It's not all over for the brand's former dealers. Ninety per cent of the firm's original network of showrooms say they would sell MG cars again.
New owner Nanjing claims 135 of the 150 franchises indicated they would consider stocking the revived TF when it rolls off the production line at Longbridge, West Midlands, next spring.
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