Thread: Is China in on the NASCO Corridor?

This was announced a few months ago and i really never gave it much thought until now.

On July 12, 2006 senior officials of Nanjing Automobile Corporation announced the revival of the historic MG brand of vehicles, as well as plans to build a new MG product in Oklahoma, with the formation of MG Motors North America, Inc., in a ceremony in Oklahoma City.

MG vehicles will not only be built in Nanjing, China, but also at the Longbridge assembly plant near Birmingham, England and at a new American assembly plant to be built at the Ardmore Air Park in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Headquarters for MG sales, marketing and distribution (outside of Asia) will be located in Oklahoma City. Research and development will be in Norman at the University of Oklahoma.

NAC has recruited a seasoned American auto executive, Duke T. Hale, to be the new company’s President and Chief Executive Officer responsible for the revival of MG in the UK and Europe followed by the re-launch of MG in North America.

According to MG Motors officials, approximately 550 jobs will be created in Oklahoma, including headquarters operations, assembly operations, parts and distribution operations and research and development.

The company expects to start construction of the Ardmore assembly facility early in 2007 with production to start by the third quarter of 2008.

Ardmore is located right off of I-35, less than a hundred miles north of Dallas directly in the path of the Nasco corridor plans. Was their only reason for building this plant at this location because of this planned super highway?

KNIGGIT
have a link?

China has "port deals" with mexico and the USA.

The above quote came from wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Automobile_Group), i couldn't find the announcement in the local paper "The Daily Oklahoman" but that is where i remember originally reading about this.

Yep. Ardmore is between Dallas/Fort Worth and Oklahoma City on I-35 the planned Nasco Highway. Is it the halfway point? Oh, it's also on the way to Kansas City.

Dixie