Month: March 2000

The head of Rover has blamed the government-backed campaign against “rip-off Britain” for contributing to its sales crisis. Professor Werner Samann said the loss-making Rover group, which is being sold […]

At a meeting yesterday (24 March) between the Rover Dealer representatives and senior executives at Rover, a constructive discussion on key franchise issues took place. A number of questions were […]

Thousands of jobs could be at risk in Coventry and Warwickshire because of the sale of Rover by BMW. But 2,400 jobs at Gaydon are safe as they will be […]

Ford is to buy Land Rover from BMW, completing the German company’s break-up of the Rover group. The US car giant said it had a memorandum of understanding with BMW […]

Full statement by BMW on its break-up of Rover Cars. The Board of Management of the BMW Group has decided this week on the principal considerations in reorienting the Company […]

The break-up of UK car maker Rover has been described as “devastating” news for Birmingham. Leader of Birmingham City Council, Albert Bore, said he could not believe that “these decisions […]

The Rover Group was cobbled together from the remains of British Leyland, the state firm that combined all the mass production carmakers into one in the l960s. The firm was […]

Full text of statement by venture capital group Alchemy Partners on its acquisition of Rover Cars from BMW. Alchemy Partners is pleased to announce the impending launch of the MG […]

British union leaders have left a meeting with senior BMW managers in Munich, without securing assurances about the future of the loss-making Rover Group. Rover’s parent company, BMW, has said […]

BMW is reportedly losing one billion pounds a year at Rover. Much of that is one-offs, caused by an extensive redundancy programme, but a lot of it is due to […]

German car manufacturer BMW has admitted it is considering selling its troubled UK subsidiary, Rover. It is one of “several possibilities” it is considering, BMW has said. If BMW does […]

Land Rover has today announced a strong sales performance for the first two months of 2000. A total of 4186 vehicles were sold representing an increase of 5.1% compared to […]

German car giant BMW has denied reports in UK newspapers that it may scrap plans to invest £1.7bn ($2.7bn) at its Rover car factory in Longbridge if the pound stays […]