Calm down a little, people...
Terrence Banbury
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> From: Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)[SMTP:dmitchel@ford.com]
> Reply To: Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 8:19 AM
> To: 'Bowen, Patrick A RP2'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Commercial on TX TV last night
>
>
> Uhh, Patrick,
>
> Keep up with the news. BMW is selling Rover off in bits and pieces.
> It appears that Ford is buying Land Rover, and Alchemy is buying
> the Rover cars, MG and the old Mini and forming a company called
> MG Manufacturing or something similar. So, you pay attention.
> And I stand by what I wrote quoting John Mac.
>
>
> Doug
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bowen, Patrick A RP2 [mailto:PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:55 AM
> > To: 'Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)'; Bowen, Patrick A RP2;
> > spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Commercial on TX TV last night
> >
> >
> > OK, Second time people. Pay attention. Rover Group actually owns the
> > Marques of all the old British Cars, it is actually what is
> > left of the
> > whole British Leyland Conglomerate and a couple others.
> > Around 1994 or so
> > Rover Group was bought by BMW, hence Land Rover is now owned
> > and made by
> > BMW, and all cars that Land Rover makes (or might make) are in effect
> > owned/built by BMW as well. So are the new minis being made
> > by BMW or Rover
> > Group - the answer is YES and BOTH. They are built under Rover Group a
> > subsidiary of BMW. Jaguar is now owned by FORD and has absolutely no
> > connection to this.
> >
> >
> > Did we get it that time?
> > Patrick Bowen
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.) [mailto:dmitchel@ford.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:58 AM
> > To: 'Bowen, Patrick A RP2'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Commercial on TX TV last night
> >
> >
> > Well, as someone else has written, the _new_ Mini is going
> > to be built by BMW. The old Mini never went out of production,
> > and it is my understanding that Alchemy is to continue building
> > the old version for a year or two after the new one comes out.
> > John Mac. has said that BMIHT owns the names to all the BL cars,
> > and only licensed them to BMW. Not sure that that also applies to
> > Jaguar, nor how Land Rover fits into that.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bowen, Patrick A RP2 [mailto:PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 4:03 PM
> > > To: 'Thearthurhsmith@cs.com'; spitfires@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: Commercial on TX TV last night
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Speaking of Minis I read yesterday in the latest Popular
> > (Mechanics Or
> > > Science) I don't remember that they are making them again,
> > had a neat
> > > looking picture of the new ones. It stated they are to be
> > > sold in the U.S.
> > > It said they were being produced by Rover Group and the way
> > > they talked this
> > > was happening now, not as a concept.
> > >
> > > Patrick Bowen
> > > p.s. If anyone is interested it is I believe the latest
> > version of the
> > > magazine and the front page is titled "Secrets of the KGB"
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Thearthurhsmith@cs.com [mailto:Thearthurhsmith@cs.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:03 PM
> > > To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Commercial on TX TV last night
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 4/4/00 11:10:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > susan@bearcom.com writes:
> > >
> > > > The Italian Job, which I've not seen, but understand there
> > > > were several Minis going off cliffs in it.
> > >
> > > The movie was a drag. A whole lot of LBCs got smashed. The
> > > Mini chase was
> > > the
> > > high point. Not worth the $2 to rent.
> > >
> >
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