Nanjing Automobile Group Corp will restart production only of sports cars at the former MG Rover Group Ltd plant in central England, the Financial Times said, citing unidentified people close to the matter.

Nanjing, which bought the assets of Rover last year, and its partner GB Sports Car, a company set up by former Rover managers, have no plans to restart production of saloon cars at the Longbridge factory in Birmingham, the newspaper reported.