Month: March 1999

THE GUARDIAN By David Gow and Barbara Schmidt-Mattern Wolfgang Reitzle, the former BMW executive ousted last month in a boardroom battle over Rover, has been appointed chairman of Jaguar Cars, […]

THE INDEPENDENT Philip Thornton Transport Correspondent HOPES OF saving Rover’s car factory at Longbridge were dealt a severe blow last night after its German owner BMW rejected a British aid […]

THE GUARDIAN By David Gow, Industrial Editor Longbridge, the Rover plant, yesterday suffered two grievous blows to its future as BMW, the UK car group’s German owners, rejected a £118 […]

THE GUARDIAN By Tom Whitehouse in Moscow The classic Land Rover is to be assembled in Russia to cater for the booming demand for vehicles capable of negotiating its appalling […]

By David Gow, Industrial Editor New car to replace 200 and 400 series but Longbridge future still not secure BMW’s new chairman, Joachim Milberg, last night announced that the German […]

BBC Business: The Company File German carmaker BMW says production of new Rover models, the key to saving the Longbridge plant, could take place in either the UK or Hungary. […]

Marking four decades as the world’s favourite small car, the distinctive new Mini 40 Limited Edition combines elements from the 1960s with the very latest in style. The car comes […]

MG Cars has announced a celebration Limited Edition of the UK’s best-selling sports car, the MGF. Restricted to a production run of 2,000 the MGF 75th anniversary LE will be […]

MG Cars is unveiling the latest version of the MGF ‘Super Sports’ at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show. This new Super Sports is a prototype, high performance road-going derivative of […]