MG Rover prototypes spotted at the car maker's former plant are set to be moved to a motoring museum, said the firm.
Tom Cowling was among MG Rover enthusiasts who expressed dismay online at seeing the "rarest cars" the firm made outside at Longbridge, Birmingham. Mr Cowling claimed these included the RDX60, Rover TCV and MG TF coupe.at the site in Lowhill Lane in 2016. But MG, owned by China's largest car manufacturer SAIC Motor, still has a base at Longbridge.
Mr Cowling travelled to the site from his Sheffield home after hearing some prototypes, which are early versions of a vehicle, were still there. He filmed them for a video on social media.He told online followers they "needed to be preserved".Mr Cowling told the BBC he had been interested in MG Rovers since he was about eight and had been "incredibly disappointed" to see the "historic" cars in a car park.
"There's been a lot of hard work from the people at Longbridge who used to work there to create those cars. And it's really sad to see that hard work and that history of sitting outside not being appreciated," he said."MG Motor UK value the history and legacy of these cars and as such we are in active discussions with the British Motor Museum in Gaydon who have shown interest in displaying them," a spokesperson said.