Powertrain Ltd

MG Rover Powertrain Limited
IndustryEngines and Gearboxes
Founded2000
Defunct2005
FateLiquidated
HeadquartersLongbridge, Birmingham, UK
Key people
John Towers
ProductsK-Series Engine
L-Series Diesel Engine
Rover PG1 Gearbox
ParentPhoenix Venture Holdings

Powertrain Ltd was a British company based in Birmingham which made some cars, manufactured and marketed car engines and transmissions. The company was owned by MG Rover Group and Phoenix Venture Holdings and was based in the South Works at Rover's Longbridge plant. The companies main products were the K-Series four-cylinder petrol engine, KV6 six-cylinder petrol engine and the L-Series four-cylinder diesel engine. The company mainly produced engines for MG Rover between 2000 and 2005 but also supplied Land Rover with the L-Series and K-Series engines for the Land Rover Freelander which was developed by Rover Group in the 1990s during the ownership by BMW and British Aerospace. As well as Land Rover, K-Series engines were also supplied to many small mass production car companies like MG Rover such as FSO and SAPIA.