Keith Adams presents the full and unexpurgated story of BMC>Rover from 1952 to 2005, presented in ten separate chapters.
The history of BMC>Rover has been a long and turbulent one, and is a story with many twists and turns. The future looks just as perilous for the company. These articles should help any reader begin to make some sense of it all.
The Whole Story
Keith Adams presents the full and unexpurgated story of BMC>Rover from 1952 to 2005, presented in ten separate chapters. |
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MG Rover: the road to perdition
Long time austin-rover.co.uk contributor and inside voice, IAN ELLIOTT leads us through the history of BMC>Rover, as first appeared in Vehicle Engineer. He discusses the mergers, acquisitions and events that lead us to the end as we know it of MG Rover at Longbridge. |
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A manufacturing perspective
Michael Wynn-Williams delves into the past of BMC>Rover, and explains how it was built-up and then lost. |
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The Ryder Report
Keith Adams gives a brief overview of what happened when BLMC went bust, and the company moved into public control. |
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The secret product plans
Keith Adams looks into the product plans of BL during its darkest years - in the first part of a series, he reveals the tricks that Rover-Triumph had up its sleeve for the Eighties, and how it intended to replace the SD1 and MGB. |
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Company Timeline
The history of BMC>Rover from 1952-2000 divided up into bitesize chunks, as compiled by Keith Adams and Declan Berridge... |
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Connections
No car company exists entirely in isolation: it is in the nature of the industry that everything from components to expertise will be shared at some point or another. Here Declan Berridge takes a look at some of the events, projects and people that led to connections arising between the various BMC>Rover companies and their fellow manufacturers. |
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Anniversaries
An interactive guide to dates and times in BMC>Rover's
history, by Declan Berridge. |
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News
From 2003 to date, austin-rover.co.uk has been reporting on the company's fortunes - from the optimistic launch of the MG Zeds to the sad fall into administration. The fortunes of the RDX60 neatly encapsulated the company's fall from grace... |
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Sales
MG Rover's pan-European sales, and British sales from 2002-2005... |
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Production figures
Production figures for BMC>Rover cars produced between 1959 and 2005. All data broken down into individual models... |
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Brand ownership
After the sell-off of the Rover Group, model and brand name ownership became something of a distributed affair. After MG Rover went into administration, many of the marques headed to China. If you ever wanted to know who owns what nameplate, check out this page... |
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Project Drive
The controversial plan to save MG Rover on production costs is finally laid bare... |
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