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Rival firms Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation and Nanjing Automotive Company - the two firms that bought the remains of MG Rover - could be on course to merge, and bring back together the constituent parts of the old British car-maker that were separated two years ago. The firms have been in talks since before June. They claim that they are only considering a joint venture, but other sources maintain that a buyout of the smaller Nanjing Automotive by SAIC is more likely, thereby amalgamating the remains of MG Rover into one company. Nanjing bought rights to the MG models in 2006 following MG Rover's collapse, and sold the first MG (a re-badged ZT) last week.

DATED: 10.09.07

FEED: AW