About the brand ❤️
British Leyland was a major British automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate created in 1968 by merging British Motor Holdings and Leyland Motor Corporation, bringing together many of the UK’s iconic marques under one umbrella. At its height, the company controlled around 40 % of the British car market and produced a vast range of vehicles, including cars, trucks and buses from brands such as Austin, Morris, Jaguar, Rover, Triumph, Land Rover, MG and the Mini. Plagued by industrial strife, quality issues and financial difficulties throughout the 1970s, it was partly nationalised by the British government in 1975 and restructured as BL in 1978. Continued challenges led to a major reorganisation in the 1980s, and in 1986 the company was renamed the Rover Group, marking the end of British Leyland as an independent entity. Its successor companies and former marques have since been sold off or reorganised; for example, Jaguar Land Rover is now owned by Tata Motors, and other brands continue under different corporate owners. British Leyland remains a significant chapter in British industrial history, symbolising both the strength and the struggles of the UK’s mid-20th-century automotive industry.
Founded: 1968
Closed: 1986
Headquarters:
Longbridge, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
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