Month: February 1999

THE INDEPENDENT BY DAVID BRIERLEY INDUSTRY minister Stephen Byers is expected to announce a £200m subsidy for a new generation of Rover cars within the fortnight. On Thursday, he will […]

THE INDEPENDENT Motoring: The Mini still has a role in Rover’s future The Mini nowadays is old and inadequate, but it soldiers on because of the world’s nostalgic view of […]

NEW YORK TIMES By WILLIAM DIEM THE recent turmoil at BMW, where the top two executives were removed last week, fanning takeover rumors, has a simple explanation. Rover Group, the […]

THE INDEPENDENT By Michael Harrison BMW IS considering building a new generation of small-to- medium sized cars and utility vehicles at Rover’s Longbridge plant in Birmingham, provided the Government contributes […]

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Trouble Is Nothing New at a Rover Auto Plant in Britain By ALAN COWELL If Rover Group P.L.C.’s sprawling auto assembly plant here had a middle name, it […]

THE INDEPENDENT By Nigel Cope Associate City Editor THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE of Rover’s Longbridge plant looks to have been secured after the troubled car group confirmed that the new Mini […]

THE INDEPENDENT BY JULIAN KOSSOFF SENIOR cabinet ministers and anxious union leaders last night appealed to the new head of BMW not to abandon the 14,000 workers at Rover’s Longbridge […]

THE INDEPENDENT Rover crisis: Byers pledges to save Longbridge By Michael Harrison Business Editor THE GOVERNMENT yesterday made it clear that BMW would be offered aid from the taxpayer to […]

MANAGEMENT TODAY UK: The Davidson Interview – Nick Scheele. – The Jaguar chairman’s flair for the theatrical is perhaps not surprising; he is the product of a school which counts […]

Rover has confirmed launch prices of the all-new Rover 75. Starting at £19,525 (on the road) for the 1.8 ‘Club’ model, the 16 model range line-up extends through to the […]