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<div>{{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Roewe''' (in Chinese: 荣威; in Pinyin: ''Rongwei'') is an automobile marque created by the Chinese firm [[Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation]] (SAIC), to use on the cars it plans to build based on the [[MG Rover]] technology it has bought<ref>{{cite news<br />
|title=Rover becomes 'Roewe'<br />
|date=[[2006-10-13]]<br />
|publisher=The Daily Telegraph<br />
|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/10/13/bcnrover13.xml<br />
}}</ref>.<br />
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The marque will appear first on the company's new version of the [[Rover 75]]. Roewe will be publicly launched at the November Motor Show in Beijing in 2006, where the revised 75 will be on display. The car is expected to be larger than the equivalent MG Rover model, but share some similar components such as parts of the interior and the engines<ref>{{cite web<br />
|title=SAIC’s Roewe 750E caught testing<br />
|date=[[2006-10-13]]<br />
|publisher=MotorAuthority<br />
|url=http://www.motorauthority.com/news/spy-shots/saic%e2%80%99s-roewe-750e-caught-testing<br />
}}</ref>. Over 30 new models are expected to be launched under the marque between 2006 and 2011, whilst 120,000 Roewe cars are expected to be produced by SAIC in 2007.<br />
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The use of the Roewe name is due to SAIC's inability to buy the rights to the [[Rover|Rover]] name from [[BMW]] due to [[Ford Motor Company]] picking up their option on the name. The Roewe name and badge were meant to be similar to the Rover name and badge because of this.<br />
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==Pronunciation==<br />
The name ''Roewe'', thought to have come from the words honour, lion, power and prestige, is supposed to be pronounced in a similar way to the sound of ''roo-eevey'' rather than the words ''wrong way'' which may be evoked to non-Chinese listeners.<br />
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Image:Roewe-art-2.jpg|An art installation at the Roewe booth at the 2007 [[Shanghai Auto Show]]<br />
Image:Roewe Art 4.jpg<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [http://www.roewe.com.cn/ Roewe Website]<br />
* [http://www.roewe.co.nr/ Roewe Fansite]<br />
* [http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?sac528indexf.htm Roewe 750 on Austin-Rover.co.uk]<br />
* [http://www.chincarforums.com/forum/ China Car Forums] (in English)<br />
* [http://www.worldcarfans.com/9070905.006/roewe-550-development-photos-released Roewe 550 development photos released]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of the People's Republic of China]]<br />
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