Rover is a British car brand used for a hundred years from 1904, when the Rover Company of Coventry added cars to its bicycle business, to 2005, when MG Rover collapsed. It was a respected maker of well engineered family and executive saloons such as the P4, P5 and P6, and in 1970 the firm created the Range Rover. The marque passed through Leyland, British Leyland, the Rover Group, British Aerospace, BMW and MG Rover, with Honda a partner on the models of the 1980s and 1990s. Its rights now sit with Jaguar Land Rover and the brand is dormant.
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Founded Year SignificanceA century long British car marque, maker of the P5 and P6 saloons, the SD1 and the Rover 75 and the originator of the Range Rover. 1 Ownership HistoryBMW, which kept the Rover trademark until it sold the rights to Ford in 2006; Ford and then Tata Motors through Jaguar Land Rover since 1 Ownership HistoryLeyland Motor Corporation and British Leyland, from 1966 to the 1986 renaming of the group 1 Ownership HistoryMG Rover Group, which used the Rover name under licence from BMW, from 2000 to 2005 1 Ownership HistoryRover Company, from the first cars in 1904 until its absorption by Leyland in 1966 and 1967 1 Ownership HistoryRover Group, from 1986, owned by British Aerospace from 1988 and by BMW from 1994 1 Dissolved Year Rover
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BMW retained ownership of the Rover trademark, allowing MG Rover to use it under licence.
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as it passed first through the hands of British Aerospace and then into the ownership of BMW Group
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through various groups within British Leyland (BL) through the 1970s and into the 1980s
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BMW sold the rights to the Rover trademark to Ford in 2006 for approximately
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The rights to the trademark are currently held by Jaguar Land Rover
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BMW retained ownership of the Rover trademark, allowing MG Rover to use it under licence.
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It was launched as a bicycle maker called Rover Company in 1878, before starting to manufacture autocars in 1904.
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The Rover brand then became the flagship marque of the newly and eponymously renamed Rover Group in 1988
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Rover was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and cars.
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Rover is a British automotive brand that was used for over a century, from 1904 to 2005.
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before starting to manufacture autocars in 1904
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Rover is a British automotive brand that was used for over a century, from 1904 to 2005.
Lead paragraph, Viking logo
The marque used the Viking longship as its logo.
Lead paragraph, Leyland absorption
Despite being first absorbed by the Leyland Motor Corporation (LMC) in 1966
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the Rover marque retained its identity
History, flagship
The Rover brand then became the flagship marque of the newly and eponymously renamed Rover Group in 1988
History, MG Rover
BMW retained ownership of the Rover trademark, allowing MG Rover to use it under licence.
History, trademark sale
BMW sold the rights to the Rover trademark to Ford in 2006
View the Source Rover 9 (Wikipedia)
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The Rover 9 is a small car produced by Britain's Rover car company.
Rover-BRM (Wikipedia)
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The Rover-BRM was a prototype gas turbine-powered racing car, jointly developed in the early 1960s by the British companies Rover and British Racing Motors (BRM).
Rover CCV (Wikipedia)
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The Rover CCV is a concept car shown by the British car company Austin Rover Group at the Turin Motor Show 1986 under the Rover marque.
Rover JET1 (Wikipedia)
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The Rover JET1 was a wheel driven gas turbine engined car originally built in Solihull in 1949/1950 by the Rover Company, and modified to a more aerodynamic style in 1952.
Rover Meteor (Wikipedia)
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The Rover Meteor was a short-lived 2½-litre or 2-litre medium-sized car made by The Rover Company Limited of Meteor Works Coventry.
Rover Nizam (Wikipedia)
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The Rover Nizam was a small light-weight two seater sports bodied version of the 1931/32 Rover 10/25.
Rover P6BS (Wikipedia)
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Rover P6BS a.k.a. Leyland Eight GE (Group experimental) was a prototype from Rover for a mid-engines sports car.
Rover Scarab (Wikipedia)
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The Rover Scarab was a convertible four seater intended to sell at £85, and had a V-twin engine of only 839 cc, which was rear mounted.
Rover Streetwise (Wikipedia)
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The Rover Streetwise is a compact British car made by MG Rover.
Rover T3 (Wikipedia)
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Rover T3 is a gas turbine-powered coupé developed in the 1950s by the Rover Company.
Rover Two-litre (Wikipedia)
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The Rover Two-litre was a mid-size luxury open tourer, saloon or limousine produced from 1927 by the Rover Company of Coventry and available through to 1932.
Rover 200 Coupé (Wikipedia)
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The Rover 200 Coupé is a two-door coupé that was produced by Rover
Rover 25 (Wikipedia, French)
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La Rover 25 est une automobile
Rover 45 (Wikipedia, French)
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La Rover 45 est une automobile
Peugeot TUD engine (1993-1998) (Motor Car History)
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Rover : 114D and Mini Metro 100.
Rover V8 engine (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by Rover in the United Kingdom
Land Rover engines (Wikipedia)
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Rover had gained vital experience and knowledge in developing small diesel engines.
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this enabled Rover to fit it to their P4 saloon car as the Rover 80
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