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Humber Limited was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and motor vehicles incorporated and listed on the stock exchange in 1887. It took the name Humber & Co Limited because of the high reputation of the products of one of the constituent businesses that had belonged to Thomas Humber. A financial reconstruction in 1899 transferred its business to Humber Limited. From an interest in motor vehicles beginning in 1896, the motor division became much more important than the cycle division and the cycle trade marks were sold to Raleigh in 1932. The motorcycles were withdrawn from sale during the depression of the 1930s. Humber is now a dormant marque for automobiles as well as cycles. Following their involvement in Humber through Hillman in 1928 the Rootes brothers〔"In December 1928 Rootes Limited, the well-known Distributors of Motor Vehicles, acquired an important financial interest in the Company and since then great improvement in the methods of manufacture and sales including the re-equipment of the Works on up-to-date lines, has taken place. In July 1932 a thorough reorganization of the financial structure of the Company was effected, unproductive capital being written off and new capital introduced, and Mr W E Rootes and Mr R C Rootes joined the Board of the Company." Humber Limited, prospectus for the issue of preference shares. ''The Times'', Thursday, Feb 07, 1935; pg. 19; Issue 46982; col. F.〕 acquired 60 per cent of Humber's ordinary capital, sufficient for a controlling interest. The two Rootes brothers joined the Humber board in 1932 and began to make Humber the holding company for vehicle manufacturing members of what became their Rootes Group. By 1960 annual production was around 200,000 vehicles. Previous insistence on Rootes family control, however, may have led to under-capitalisation of the business. Building a brand new car, the Hillman Imp, proved beyond Humber, and Rootes Group resources and their business were bought by the Chrysler Corporation in 1967. ==Ownership and control== * Private investors from incorporation and first listing in 1887 * Amalgamation with Hillman 1928, Hillman newly controlled by Rootes brothers * Rootes Securities acquires 60 per cent of Humber, Hillman is made a Humber subsidiary 1932 * Chrysler Corporation acquires control of Rootes Motors (colloquially "Rootes Group") 1967 ;Wholly owned operating subsidiaries * Commercial Cars 1925 * Hillman (merger 1929 — subsidiary 1930) * Thrupp & Maberly 1926 — ex Rootes Securities 1932 * Sunbeam-Talbot Darracq — S.T.D. Motors 1934 * Karrier Motors 1934 * British Light Steel Pressings 1937 * Tilling-Stevens 1950 (partly owned until February 1964) * Singer Motors 1956 (partly owned until February 1964) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Humber Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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