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  1. automotiveamerican.com › 2024/06/23 › henry-ford-ii-and-theHenry Ford II and the Potential Purchase of the Austin Rover...

    Jun 23, 2024 · In the mid-1980s, Ford explored the possibility of acquiring the Austin Rover Group, which was part of the British Leyland (BL) conglomerate. This interest was driven by Ford’s desire to expand its market share in Europe and benefit from Austin Rover’s established presence in the UK market.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MiniMini - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · In 1980, it once again became the Austin Mini, and in 1988, just "Mini" (although the "Rover" badge was applied on some models exported to Japan). BMW acquired the Rover Group (formerly British Leyland) in 1994, and sold the greater part of it in 2000, but retained the rights to build cars using the Mini name.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Morris_MotorMorris Motors - Wikipedia

    Jun 18, 2024 · Though it merged into larger organisations in 1952, the Morris name remained in use until 1984, when British Leyland's Austin Rover Group decided to concentrate on the more popular Austin brand as well as expanding the more upmarket Rover brand.

  4. www.aronline.co.uk › concepts-and-prototypes › rover-r6xRover R6X: abandoned Metro replacement for the 1990s detailed -...

    Jun 8, 2024 · However, as others have pointed out, the additional cost of re-skinning the existing Austin Metro would have been prohibitive at a time when the Rover Group was still state-owned, with a Government desperate to rid itself of the company and not put any more money into the cause.

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  6. de.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rover_(Automobilhersteller)Rover (Automobilhersteller) – Wikipedia

    Jun 21, 2024 · Rover war ein englischer Automobilhersteller mit Sitz in Longbridge (Birmingham), der von 1896 bis zur endgültigen Insolvenz im Jahre 2005 bestand. Die Marke weist eine wechselvolle Geschichte geprägt von Übernahmen und Umstrukturierungen auf und war von 1994 bis 2000 ein Teil der BMW -Group.

  7. www.aronline.co.uk › concepts-and-prototypes › top-ten-missedTop 10: British Leyland's most tragic missed opportunities

    Jun 8, 2024 · But BMW-owned Rover Group was thinking differently – and this front-wheel-drive challenger had a longitudinally-mounted K-Series under the bonnet (or it would have done had it been built) and great weight distribution. Sadly, the design came to nothing, a victim of BMW’s reduced ambitions for Rover. Would it have sold?

  8. www.facebook.com › GreatBritishCarJourney › postsOn This Day - 12 June 1986 ... - Great British Car Journey

    Jun 12, 2024 · On This Day - 12 June 1986 Austin Rover was renamed the Rover Group. What would Herbert Austin have thought? 樂 #onthisday #automotivehistory #austinrover #rovergroup #herbertaustin