British Leyland Motor Corporation

Also known as BL

1968–1986 automotive manufacturing conglomerate

Key facts

Industry: Automotive
Predecessors: British Motor Holdings Leyland Motors
Founded: 17 January 1968 ; 58 years ago ( 1968-01-17 )
Founders: George Harriman Donald G. Stokes
Defunct: 1986 ; 40 years ago ( 1986 )
Fate: Renamed as Rover Group
Successor: Rover Group
Headquarters: Longbridge ( Austin Rover ), Birmingham , Cowley, Oxfordshire , United Kingdom
Key people: John Barber George Turnbull Sir Michael Edwardes Harold Musgrove Graham Day
Products: Motor vehicles
Brands: Austin Land Rover Leyland MG Riley Wolseley Vanden Plas Princess Jaguar Daimler Mini Innocenti Morris Rover Triumph Albion AEC Guy Scammell

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British Leyland Motor Corporation, BLMC, British Leyland, var en brittisk motorfordonstillverkare. British Leyland bildades genom sammanslagningen av British Motor Holdings och Leyland Motor Corporation 1968 och hade sitt huvudkontor i London. Koncernen när den var som störst var ägare till ca 95 procent av brittisk fordonsindustri. 1975-1978 hette bolaget British Leyland Limited och bytte namn 1978 till BL PLC.

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