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British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom 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.
The British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC), was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968. Ultimately it would become nationalised as British Leyland, often referred to as just BL. In 1986 it was renamed to Rover Group .
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.
Jan 17, 2018 · As part of the series marking 50 years of British Leyland, Keith Adams picks through the numbers and recalls the views of the major players, to describe fully the merger between Leyland Motors and British Motor Corporation. Fifty years ago, the deal was laced with optimism – here’s how it looked in January 1968.
Sep 6, 2022 · Boris Johnson is set to unveil a bold new plan that’ll return fabled automotive giant British Leyland back to the forefront of UK car manufacturing.
Feb 26, 2018 · Here we present the 10 greatest achievements of the British Leyland years – as well as five that have come to epitomise its darkest days – together with links to original footage or advertising...
