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Archive : Rover 75 – just the job
OXFORD MAIL Just the job THOUSANDS of new jobs will be created in Oxfordshire with the launch of Rover’s new Cowley-built executive car. Around 1,000 will be taken on at […]
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Archive : BMW looks for Rover return
New launch needs to make a start on repaying a £2bn investment. David Brierley reports Tomorrow, the Land Rover Freelander goes on sale in Britain. The fourth new model in […]
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Archive : New 200 vital to success in toughest market
RUSSELL HOTTEN Car buyers get their first look at the important new Rover 200 today as the UK company unveils its challenger to the Ford Escort and Volkswagen Golf, writes […]
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Archive : As British as the Japanese can make
JONATHAN GLANCEY, THE INDEPENDENT The Rover 600 is a triumph of foreign know-how and bolt-on nostalgia. Jonathan Glancey welcomes it THIRTY years ago Rover unveiled its 2000 model, a four-door […]
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Archive : Rover’s new pair launched
ROVER – The MG RV8 and Rover 200 Coupe are announced.
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Archive : Metro secrets given to Ford
THE GUARDIAN The Department of Trade and Industry confirmed yesterday that Austin Rover was required to give confidential commercial information to its principal rival, Ford, at the height of merger […]
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Archive : Rover and Honda agree to build new car
THE GUARDIAN ROVER AND HONDA AGREE TO BUILD NEW FAMILY CAR By Andrew Cornelius, Industrial Correspondent Rover, the state owned vehicles group, yesterday signed a deal with Japanese car manufacturer, […]
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Archive : Rover 800 is launched
THE GUARDIAN Austin Rover chairman Harold Musgrove on the new Rover 800. “I cannot over-emphasise just how important this car is, not only to the company but to the country. […]
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Archive : Rover SD1 launch in British Leyland Mirror
To celebrate the launch of the Rover 3500 SD1, the British Leyland Mirror turned over its entire editorial content to this vitally important new car. Enjoy all 32 pages. Images […]
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Archive : Rover P5B ends today
On this day the last 15 Rover P5Bs came off the production at Solihull. Rover P5 development story Rover P5 – the Greatest
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Archive : How the Rover P6 is made
How the Rover 2000 is made A look at the Solihull assembly plant Having eulogised elsewhere in this issue about the present-day 2-litre P6 Rover, I thought I had better […]
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Archive : Rover P6 is launched today
£10m INVESTED For Rovers the launching of the new car represents the biggest revolution in plant and production methods in their history. The development programme has occupied five years, during […]