[Healeys] Where did the Healey Brand go?

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In a message dated 3/9/10 1:04:50 PM, charliefci at yahoo.com writes:


> Healey Motor Company, the Healey brand was registered to a new firm, 
> Healey Automobile Consultants, which the Healey family sold to HFI Automotive 
> in 2005.
>  In June 2007, Nanjing and Healey Automobile Consultants / HFI Automotive 
> signed a collaborative agreement that aims to recreate the Austin Healey 
> and Healey marquees alongside NAC's MG. No timeline has been given as to when 
> the Healey and Austin-Healey brands will return, although MG will be back 
> on the market in China and the UK by the year's end."
> 
> 

True up to the point covered; However, my understanding of the more recent 
news reports was that the collaborative agreement did have a time limit, and 
when Nanjing was unable to meet its deadlines, that agreement died and the 
Healey name reverted to Healey Automobile Consultants (also known informally 
as "Margot and the girls"), but has more recently been replaced by an 
agreement signed between HAC and Daniel Schlatter of Switzerland, who was 
promising to have a Healey prototype to display at Goodwood this year -- which 
didn't happen. 
And that's the last I've heard; I wondered if anyone else has heard 
anything.

Cheers
Gary