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The Rover Group plc was the name given in 1986 to the British state-owned company from 1975〔(Hansard: "Rover Group (Privatisation)" debate, 29 Mar 1988 )〕 vehicle manufacturer BL (formerly British Leyland). It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (comprising the Austin, Rover, Mini and MG marques), Land Rover Group, Freight Rover vans and Leyland Trucks. The Rover Group was owned by British Aerospace (BAe) from 1988 to 1994, when BAe sold the remaining car business to the German company BMW. The group was further broken up in 2000, when Ford acquired the Land Rover division, with the Rover and MG marques continuing with the much smaller MG Rover Group until 2005. Ownership of the original Rover Group marques is currently split between BMW (Germany), SAIC (China), and Tata Motors (India). SAIC Motor currently manufacturer under the MG brand. The MG6, MG3, MG5, MG6, MG350, MG550, MG750. MG Motor UK (mg.co.uk ) (a subsidiary of SAIC) assembly MG vehicles for the UK market at the former Rover Group factory in Longbridge Birmingham. They assemble the MG6 and MG3 (which are also sold within the UK through a dealer network of 50 sites). ==History== The Rover Group plc was formed by renaming BL plc in 1986, soon after the appointment by Margaret Thatcher of Canadian Graham Day to the position of Chairman and Managing Director of BL. After divesting of its commercial vehicle and bus manufacturing divisions the company then consisted of the car manufacturing arm Austin Rover Group and the Land Rover Group. This group was privatised in 1988 by the sale of the company to British Aerospace (BAe) for £150 million,〔 who retained Day as joint CEO and Chairman, and made Kevin Morley MD of Rover cars. The group changed its name again in 1989 to Rover Group Holdings Limited.〔 On 31 January 1994 BAe sold the company on to German vehicle manufacturer BMW〔Alan Pilkington (1996). ''Transforming Rover, Renewal against the Odds, 1981–94.'' Bristol Academic Press, Bristol, pp.199, ISBN 0-9513762-3-3〕〔 for £800 million (a takeover which caused uproar in the House of Commons), the name changing again in 1995 to BMW (UK) Holdings Limited.〔 Millions of pounds of investment by BMW failed to turn the company into profit.〔 It has been estimated that the entire Rover bankruptcy cost BMW fifteen billion Marks. In March 2000, BMW announced its plans to sell the Rover Group. Within two months, much of the group had been sold. 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「Rover Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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