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British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings.
Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was an English vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company diversified into car manufacturing with its acquisitions of Triumph and Rover in 1960 and 1967, respectively.
Jun 30, 2024 · British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd., historic British automotive corporation. It was formed through the 1968 merger of British Motor Holdings Ltd. and Leyland Motor Corp. Ltd. to create the entities known as British Leyland Motor Corporation, Ltd. (1968–75), and British Leyland Limited.
Jun 4, 2024 · But that didn’t stop some interesting machines from emerging, several of them legends, before the increasingly stained British Leyland (BL) name was eliminated, in 1986. Join us as we take a ...
The British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC), was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968. Ultimately it would become nationalised as British Leyland, often referred to as just BL. In 1986 it was renamed to Rover Group .
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Jan 17, 2018 · Learn how the British government brokered the deal between Leyland Motors and British Motor Corporation to create the second largest motor manufacturing group outside the US. Find out the challenges, benefits and consequences of the merger that formed British Leyland.
Jan 5, 2014 · How did the British motor industry decline in the 1960s and 1970s? This article explores the political, economic and social factors that shaped the British Leyland story, from the Mini to the EEC.
