Rover Group PLC

Fate	Renamed
Successor	MG Rover Group
Founded	1986 (originally founded in 1975 as British Leyland Ltd later BL PLC)
Defunct	2000
Location	Longbridge, England
Industry	Automobiles
Products	Rover 75, MGF
Parent	Nationalised industry 1986-1987 British Aerospace 1987-1994 BMW 1994-2000
Subsidiary	Leyland Vehicles (until 1987); Land Rover Group; Austin Rover later Rover Cars

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After divesting of its commercial vehicle and bus manufacturing divisions the company by then consisting of the car manufacturing arm Austin Rover Group and the Land Rover Group, was privatised in 1988 by the sale of the company to the also formerly state owned British Aerospace who in 1994 sold the company on to German vehicle manufacturer BMW. The Austin Rover Group was a British motor manufacturer, which was formed from the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BL), and existed between 1982 and 1987. ... Land Rover Group was a division of British Leyland. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems. ... The world-wide recognized term, BMW, abbreviated for Bayerische Motoren Werke or in English Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ...

The remains of the Rover Group after its sale from BMW were then known as MG Rover Group. MG Rover was the last British-owned mass-production car manufacturer in the British motor industry. ...

Timeline

• 1986: BL plc (formerly British Leyland Ltd) renamed as Rover Group plc
• 1986: Rover SD1 production ceases after 10 years and the car is replaced by a new model called the Rover 800 - the result of a joint venture with Honda which led to the manufacture of the Rover 800 and the Honda Legend.
• 1987: The Leyland Trucks division (which by then included Freight Rover Vans) merged with DAF and then floated. (Note: After being declared bankrupt in 1993 the new DAF NV company split into three independent companies; the UK van operation became LDV, the Dutch operation resumed trading as DAF Trucks and the UK truck operation resumed trading as Leyland Trucks. Both truck operations were later acquired by PACCAR of the USA.)
• 1987: Leyland Bus floated off; bought by Volvo Buses in 1988
• 1987: Unipart spare parts division sold off via management buyout
• 1988: Rover Group privatised; sold to British Aerospace
• 1989: The new Rover 200 goes on sale, abandoning the four-door saloon bodystyle in favour of a three- and five-door hatchback. It is also sold as the Honda Concerto. Maestro and Montego production is scaled down as a result.
• 1990: The Rover 400 - saloon version of the Rover 200 - goes on sale. Also going into production is the heavily updated Metro, which features modernised body styling, a reworked interior and a new range of engines.
• 1991: The Rover 800 receives a major facelift.
• 1992: Convertible and Coupe versions of the Rover 200 are launched.
• 1993: The Rover 600 is launched, based on the Honda Accord but using Rover's own engines.
• 1994: An estate version of the Rover 400 is launched, along with an updated Metro which sees the 14-year-old nameplate shelved and rebadged as the Rover 100. Maestro and Montego production also ends. Rover Group sold to BMW.
• 1995: New versions of the Rover 200 and Rover 400 go on sale, though this time they are entirely different cars. The Rover 400 is a reworked, upmarket version of the latest Honda Civic, despite the Rover-Honda collaboration finishing a year earlier. The new MG F goes on sale, bringing back the MG badge on a mass-production sports car for the first time since 1980.
• 1998: The Rover 75 goes on sale as a successor to both the Rover 600 and Rover 800.
• 1999: The Rover 200 and Rover 400 are facelifted to be re-badged as the Rover 25 and Rover 45 respectively.
• 2000: Land Rover sold by BMW to Ford
• 2000: The new MINI launched by BMW, produced at the Cowley assembly plant.
• 2000: Remainder of company sold to the Phoenix Consortium for a nominal £10 and becomes the MG Rover Group^[1]

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