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Rover

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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.

Facts
Founded Year
1904 1
Significance
A 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 History
BMW, 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 History
Leyland Motor Corporation and British Leyland, from 1966 to the 1986 renaming of the group 1
Ownership History
MG Rover Group, which used the Rover name under licence from BMW, from 2000 to 2005 1
Ownership History
Rover Company, from the first cars in 1904 until its absorption by Leyland in 1966 and 1967 1
Ownership History
Rover Group, from 1986, owned by British Aerospace from 1988 and by BMW from 1994 1
Dissolved Year
2005 1
Connections

Has Vehicles

1952 Rover P4, Vehicles
1953 Rover P4, Vehicles
1954 Rover P4, Vehicles
1955 Rover P4, Vehicles
1956 Rover P4, Vehicles
1958 Rover P4, Vehicles
1958 Rover P5, Vehicles
1959 Rover P4, Vehicles
1959 Rover P5, Vehicles
1960 Rover P5, Vehicles
1961 Rover P5, Vehicles
1962 Rover P5, Vehicles
1963 Rover P5, Vehicles
1963 Rover P6, Vehicles
1964 Rover P4, Vehicles
1964 Rover P6, Vehicles
1965 Rover P5, Vehicles
1966 Rover P6, Vehicles
1967 Rover P5, Vehicles
1967 Rover P6, Vehicles
1968 Rover P6, Vehicles
1970 Rover P6, Vehicles
1971 Rover P5, Vehicles
1971 Rover P6, Vehicles
1972 Rover P5, Vehicles
1973 Rover P5, Vehicles
1973 Rover P6, Vehicles
1975 Rover P6, Vehicles
1976 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1977 Rover P6, Vehicles
1977 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1978 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1980 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1981 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1982 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1984 Rover 200 and 25, Vehicles
1985 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1986 Rover 800 series, Vehicles
1986 Rover SD1, Vehicles
1988 Rover 800 series, Vehicles
1989 Rover 200 and 25 (R8), Vehicles
1989 Rover 200 and 25 (SD3), Vehicles
1990 Rover 400 and 45, Vehicles
1990 Rover 800 series, Vehicles
1990 Rover Metro and 100, Vehicles
1991 Rover 200 and 25, Vehicles
1991 Rover 400 and 45, Vehicles
1991 Rover 800 series, Vehicles
1991 Rover Metro and 100, Vehicles
1992 Rover 200 and 25, Vehicles

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BMW Group

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)History, trademark retainedtier 2
Quote, History, trademark retained
BMW retained ownership of the Rover trademark, allowing MG Rover to use it under licence.
British Aerospace

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)History, British Aerospacetier 2
Quote, History, British Aerospace
as it passed first through the hands of British Aerospace and then into the ownership of BMW Group
British Leyland

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)Lead paragraph, British Leyland yearstier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph, British Leyland years
through various groups within British Leyland (BL) through the 1970s and into the 1980s
Ford Motor Company

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)History, trademark saletier 2
Quote, History, trademark sale
BMW sold the rights to the Rover trademark to Ford in 2006 for approximately
Jaguar Land Rover

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)Lead paragraph, trademarktier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph, trademark
The rights to the trademark are currently held by Jaguar Land Rover
MG Rover Group

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)History, MG Rovertier 2
Quote, History, MG Rover
BMW retained ownership of the Rover trademark, allowing MG Rover to use it under licence.
Rover Company

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)Lead paragraph, originstier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph, origins
It was launched as a bicycle maker called Rover Company in 1878, before starting to manufacture autocars in 1904.
Rover Group

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Source Wikipedia: Rover (marque)History, flagshiptier 2
Quote, History, flagship
The Rover brand then became the flagship marque of the newly and eponymously renamed Rover Group in 1988
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Rover (marque)
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, marque history
    Rover is a British automotive brand that was used for over a century, from 1904 to 2005.
  • Lead paragraph, first cars
    before starting to manufacture autocars in 1904
  • Lead paragraph, last year
    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
  • Lead paragraph, British Leyland years
    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
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