Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 06:49:33 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
CNN is reporting that Phoenix pays 10 Lbs for Rover, BMW pays 500 Million to Phoenix to cover costs. http://cnnfn.com/2000/05/09/europe/rover/ Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 09:16:14 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
Why didn't we pool our money together on the list and buy Rover? Surely we could have come up with $15. Then we could have gotten $766 million from BMW. Can you imagine the job we could do running Ro
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:09:40 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
You bet Mark, And how anout a new Spitfrie DOHV Turbo with a Getrag ^ speed. Larry -- Original Message -- From Mark the Shark <markie at gte.net> To: Jim Altman <jaltman@altlaw.com>; 'triumphs@autox.
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 14:17:30 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
I just saw this on the BBC site: BMW keeps the new Mini, to be produced at Cowley, and retains rights to the Triumph and Riley marque names. BMW had already agreed to sell Land Rover to Ford. I'm sor
Message text written by "Mark the Shark" BMW keeps the new Mini, to be produced at Cowley, and retains rights to the Triumph and Riley marque names. BMW had already agreed to sell Land Rover to Ford.
Hell, I'll pay $25 if they'll throw in a factory or two and a couple of hundred million to run them. -- George Richardson Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559LT - http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm G
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 23:27:16 -0400charset="Windows-1252"
I would agree with you about Phoenix only having one sportscar and that is and should be MG. I have to be practical here, MG is a much stronger brand name when associated with British sportscars. Wha
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 23:50:33 -0400charset="Windows-1252"
I just had a thought. Who will hold the rights to the Rover V8? Does Ford get it from the purchase of Land Rover? Does Rover retain the rights? Does BMW keep it? Mark Ascherl 1981 TR8 DHC FI Raleigh,
Message text written by INTERNET:EPRacer@aol.com Guys (and Chase and Molly): If I kick in an extra $, can I be Director of Motorsports? Lyn Pollock < Sure, but that will be your budget. ($1.00) Dave
Message text written by "Mark the Shark" Ford get it from the purchase of Land Rover? Does Rover retain the rights? Does BMW keep it? Mark Ascherl < I think that the rights are going to the highest b
I could be wrong but the new land rovers i believe have BMW designed engines in them now. I think ford will get to use the BMW engines for a while. THen you'll probably see the alum v8's from the jag
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 10:35:57 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
I didn't think of that (and neither did BMW)! What a great idea. They could have posted some fuzzy pictures of Longbridge from about 25 years ago and set a $15 reserve. Hell, they may haven driven th
According to Mark the Shark: I can see it all now. The return of the V8 MGB!! bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 22:01:39 +0100charset="iso-8859-1"
I have a much more cynical view on this "keeping the Triumph (and other) name " business, I think it is so that should Phoenix wish to market a car without the tarnished name of Rover bmw could recou
Message text written by Joe Curry would have paid 3 or 4 times the actual value of the company!!! :) Joe < What a clever idea! And when they divide up Micorsoft they can put the halves on E-bay and s