MG say "#MGTHANKS" as the staff thanks owners, Old, new and future for their continued support.

In light of the latest new car registration figures being released, MG Motor UK is taking this opportunity to thank past, present and future customers for supporting the company and giving it its best June to date.

Figures, released yesterday (6 June) from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited (SMMT), highlighted another successful half year for MG.

MG felt it was important to take the time to thank customers for their support and for putting faith in a brand that is continuing to grow because of them. In a series of videos, employees from across the company, from the designers to those who test the vehicles on the bumpy road route, will be taking the chance to thank customers for their backing.

MG Motor UK has registered 21 more cars in the last six months than in the whole of 2011, 2012 and 2013 combined. More than 100 of which are the newly launched MG6. Figures for June alone are up by 19 per cent from last year, and the year-to-date figures are 39 per cent more than in 2014.

Matthew Cheyne, MG’s Head of Sales and Marketing, said: “We’re so grateful for the support our customers give. Without them, we wouldn’t be making the progress we are. Each month we’re watching our sales figures improve and it is fantastic to see.

“Every time a customer drives off in their new MG, we obviously say thanks and wish them all the best; however, those who don’t get a chance to meet the customers, but play a fundamental part in producing their new car, also want to have the opportunity to give their thanks.”

The first video as part of the campaign ‘#MGthanks’ comes from David, who works in the exterior design team.

Head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTGH0y4_tw to watch the video. We want to hear from you too, so if you want to say thanks, upload your message with #MGthanks to our Facebook or Twitter page.

Volvo to consider producing small cars at it's Ghent, Belgium facility, as well as in China !

Volvo will build a new family of compact cars based on a common platform at its Belgian factory, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said. The cars will be developed with parent Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Samuelsson said, and will also likely be built in China, although no decision has been reached on which of its plants will get the work.

"We have decided we will be using Ghent for Europe," Samuelsson said, referring to Volvo's factory in Ghent, Belgium. "In China, we have to look into this." Volvo currently builds the Volvo S60, V40 and XC60 models in Ghent.

Samuelsson said it was a "good guess" that the first Volvo vehicle to be built using the new platform, called the compact modular architecture (CMA), would be a new generation of the Volvo V40 hatchback, since it is the only compact that Volvo markets around the world now.

Samuelsson said Volvo's sales of smaller cars had always been too small to be profitable and the automaker needed a partner that could share the costs of developing and manufacturing a competitive vehicle.

China output

The executive said the automaker has three production options in China with Geely: two existing plants in the southwestern city of Chengdu and the northeast city of Daqing, or a new automobile assembly plant being built in Luqiao, a district of the eastern China city of Taizhou.

Two sources close to Geely said Volvo and its Chinese parent were likely to make cars based on the CMA platform together at the Luqiao plant.

Geely is expected to start producing an SUV based on CMA underpinnings at the Luqiao plant toward the end of 2016.

Volvo is also interested in using a common platform and powertrain technologies with Geely to come up with a small SUV, Samuelsson said.

"SUVs are growing in the world, so that is a good guess that something in that segment will be worth taking a look at," the CEO said.

Zhejiang Geely, which also owns black cab maker London Taxi Company, bought Volvo from Ford Motor Co. in 2010.

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