Re: rover

[John Cave <cavej@mcmaster.ca>]

The chief negoiator for Phoenix  has said B.M.W. was insistant it would not
release the Triumph or Riley brands, so insistant were they that it almost
broke the deal. So who knows.
       john

"Banbury, Terrence" wrote:

> Why would they care to retain them?  Future plans or do they simply want to
> deny others the opportunity to compete against them using these names?
>
> > ----------
> > From:         John Cave[SMTP:cavej@mcmaster.ca]
> > Reply To:     John Cave
> > Sent:         Monday, May 15, 2000 1:14 PM
> > To:   Spitfire List
> > Subject:      rover
> >
> >
> > Been away so you may already be aware of this Rover group has been
> > bought by Phoenix Plc from B.M.W. the only old English
> > names B.M.W. would not give up were TRIUMPH and RILEY.
> >                         Regards John Cave
> >