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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Powertrain Ltd''' was a British company based in Birmingham which designed, manufactured and marketed [[car]] [[engines]] and [[Transmission|transmissions]]. It was a subsidiary of Phoenix Venture Holdings and a sister company to [[MG Rover Group|MG Rover]]. Its American headquarters are in Golden, Mississippi.<br />
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==History==<br />
The company was placed into administration on the 8 April 2005.<br />
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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|Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation]]<ref>{{cite press release<br />
|title=MG Rover Group Limited and subsidiary companies - In administration - sale of assets <br />
|date=2005-07-22<br />
|url=http://www.ukmediacentre.pwc.com/content/detail.asp?ReleaseID=1544&NewsAreaID=2<br />
|publisher=PricewaterhouseCoopers<br />
}}</ref>.<br />
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==Products==<br />
Their main products were:<br />
*[[K-Series]] [[4 cylinder]] petrol engine<br />
*[[Rover KV6 Engine|KV6]] [[V6]] petrol engine<br />
*[[Rover L-Series engine|L-series]] turbo diesel engine<br />
*[[Rover PG1 transmission|PG1]] gearbox<br />
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==Customers==<br />
In addition to supplying engines and transmissions to MG Rover, Powertrain Ltd also supplied engines to other vehicle manufacturers including [[Land Rover]], [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]], and [[Caterham Cars|Caterham]].</div>Red marquis