Leading Iranian car makers Iran Khodro and SAIPA denied Saturday having approached Britain's only remaining mass car manufacturer MG Rover for a deal before its collapse two weeks ago.
"Iran Khodro has no such plan," the company's deputy managing director Mojtaba Shivapour told IRNA.
Meanwhile, an official at the SAIPA Group who asked to remain unnamed, stressed that "no step has been taken on the part of SAIPA to purchase the bankrupt company of MG Rover and domestic companies have held no negotiation in this respect."
Administrators seeking sell-off of the British entity's assets, however, confirmed Saturday that Iran was among over 200 bidders seeking to buy a part of MG Rover. "Interest has been expressed by potential buyers from south east Asia, the Middle East, India, Russia and China as well as from the UK," joint administrator Tony Lomas said.
"We have had over 200 expressions of interest and we will be looking at all of these," Lomas was quoted saying by the UK's PA News service.
