Month: April 1970

British Leyland plans to expand its production of Minis in Spain and to export from there to the rest of Europe. In the growing Continental market for British Leyland cars, […]

The shortage of windscreen glass has already brought the Jaguar plant in Coventry the standstill. making 1,700 workers idle, and Rover has laid off 1,700 workers at its Solihull assembly […]

End Of The Minor The Morris Minor saloon is to be phased out of production at the end of this year, British Leyland Motor Corporation announced yesterday. But the Minor […]

DAILY EXPRESS By David Jack Europe’s most wanted cars came to a halt on the assembly lines last night. REASON: A crippling; shortage of glass caused by the unofficial strike […]

THE GUARDIAN By GEOFFREY WHITELEY, Northern Labour Correspondent Workers will be laid off at two Midlands car plants today because of production difficulties created by the unofficial strike which has […]

DAILY EXPRESS Five hundred assembly men who have been on strike at the Jaguar plant in Coventry voted yesterday to return to work today. All vehicle production at Rover’s Solihull, […]

THE GUARDIAN AUSTIN’S ANACHRONISM Eric Dymock tests the Austin 3-litre Depending on your criteria for style, you may describe the Austin 3-litre as functional, or plain, or perhaps an architectural […]

THE GUARDIAN By Anthony Harris While the motor industry continues to hope for some relief in the Budget, the situation with ten days to go is that many models are […]

Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, yesterday met leaders of 40,000 white-collar workers as part of his plan to improve labour relations within his car empire. National officers of the […]