Powertrain Ltd

MG Rover Powertrain Limited

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Fate	Liquidated
Founded	2000
Defunct	2005
Headquarters	Longbridge, Birmingham, UK
Key people	John Towers
Industry	Engines and Gearboxes
Products	K-Series Engine L-Series Diesel Engine Rover PG1 Gearbox
Parent	Phoenix Venture Holdings

Powertrain Ltd was a British company based in Birmingham which designed, manufactured and marketed car engines and transmissions. It was a subsidiary of Phoenix Venture Holdings and a sister company to MG Rover. Its American headquarters are in Golden, Mississippi. It was based in the South Works at Rover's Longbridge plant. The companies main products were the K-Series four-cylinder and six-cylinder Engines and the L-Series four-cylinder diesel engine. The company mainly produced engines for MG Rover between 2000 and 2005 but also supplied Ford Land Rover with the L-Series and K-Series engines for the Land Rover Freelander which was developed by Rover Group in the 1990s during the ownership by BMW and British Aerospace. As well as Land Rover, K-Series engines were also supplied to many small mass production car companies like MG Rover such as FSO and SAPIA.

History

The company was formed as part of MG Rover Group after the sale of the Rover and MG assets from BMW to Phoenix Venture Holdings for £10.00 in 2000 when BMW broke up the Rover Group. The MG Rover Group had to purchase the Powertrain business from BMW after 2000 for a separate sum of money to the £10.00 for the MG Rover business. Before the administration of Powertrain Limited, the MG Rover Group and its parent company, PVH sold the assets of the K-Series four and six cylinder engine to SAIC for £67 Million when the 25 and 75 platforms and technology were also sold to SAIC.

The company was placed into administration on the 8 April 2005. On 22 July 2005 the joint administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers announced the sale of the assets of Powertrain and the MG Rover Group to Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation.

Prior to the company going into administration, the Health and Safety Executive reported 101 cases of a respiratory disease outbreak at its Longbridge factory.

Powertrain produced engines for the MG Rover Group, Land Rover and several other companies around the world due the success of the K-Series engine

Products

Their main products were:

• K-Series 4 cylinder petrol engine
• KV6 V6 petrol engine
• L-series turbo diesel engine
• PG1 gearbox
• Land Rover Freelander L-Series turbo diesel
• Land Rover Freelander K-Series unleaded engines

The Powertrain Limited business did not produce the BMW M47 2.0 CDTi and 2.0 CDT Diesel Engines fitted in the Rover 75. They also did not produce the Ford Mustang 4.6 V8 engines fitted in the MG SV, MG ZT V8 and Rover 75 V8.

In addition to supplying engines and transmissions to MG and Rover cars, Powertrain Ltd also supplied engines to other vehicle manufacturers including Land Rover, Lotus, Poland FSO (K series) and Caterham.

Customers

In addition to supplying engines and transmissions to MG Rover, Powertrain Ltd also supplied engines to other vehicle manufacturers including Land Rover, Lotus, Poland FSO (K series) and Caterham.