I've been watching this thread and had to chime in. From what I've been watching
in the news, Rover is now in the middle of a sale by BMW and at last glance,
this is where things were going: Rover cars sold to "Alchemy Group" a group
of investors who will be renaming the company to "MG Car Company". However,
the British Govt aren't real happy about this and are looking to get a different
buyer for Rover. The Mini, however, will remain with BMW and sold by them (rumor
has it US will be 2002). To complicate this more, Land Rover has now been sold
to Ford and so all those models (Land Rover, Range Rover etc.) will now be
produced
by them. Things are still changing and I'm still watching it, so I'll keep the
list posted if there is interest.
Alan
'77 Spitfire 1500
>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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