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26)Zero Motorcycle Stunts, no Primary Guest: Several First Time Overlooks at Republic Day 2021

India Republic Day -- This year's grand attend will not be the same as it is at last that it will be held in the middle of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, containing claimed many lives throughout the country. India is celebrating their 72nd Republic Day upon Tuesday, but this year's grand parade will not be just like it is for the first time that it will be held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed a lot of lives across the country. Burj Khalifa Lights up With Tricolour to express India's 72nd Republic Day time After more than 5 decades, the country's 72nd R-Day attend will have no chief visitor. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was due to wear New Delhi as the primary guest at the annual attend to mark the Republic Day but he had to help call off the visit to give attention to the domestic crisis free by the emergence of a fresh, deadlier variant of coronavir us in the UK at the end of last year. Besides, gravity-defying stunts by motorcycle

MG Motor

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MG Motor UK Limited ( MG Motor ) is a British automotive company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of SAIC Motor UK, which in turn is owned by the Shanghai-based Chinese state-owned automotive SAIC Motor. MG Motor designs, develops and markets cars sold under the MG marque. MG Motor is the largest importer of Chinese made cars into the United Kingdom. The marque returned to competitive motorsport in 2012, and won the 2014 British Touring Car Manufacturers Championship.

History

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Following the collapse of MG Rover in 2005, the Chinese automaker Nanjing Automobile acquired the Longbridge plant and the MG marque for £53 million ($97 million). Nanjing Automobile formally established NAC MG UK Limited as a holding company for the plant and marque on 12 April 2006. In March 2007, Nanjing Automobile unveiled the first MG vehicles manufactured in China, the MG TF, MG 3 and MG 7. Assembly of cars restarted at Longbridge in August 2007, with production of the MG TF LE500. In 2007, Nanjing Automobile was acquired by SAIC Motor, and in early 2009 NAC MG UK Limited was renamed MG Motor UK Limited . The first all-new MG-branded model for 16 years, the MG6, was officially launched on 26 June 2011 during a visit to MG Motor's Longbridge plant by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. By March 2012, SAIC had invested a total of £450 million in MG Motor. Sales in the UK totalled 782 vehicles in 2012. The MG3 went on sale in the United Kingdom in September 2013. MG Motor was voted thi

Operations

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Facilities edit MG Motor continues to operate at the historic Longbridge plant. Formerly home to Austin, British Leyland, Rover Group and, later, the MG Rover Group. While production no longer continues at Longbridge, there is a major research and development facility at the site which employs around 500 people, together with a design studio. MG has a £30 million flagship dealership in the heart of London's Piccadilly, which was opened in July 2015. Its location is 47-48 Piccadilly, opposite the historic Fortnum & Mason store. MG Motor India, a fully owned arm of China's SAIC Motor, took over the manufacturing facility from General Motors at Halol in India in 2017. The company has made an investment of ₹ 22 billion (US$310 million) to refurbish the Halol manufacturing facility and roll out its first product, the Hector, from the facility. MG has installed an all-new assembly line, a press shop, a body shop, a parts distribution centre, a testing track and a new state-of-

Products

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Current models edit MG 3 edit In 2010, MG unveiled the all new MG 3, which was shown in concept car form as the MG Zero. The car was initially launched in China with a choice of 1.3L or 1.5L petrol engines, and underwent a face-lift in 2013, with sales in the UK following in September 2013. Also introduced with the MG 3 was the Xross model, which similar to the Rover Streetwise and the earlier NAC produced MG3 SW, features chunkier off-road styling, raised suspension and roof bars. The MG3 was voted the '10th-Best Car To Own' in the Auto Express Driver Power survey of 2015. For the 2016 model year, the MG 3 was upgraded for the UK Market. The existing SMTC developed 1.5L petrol engine was tuned to meet EU 6 Emissions. The engine was upgraded to include the new stop start feature and new two-tone paint schemes were introduced. in 2018, the MG 3 underwent a full face-lift. The face-lift featured updated exterior styling, which incorporates MG's new design language, an upgrad

Sales numbers

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Calendar Year UK China Thailand Philippines India Australia 2008 133 9,361 2009 374 13,785 2010 282 29,216 2011 363 50,191 2012 782 72,516 2013 504 74,684 2014 2,326 52,217 204 2015 3,152 70,377 3,779 2016 4,192 80,389 8,319 2017 4,192 134,786 12,013 2018 9,049 256,084 23,740 3,007 2019 14,061 269,751 26,516 5,085 15,930 8,326

Motorsport

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In January 2012, MG Motor announced that it would enter the 2012 British Touring Car Championship through the newly established MG KX Momentum Racing team. In its debut season the team ran two MG6s driven by Jason Plato and Andy Neate. Plato ended the season in third place, with the car yet to find its feet in wet conditions. The team returned in 2013 with Sam Tordoff driving, who performed well in his debut year having joined through the KX Academy scheme. Plato once again came third, with Tordoff sixth. In 2014, MG won the Manufacturer's Championship to break Honda's four-year reign. After just three years of competition, the MG6 GT sealed the title by 95 points at the season finale at Brands Hatch. Drivers Plato and Tordoff racked up seven wins and 20 podiums in the 30-race calendar. Plato finished the Driver's Championship in second place, behind Colin Turkington, while Tordoff finished seventh. The 2014 season also saw a third MG6 GT on the grid, driven by Marc Hynes a