The car, codenamed
W261 during development, is the work of a joint Anglo Chinese collaboration with ex experts of Rover, at consultancy firm
Ricardo 2010 and SAIC had car development team. The 550 was previewed at the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show, in the form of the Roewe W2
concept car. Cumulative sales totaled 11,711 units through December 2015, of which 10,711 were sold throughout 2015. File:Roewe 550 Hybrid facelift 02 China 2014-04-14.JPG|Post facelift Roewe 550 (rear). File:Roewe 550 Hybrid facelift 01 China 2014-04-14.JPG|Roewe e550
plug-in hybrid.
MG 550 In 2008, the Roewe 550 was launched in Chile, rebadged as the
MG 550. It was also released in
Iran in 2010 and released in
Bahrain,
Oman and
UAE in 2011. A restyled hatchback version of the Roewe 550 was announced at the 2009
Shanghai Auto Show as the
MG 6. The MG6 was imported into the United Kingdom up until May 2016, when it was discontinued following poor sales. File:MG 550D 1.8T 2009 (10661632443).jpg|MG 550 (front). File:MG 550G 1.8T 2011 (10661381625).jpg|MG 550 (rear). ==References==