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British Leyland was a British automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings.
Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was an English vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company diversified into car manufacturing with its acquisitions of Triumph and Rover in 1960 and 1967, respectively.
It was created out of the merger between the Leyland Motor Corporation and British Motor Holdings, which were the two largest wholly British car manufacturing groups in the UK at the time.
Sep 22, 2024 · British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd., historic British automotive corporation. It was formed through the 1968 merger of British Motor Holdings Ltd. and Leyland Motor Corp. Ltd. to create the entities known as British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd. (1968–75), and British Leyland Limited (1975–78).
Rover Group was a British vehicle manufacturing company that emerged from the privatisation of British Leyland in 1986. It was sold to BMW in 1994, and then broken up in 2000, with its brands and assets divided among Ford, BMW, SAIC and Tata Motors.
Once the pride of Britain's automobile industry, British Leyland became a symbol of industrial decline and corporate failure. This documentary explores the i...
- 47 min
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- Jack Lloyd-Lucas
Jan 17, 2018 · Learn how the British government brokered the deal between Leyland Motors and British Motor Corporation to create the second largest motor manufacturing group outside the US. Find out the challenges, benefits and consequences of the merger that formed British Leyland.
