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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Leyland Motors Ltd
		Leyland is a town in the South Ribble borough of Lancashire, England.
		Leyland Trucks now operates as a division of PACCAR from the Leyland Assembly Plant in North West England manufacturing around 14,000 trucks per year of which about a third are sold in the EU.
		Historically, Leyland Motors was a major manufacturer of buses used in the United Kingdom and world-wide, being probably most famous for the trend-setting Atlantean rear-engined double decker bus design produced between 1956 and 1986.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leyland-Motors-Ltd (3902 words)

	Leyland
		Leyland Motors grew from the Lancashire Steam Motor Company, founded in the town of Leyland, North West England by the Sumner and Spurrier families.
		In 1920 came the Leyland 8, a luxury tourer that would soon find its way to the racetrack at Brooklands, being driven by J. Parry-Thomas (who unfortunately would later be killed when making an attempt on the land speed record after the chain drive broke).
		With the Australian operation reportedly losing some $56 million, British Leyland would dispatch 31 year old David Abell to assume Managing Director responsibility, and given the financial difficulties being faced by the parent company it was obvious to most that he would shut down operation.
	www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au /car_info_leyland.htm (502 words)

	MG Rover are the largest independent manufacturer of cars in the British motor industry. They came from the de-merger ...
		MG Rover are the heirs of the British Leyland Motor Corporation, which was formed in 1968 as the result of mergers between many British car firms.
		In 1975 British Leyland was nationalised due to financial difficulties.
		British Leyland had links with India going back to 1948, but Tata was associated with Daimler of Germany until 2001.
	www.birminghamuk.com /wikipedia/MG_Rover_Group.htm (448 words)

	British Leyland Motor Corporation Information
		The British Leyland Motor Corporation ("BLMC"), was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968.
		BLMC was created in 1968 by the merger of British Motor Holdings (BMH) and Leyland Motor Corporation (LMC), encouraged by the Wilson Labour Government (1964–1970).
		Alvis was purchased from British Leyland by United Scientific Holdings plc in 1981, in 2002 Alvis merged with part of Vickers Defence Systems to form Alvis Vickers which was purchased by BAE Systems in 2004.
	www.bookrags.com /British_Leyland (1586 words)

	BMC>Rover: The Whole Story - Chapter 3
		Stokes was to run British Leyland in very much a hands on way, analysing all costs - and it was not until the first raft of management changes that September that he began to devolve some of this work to George Turnbull.
		Leyland management felt that Issigonis had lost touch with the needs of car buyers and to a degree this may have been true, as the failure of the ADO17 had demonstrated.
		BLMC could justifiably say that their sales were consistent with the previous year, not taking into account the fact that theirs was a smaller percentage of an expanded market.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /wschapter3f.htm (6754 words)

	The Leyland National Story (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leyland was once the greatest name in the British motor industry, this was of course, before the government intervention of the late 1960s that forced its marriage with the British Motor Corporation (BMC).
		The Leyland National was born out a chain of unusual circumstances, many say that without these twists to the story, the project would never have got off the ground.
		Many external circumstances beyond the control of Leyland and the transport industry namely government activites shaped the future of the British Leyland Motor Company and the Leyland National throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s.
	www.freewebs.com /leylandnational/LN1/feat_lnstory.htm (414 words)

	Town & Village - Leyland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leyland is geographically in an excellent spot, close to the important station of Walton le Dale, and just a while up the road is the Roman fort and baths at Ribchester.
		Leyland changed from a farming community to an industrial area which is a bit odd as there are no strong running rivers to power the mills, and no canal system from transportation.
		Leyland is a large colourful town, and is a strange mix of its old industrial routes alongside the more traditional and the ultra modern.
	www.townandvillage.co.uk /leylandhis.htm (1043 words)

	JOHN STARLEY AND ROVER CARS, BRITISH LEYLAND, AUSTIN ROVER GROUP \| DIRECTORY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS \| VEHICLE DESIGN ...
		The British Government had placed pressure on all car companies to adopt a one-model' policy, and there was the need to build more vehicles with a greater export potential to ensure the continued supply of scarce sheet steel supplies.
		The British motoring regulations at the time still required the use of a passing light, and this was incorporated as part of the new grille, being mounted in the centre, which gave the car it's 'Cyclops' designation.
		On 8 April 2005, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, visited Longbridge and stated that there may be some hope for the future of the company, although not the original deal agreed with SAIC.
	www.speedace.info /rover.htm (8063 words)

	British Leyland Motor Corporation - Definition, explanation
		The British Leyland Motor Corporation ("BLMC"), was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in Britain in 1968.
		BLMC, later to become just "BL" was created from the merger of British Motor Holdings and Leyland Motor Corporation, to combine most of the remaining British car manufacturing companies.
		Many of the brands were divested over time and continue to exist to this day, although the British Leyland name came to an end in 1982.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/br/british_leyland_motor_corporation.php (954 words)

	The History of Jaguar
		Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation (the Austin-Morris combine) to form British Motor Holdings in 1966.
		The character, Arthur Daley, in the British television series Minder was generally to be seen driving a Jaguar XJ6, as was Robert McCall (Edward Woodward) in the 1985-89 CBS TV series The Equalizer.
		British Prime-Minister Tony Blair is driven in a bottle-green Jaguar XJ8 to support British nationalism.
	www.cars-directory.net /history/jaguar (1094 words)

	Classic Cars - Antique and Vintage Car Photos
		History: The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles.
		The corporation was founded by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, (where the company is currently headquartered), and incorporated on June 16, 1903.
		From 1938 to 1954, Nash was the automotive division of the Nash Kelvinator Corporation.
	www.kilbeysclassics.com (1274 words)

	McLellan's Automobile Literature :: Multiple Makes -- British Leyland
		BRITISH LEYLAND (MG and Triumph), "Today Will be Sunny, with Clear Blue Skies and Temperatures in the Mid-Eighties": 6 page color folder, 11x8.
		Front of sheet is blue and gray, with fl and white lettering and blue and white British Leyland emblem, and has two photographs showing Triumph TR7 sport coupe rally car in competition, with discussion and photograph of team captain.
		Cover is photograph showing three-quarter frontal view of brown British Leyland Maxi and three-quarter rear view of white Maxi 4-Door Saloons being loaded with antique furniture.
	www.mclellansautomotive.com /sales-lit/bysub/multiplemakes/britishleyland/index.shtml (967 words)

	Company is a history of British marques - Mini Cooper Information from Mini Mania
		Meanwhile, Leyland Motors, which made commercial vehicles, moved into family motoring with the acquisition of Standard and Triumph in 1961, forming Leyland Motor Corporation the following year.
		In 1968, after a series of upheavals in the British motor industry, Leyland merged with British Motor Holdings to form British Leyland Motor Corporation, the country's largest car maker.
		In 1975, the name was shortened to British Leyland, to BL Limited in 1978 and finally to the Rover Group plc in 1986.
	www.minimania.com /MM/Company_is_a_history_of_British_marques.htm (326 words)

	MG Rover Group
		1986 Leyland Trucks subdivision sold to DAF; Split into two with the Van side became independent LDV in 1993, and the Truck side sold to Paccar of the USA.
		Many car brands that were formerly the property of British Leyland have passed on to MG Rover.
		The brands of Alvis and Jaguar (including Daimler and Lanchester, as well as the American rights to Vanden Plas) were sold off by British Leyland before it became Rover Group, and Land Rover was sold to Ford in the BMW days.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/m/mg/mg_rover_group.html (846 words)

	A Catalogue of the Papers of Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd.
		Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd company merged with British Motor Holdings Ltd in 1968 to form the British Leyland Motor Corporation.
		Papers of the Associated Equipment Company Ltd./Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (ACV), which merged with Leyland Motors in 1962 and became part of what was later know as the Leyland Motor Corporation are located at MSS.226/BL.
		The STI solicitor handled the 1964 sales for Leyland Motors, hence the presence of these files in the material from Canley.
	www.warwick.ac.uk /services/library/mrc/ead/226bl.htm (598 words)

	Rover Sedans in Miniature
		While the imminent end of British Leyland could be seen long in advance, the ability of Rover to survive the BL morass and continue in production to the present day is rather remarkable.
		The SD1 was a British Leyland rationalization project that hoped to consolidate the separate and unrelated models being built by Triumph and Rover into a single, one-size-fits-all motorcar.
		The archetypical car of the British upper middle classes during the 1950s, the P4 chassis is almost universally known by the affectionate nickname of 'Auntie Rover'.
	www.breithaupts.com /totc397.htm (2554 words)

	Company is a history of British marques
		Meanwhile, Leyland Motors, which made commercial vehicles, moved into family motoring with the acquisition of Standard and Triumph in 1961, forming Leyland Motor Corporation the following year.
		In 1968, after a series of upheavals in the British motor industry, Leyland merged with British Motor Holdings to form British Leyland Motor Corporation, the country's largest car maker.
		In 1975, the name was shortened to British Leyland, to BL Limited in 1978 and finally to the Rover Group plc in 1986.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/03/17/nrov417.html (282 words)

	BMC in Australia - Home Page
		Surviving only 25 years, from March 1950 to March 1975, it was the only fully British component of "The Big Four", which also included Holden, Ford and Chrysler.
		The factory, built on the site of the Victoria Park race track at Zetland, was only 3 miles (5 km) from the city of Sydney and was one of the major employers in NSW in its heyday, and many people owed their success to the training and experience gained at this magnificent facility.
		Motor Corporation and Leyland Australia as well as its role in Australia's motoring history.
	members.tripod.com /~jlrover/index2.htm (191 words)

	historie
		In 1968 fuseerde Leyland Motor Corporation (eigenaar van Standard-Triumph) met BMH en ontstond de nieuwe British Leyland Motor Corporation, de maanden van het voorjaar werden in beslag genomen door de diepgaande reorganisatie.
		Doordat er in de beginjaren van de productie problemen met de koeling van de motor waren en de eerste oliecrisis de publieke opinie zodanig veranderde dat het "not done"werd als men met een V8 rondreed, zijn de verkoopcijfers gekelderd.
		Het British Leyland concern heeft daarop besloten de productie in 1977 te beïndigen.....
	www.stag-club.nl /html/historie.htm (728 words)

	British Motor Cars (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fine art photography of British motor cars and mascots including Jaguar, MG, Autin Healy and Rolls Royce.
		We are an Oregon group of British automobile and motorcycle enthusiasts who like to get together with other people who enjoy British motors.
		The BCCLV (British Car Club of the Lehigh Valley) was created for the enjoyment of all aspects of the British Auto Marques.
	g.webring.com /hub?ring=britishcars (713 words)

	Jaguar - Wikicars
		Jaguar Cars Limited is a British luxury cars brand which is now owned by the Ford Motor Company.
		Jaguar merged with the British Motor Corporation (BMC), the Austin-Morris combine, to form British Motor Holdings (BMH) in 1966.
		The company was originally located in Blackpool but relocated to Coventry in 1928 to be at the heart of the British motor industry.
	wikicars.org /en/Jaguar (1478 words)

	Jaguar History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was at the 1931 London Motor Show that Lyons entered the market with cars of his own.
		In 1956, Bill Lyons was knighted Sir William Lyons for his service to the British automobile industry and The Mark VIII appeared with one-piece windscreen.
		Jaguar-Daimler and British Motor Corporation formed British Motor Holdings which merged with Leyland Motor Vehicle Corporation and became British Leyland Motor Corporation.
	www.motorcarsltd.com /information/jaguar-history.htm (1803 words)

	British Leyland Motors - Bentley Publishers - Automotive Books and Repair Manuals
		Although the memory of British Leyland is much maligned in both the United States and England, many of the cars that eventually fell under its corporate umbrella are truly beloved.
		In 1966, BMC and Jaguar-Daimler joined forces to create British Motor Holdings, and finally in late 1967—at the urging of the British government, BMH merged with Leyland (including Rover-Triumph) to create the British Leyland Motor Corporation.
		In addition to these popular British Cars, in the era long before British Leyland became a dirty word, the antecedent companies were responsible for some truly wonderful sports cars and sporting sedans.
	www.bentleypublishers.com /author.htm?id=12 (455 words)

	British Motoring (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Evening Standard, 1/26/05: MG/Rover described reports that the British government has offered a £100 million “sweetener” to make the deal as “rubbish.” However, it is understood that officials have instructed the British Embassy in Beijing to inform SAIC that they could be offered a deal.
		The British government has warned that up to 60,000 jobs might be at risk, if the agreement collapses.
		I remember these little symbols of Britishness affixed to the bonnets of MGs and bootlids of Morris Minors when I was a wee sprout in San Francisco.
	www.britishmotoring.net /bm0502/news/news.html (1685 words)

	MG News
		Now that production of MGs at the British Leyland Plant at Abingdon has finally ceased, it may be timely for me to tell you what I know of this sad event.
		The Leyland Motor Corporation had as its Chairman, Sir Henry Spurrier, who had been Chairman of Leyland Motors Ltd. Alec Dick was Managing Director (ex-Managing Director of Standard Triumph Int.), and on the board was one Donald Stokes, lately Sales Director of Leyland.
		It was only a matter of time before Stokes had fought his way to the top and, as Sir Donald Stokes, he was Chairman of Leyland Motor Corporation at the time they began their negotiations with British Motor Holdings.
	www.british-cars.org.uk /kimber/news/news134.html (1391 words)

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