Except that BMW just sold Rover to Ford.
Laura
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bowen, Patrick A RP2 <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
To: 'Mitchell, Douglas (D.B.)' <dmitchel@ford.com>; Bowen, Patrick A RP2
<PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 4:55 AM
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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