Private company

MG Rover Group

Logo: The image originated from the now defunct MG Rover Group website., Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Former British car manufacturer

MG Rover Group was a British carmaker that existed between 2000 and 2005. It was the last domestically owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry.2 It employed 6,500 people.1 It is part of Phoenix Venture Holdings.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersLongbridge1
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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MG Rover Group was a British carmaker that existed between 2000 and 2005. It was the last domestically owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry.2

Corporate structure

MG Rover Group is part of a group headed by Phoenix Venture Holdings. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What MG Rover Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • MG marque
  • Rover

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • MG marque
  • Rover

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Rover Group1

Timeline

  1. Apr 2005Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

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