery dates, solidifies that after an almost three-year idle and some demolition, MG will come home to Longbridge — even if it is a shadow of its former self.