Uhh, Patrick,
Keep up with the news. BMW is selling Rover off in bits and pieces.
It appears that Ford is buying Land Rover, and Alchemy is buying
the Rover cars, MG and the old Mini and forming a company called
MG Manufacturing or something similar. So, you pay attention.
And I stand by what I wrote quoting John Mac.
Doug
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bowen, Patrick A RP2 [mailto:PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil]
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:55 AM
> To: 'Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)'; Bowen, Patrick A RP2;
> spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Commercial on TX TV last night
>
>
> OK, Second time people. Pay attention. Rover Group actually owns the
> Marques of all the old British Cars, it is actually what is
> left of the
> whole British Leyland Conglomerate and a couple others.
> Around 1994 or so
> Rover Group was bought by BMW, hence Land Rover is now owned
> and made by
> BMW, and all cars that Land Rover makes (or might make) are in effect
> owned/built by BMW as well. So are the new minis being made
> by BMW or Rover
> Group - the answer is YES and BOTH. They are built under Rover Group a
> subsidiary of BMW. Jaguar is now owned by FORD and has absolutely no
> connection to this.
>
>
> Did we get it that time?
> Patrick Bowen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.) [mailto:dmitchel@ford.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:58 AM
> To: 'Bowen, Patrick A RP2'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Commercial on TX TV last night
>
>
> Well, as someone else has written, the _new_ Mini is going
> to be built by BMW. The old Mini never went out of production,
> and it is my understanding that Alchemy is to continue building
> the old version for a year or two after the new one comes out.
> John Mac. has said that BMIHT owns the names to all the BL cars,
> and only licensed them to BMW. Not sure that that also applies to
> Jaguar, nor how Land Rover fits into that.
>
> Doug
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bowen, Patrick A RP2 [mailto:PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 4:03 PM
> > To: 'Thearthurhsmith@cs.com'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Commercial on TX TV last night
> >
> >
> >
> > Speaking of Minis I read yesterday in the latest Popular
> (Mechanics Or
> > Science) I don't remember that they are making them again,
> had a neat
> > looking picture of the new ones. It stated they are to be
> > sold in the U.S.
> > It said they were being produced by Rover Group and the way
> > they talked this
> > was happening now, not as a concept.
> >
> > Patrick Bowen
> > p.s. If anyone is interested it is I believe the latest
> version of the
> > magazine and the front page is titled "Secrets of the KGB"
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thearthurhsmith@cs.com [mailto:Thearthurhsmith@cs.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:03 PM
> > To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Commercial on TX TV last night
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 4/4/00 11:10:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > susan@bearcom.com writes:
> >
> > > The Italian Job, which I've not seen, but understand there
> > > were several Minis going off cliffs in it.
> >
> > The movie was a drag. A whole lot of LBCs got smashed. The
> > Mini chase was
> > the
> > high point. Not worth the $2 to rent.
> >
>
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