1555:"The Rootes car showroom and workshops, Mill Street, Maidstone, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The building is of architectural interest as an example of a Modernist motorcar showroom and workshops which retains a significant proportion of its original fabric. * The building is of architectural interest due to its grand scale, town-centre location and picturesque setting adjacent to the Len mill pond, which distinguishes it from other buildings associated with the motorcar industry during this phase of early motoring. * The building is a prominent manifestation of a hugely successful British car manufacturer, built in a period when the expansion of car ownership was having a revolutionary impact on the physical and social fabric of the nation."
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would still exceed those of
Chrysler. The purchase was completed in October 1964. During 1966 the holdings were increased to 45 per cent of the ordinary shares and 65 per cent of the non-voting shares and in January 1967 holdings were increased to about two-thirds of Rootes Motors capital. It was renamed Chrysler UK on 30 June 1970.
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when it was launched in the autumn of 1985, and was the first
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plant in London, with knock-on problems down the supply chain. By the mid-1960s, Rootes was progressively taken over by
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Hillman when purchased had been making large cars. They introduced a straight-eight soon after
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would have on their holdings and their businesses and the two brothers offered one quarter of Rootes Motors' ordinary shares to current holders of Rootes preference shares. Further issues of preference shares and debenture stock followed in
November 1954 and November 1959. Rootes Acceptances Limited,
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The intellectual property owned by the former Rootes Group (including dormant marque and model names) was divided up between
Chrysler and PSA Peugeot-Citroën following the divestment of the company's assets in 1978; and still appear from time to time on both companies' products - for example Peugeot
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Horizon, Alpine and Solara) continued to be built at Ryton, using the resurrected Talbot badge from 1979. However, the Talbot-badged models declined in popularity over the next few years, with sales dropping from nearly 120,000 on the UK market in 1979 to around 25,000 in
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Chrysler had spent much of the 1970s unsuccessfully trying to integrate its Rootes and Simca ranges into one, coherent whole. The traditionally engineered, rear-wheel-drive cars of the
British division had limited appeal outside the UK, although the Avenger and Hunter—the first locally assembled car
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was renamed
Chrysler France at the same time), and subsequently disappeared from the public sphere. The various Rootes marques were progressively phased out during the 1970s. Only Hillman was left by 1977, when it, too, was shelved in favour of the Chrysler name. The Commer name was also phased out
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A 289 cu in (4,736 cm) model followed in 1967, but few were built as it was considered inappropriate for a
Chrysler vehicle to be powered by Ford. Consideration was given to installing a Chrysler V8 in the Tiger, but their engines were larger and heavier than the Ford engines, and the
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would take a 30 per cent interest in their ordinary capital offering current shareholders double the market price and a 50 per cent share in the non-voting preference capital for almost three times market price. The purchase would leave control in British hands. On completion Rootes family holdings
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and the new capital repaid the Prudential and Midland Bank loans. The listed shares however were preference shares. The equity capital remained in the hands of the Rootes family now with new partner Prudential who had taken up all of the offered £1,000,000 of ordinary shares. External shareholders
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By the early 1970s, Chrysler Europe was working on the development of two new family car ranges which would be produced at both its British and French plants, and sold under both the Chrysler and Simca marques on the relevant markets - similar to the integration of British and German model ranges
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a three-door hatchback based on the Avenger floorpan, was introduced in 1977 as successor to the Hillman Imp. Also, Chrysler UK made a significant contribution to the design of Chrysler's European range. As well as the Alpine and Sunbeam, there was the saloon derivative of the Alpine, the Talbot
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The Imp itself was underdeveloped, and the build quality and reliability problems, coupled with buyer apathy towards the design were reflected in poor sales. After a reasonably successful start in 1963–65, the Imp did not sell well. Lost production caused by frequent strike action at Linwood and
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A new Rootes Limited was incorporated in 1933 to hold the very profitable core business of the Rootes brothers: the motor distribution and servicing functions, and its extension and development of export markets. It had been the largest truck and car distributor in the United Kingdom in 1924 and
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Production at the plant ceased on 12 December 2006. It marked the end of nearly 60 years of car manufacturing at Ryton, and severed the motor industry's final remaining direct link with the Rootes Group. More than 2,000 jobs were lost as a result of the factory's closure. It was demolished soon
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models. There was also a special Sceptre edition of the 205, 405 and the 605 SRi models. This used a black plastic badge with the chrome effect Sceptre cursive script similar to that on the sideflashes of the '60s saloons. In the case of the Peugeot cars, the Sceptre badging was applied to the
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Rootes Motors Limited was the new name assumed 16 November 1949 of holding company Rootes Securities Limited. Substantially the whole of 1917's initial capital had been provided by the two Rootes brothers. Thereafter the business's expansion was financed by retained profits supplemented where
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Unfortunately, with its problems in the US, Chrysler did not have the capital to invest in refreshing their entire product range, and sales of the older designs stagnated in the face of more modern competition. Also, the production facilities were outmoded, industrial relations problems were
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hatchback, launched in 1977 kept the Rootes lineage alive, although the Alpine name was still in use and later Alpine and Solara special edition models were given the old Rootes model names, Minx and Rapier. The rights to the Rapier name remained with the successors of the company, and were
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and Acton. There was a wholly owned assembly plant in Australia and similar facilities owned with associates in Argentina, Republic of Ireland and India. From Devonshire House in Piccadilly the original business, the marketing subsidiary, directed operations at five branches in Kent, their
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marque from the pages of Rootes' history to re-badge the former Chrysler and Simca badged models. Whilst Ryton was saved, PSA took little interest in the heavy commercial vehicles and the former Commer/Dodge/Karrier truck and van factory was run in conjunction with the trucks division of
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commenced manufacturing the Hillman Avenger-based Dodge 1500, and this car continued in production until 1990. During its last 10 years of production it was badged as a Volkswagen after that firm acquired Chrysler's Argentine business. There was also a Brazilian variant until 1980.
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Rootes was able to report a pre-tax profit of just £3.8 million. It was the first reported profit since 1964 and compared with a pretax loss of £10.7 million in the year ending in 1966. Lack of funds for new model investment was a striking feature of the company's final decade.
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At this time employees totalled 17,000. Rootes owned, on average, about 80 per cent of the capital of its subsidiaries. The manufacturing subsidiaries were held through partly owned Humber Limited. Manufacture was carried out in three factories in Coventry with more at Luton,
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In the late 1960s, Chrysler endeavoured to market the Rootes cars in the US. These efforts proved unsuccessful. Marketing in the US was impeded by an inability to offer cars for sale during part of 1968, as the Rootes cars could not comply with exhaust emission requirements.
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2-stroke 3-cylinder engine, with 2 opposed inward facing pistons per cylinder, which drove the crankshaft through bell cranks. The 3.25 litre engine developed 90 hp (67 kW), equivalent to contemporary 4-stroke diesel engines of more than twice the capacity.
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In 1919 the distribution of cars and commercial vehicles resumed and operations extended to London and other part of the country. As early as 1924 Rootes had become the largest truck and car distributor in the United Kingdom. They advertised that their showrooms in
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by 1914 and there he contracted to repair aero engines. In 1917 he formed Rootes Limited to buy the Maidstone branch of his father's motor business, founded by his father in 1897, to expand his aircraft engine repair business and the manufacture of aircraft parts.
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bread and butter member of the Rootes range. Sunbeam continued its sports appeal but downsizing postwar to small to medium-sized cars. Humber made the larger luxury passenger vehicles, Snipes and variants, and luxury mid-size cars ending with the compact
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William Rootes' particular business skills were in marketing. Rootes brothers' manufacturing business was best known for solid, dependable, well-engineered middle-market vehicles always of attractive appearance. Well-known Rootes models include the
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The Imp was finally discontinued in 1976, and the Hunter followed it three years later (although it continued to be produced in Iran). Indeed, componentry for the Iranian version of the car was a successful UK export during the 1980s.
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continued to hold a large proportion of Humber Limited. The preference shares issued to the public by Humber remained listed. In addition there were external shareholdings in the Rootes Acceptances vehicle exporting business and in
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has used the names Minx, Rapier and Sceptre on various occasions, and on one occasion considered a second resurrection of the Talbot marque as a new budget brand - whilst Chrysler has reused the Avenger nameplate on the
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to reach a total of 30,000 units sold in its 12-year lifespan—were both relatively successful in New Zealand. Hunter production continued there and in Ireland until 1979, and it was built in Iran by Iran Khodro as the
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generated the capital to buy manufacturer Hillman, merge Hillman with manufacturer Humber and give the Rootes brothers control of Humber and the manufacturing subsidiaries they would have Humber buy.
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convertible was moderately successful in the US market. Rootes considered that the Alpine's sales would be improved with a more powerful model. As a result, in 1964 they introduced the
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and Reginald, made prosperous by their very successful distribution and servicing business, were keen to enter manufacturing for closer control of the products they were selling.
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and Samba all finishing production in May 1986, and the last Horizon models leaving the production lines in Spain and Finland a year later. The Talbot brand survived on the
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was disparaging of the Rootes operation, writing that Chrysler should never have bought it. Chrysler UK continued with a range of rear-wheel-drive family cars such as the
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Chrysler was also keen to take control of the struggling firm as it wished to have its own wholly independent European subsidiaries like archrivals
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was a design consultant to Rootes; evidence of his influence is most readily seen in the 1956 Audax range of cars, which included the contemporary
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and returned to Linwood once they had been assembled. Completed Imps returned south to Ryton, resulting in a 600-mile (970 km) round trip.
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1366:. The demise of Linwood also meant the demise of the Talbot Sunbeam after just four years in production. Its successor was the French built
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service department and Birmingham and Manchester branches together with distribution companies overseas sometimes jointly owned.
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in the naming of Rootes Hall, one of its largest halls of residence, on the main campus site on the outskirts of Coventry.
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car factory. The main access to the redevelopment, Shrewsbury Street, is named after the founder of Clément-Talbot,
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in the UK, to be the new managing director of the Rootes Group. Hunt's appointment was made with the support of
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manufacturer and, separately, a major motor distributors and dealers business. From headquarters in the
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engine design (originally used for a fire pump). It was intended to be a response from Rootes to rival
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1873:The Uprooting of Rootes goes ahead
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5683:Caparo Vehicle Technologies
1834:Chrysler funds for Rootes?
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4923:Roger Dowson Engineering
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1981:. Accessed 26 April 2019
1696:29 December 1950 page 10
1516:Rootes' contribution to
1256:European Car of the Year
1215:Chrysler Fevre Argentina
1153:Iacocca—an Autobiography
776:Hillman Minx Series IIIC
706:. Production included a
6309:Charles Chetwynd-Talbot
5582:Grayson Thermal Systems
4534:British United Traction
2266:– companies and marques
2009:(archived, 29 Oct 2005)
1886:Rootes now Chrysler UK
1838:6 December 1966 page 12
1761:30 December 1955 page 8
1748:26 October 1959 page 17
1735:15 October 1954 page 11
1680:21 November 1949 page 8
1616:21 November 1949 page 8
1285:Only the Avenger-based
1066:William Geoffrey Rootes
949:OHC engine, based on a
3511:Peerless & Warwick
3145:BLMC / British Leyland
2742:British Motor Heritage
2700:BLMC / British Leyland
1851:18 January 1967 page 1
1808:Motor Firms' Big Deal
1744:Rootes Motors Limited
1692:Rootes Motors Limited
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5911:Pinewood Technologies
5100:Castle Bromwich plant
4843:Ford World Rally Team
4721:Shelvoke & Drewry
4676:Metro Cammell Weymann
3933:General Motors Europe
3620:General Motors Europe
2804:Nuffield Organization
2076:Subsidiaries / brands
2007:Rootes Archive Centre
2002:at Wikimedia Commons
1722:3 October 1950 page 9
1709:3 October 1950 page 6
1630:25 April 2008 page 28
1522:University of Warwick
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6119:Top Gear (TV series)
6048:Coach & Bus Week
5798:Jack Barclay Bentley
2654:Aston Martin Lagonda
2639:Aston Martin Lagonda
2264:British car industry
1667:2 March 1950 page 11
1443:would be shifted to
1093:Chrysler (1967–1978)
1037:, its successor the
849:in 1954, based on a
768:Post-war development
756:with its subsidiary
749:Postwar acquisitions
712:Handley Page Halifax
601:Thrupp & Maberly
371:Prudential Assurance
61:improve this article
32:Roots Blower Company
6112:Top Gear (magazine)
5871:Halfords Autocentre
5713:Laycock Engineering
4938:Triple Eight Racing
4838:Engine Developments
4766:Wales & Edwards
4686:Morrison-Electricar
4656:London Taxi Company
4458:Multidrive Vehicles
3847:Potenza Sports Cars
2832:Morris Garages (MG)
2613:Rolls-Royce Limited
2598:Armstrong Whitworth
2525:Rolls-Royce Limited
2520:Rolls-Royce Limited
1877:1 July 1970 page 27
1812:5 June 1964 page 12
1320:PSA Peugeot-Citroen
1148:nameplate by 1976.
1005:'s win in the 1955
973:Competition history
284:commercial vehicles
246:Number of locations
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6330:Figoni et Falaschi
6233:Automobiles Talbot
5768:Group 1 Automotive
5428:Marcos Engineering
5323:Armstrong Siddeley
5272:Marc Nordon Racing
5055:Brabham Automotive
2705:Austin Rover Group
2603:Armstrong Siddeley
2586:Armstrong Siddeley
2539:Rolls-Royce Motors
2534:Rolls-Royce Motors
1864:2 May 1970 page 11
1825:8 June 1964 page 5
1663:Rover-Rootes Move
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1998:Media related to
1976:The Rootes Estate
1892:July 1970 page 34
1583:Rootes transplant
1457:Jaguar Land Rover
1177:front wheel drive
1028:Business strategy
1007:Monte Carlo Rally
1003:Sunbeam-Talbot 90
987:Monte Carlo Rally
983:Sunbeam-Talbot 90
884:Magnificent, 1937
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1488:
1402:- until 1994.
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1312:
1165:Hillman Hunter
1131:of France and
1125:General Motors
1097:Main article:
1094:
1091:
1089:
1086:
1057:
1054:
1047:Sunbeam Alpine
1039:Hillman Hunter
1029:
1026:
1018:Hillman Hunter
974:
971:
926:
923:
915:Carroll Shelby
898:
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866:
863:
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802:Hillman Hunter
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692:shadow factory
671:
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638:public company
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520:Humber Limited
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501:William Rootes
486:William Rootes
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5575:GKN Driveline
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5489:Rover Company
5487:
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5292:Ultima Sports
5290:
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5161:SAIC Motor UK
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4547:
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4544:Charles H Roe
4542:
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4539:Carlyle Works
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3207:
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3188:
3187:Donald Healey
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3162:Austin-Healey
3160:
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5703:Hardy Spicer
5678:Abbey Panels
5565:Dunlop Tyres
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5031:Oxford plant
4992:Aston Martin
4888:Mercedes AMG
4823:Chevron Cars
4443:IBC Vehicles
4438:Dennis Eagle
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3366:Bristol Cars
3351:Bristol Cars
2634:Aston Martin
2625:Aston Martin
2144:Rootes Arrow
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291:Subsidiaries
229:Headquarters
221:Acquired by
213:30 June 1970
170:Company type
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59:Please help
54:verification
51:
6278:Lago Record
6238:Talbot-Lago
6088:Motor Sport
6013:Auto Trader
5992:AM Magazine
5881:HiQ (tyres)
5746:Dealerships
5723:LucasVarity
5592:Kahn Design
5494:Rover Group
5482:Ryton plant
5403:Frazer Nash
5171:Eco Concept
5070:David Brown
5041:Rolls-Royce
5014:Crewe plant
4863:Kahn Design
4776:Willowbrook
4746:Thornycroft
4646:Leyland DAF
4641:Leyland Bus
4604:Southampton
3577:Lea-Francis
3570:Lea-Francis
3229:Jensen Cars
3013:BAE Systems
2924:Vanden Plas
2917:Vanden Plas
2731:Rover Group
2721:Rover Group
2513:Rolls-Royce
2160:Ryton plant
1952:"Len House"
1731:City Notes
1718:City Notes
1676:City Notes
1441:Peugeot 206
1417:from 1998.
1415:Peugeot 206
1411:Peugeot 306
1407:Peugeot 405
1391:Peugeot 309
1372:Peugeot 104
1360:Middle East
1344:Peugeot 309
1157:Lee Iacocca
1064:, his son,
1062:Lord Rootes
957:'s popular
943:Hillman Imp
935:Hillman Imp
913:V8 engine.
790:Middle East
782:Australasia
737:factory in
651:Cricklewood
595:(1934) and
453:Hillman Imp
280:Automobiles
267:Area served
117:August 2024
6373:Categories
6283:Lago Sport
6076:Fifth Gear
5866:Green Flag
5617:Pilkington
5560:Cummins UK
5423:Lanchester
5388:Eagle Cars
5267:JBA Motors
5095:Land Rover
4943:Van Diemen
4928:Sumo Power
4833:Driftworks
4790:Motorsport
4696:Park Royal
4397:Commercial
3953:Stellantis
3112:Lanchester
3107:Lanchester
2970:Land Rover
2194:Ian Garrad
2153:Facilities
1653:1859284574
1590:8 May 1970
1567:References
1511:franchises
1507:Peugeot UK
1484:Stellantis
1264:Dodge Omni
1208:Mitsubishi
1204:Dodge Colt
855:Commer TS3
819:Studebaker
788:) and the
735:Volkswagen
630:Prudential
581:Depression
569:Nottingham
529:Hillman 14
446:Manchester
434:Piccadilly
410:Birmingham
352:automobile
184:Automotive
87:newspapers
6454:Hawkhurst
6248:PSA Group
6126:What Car?
6006:Autosport
5891:LeasePlan
5846:Autoglass
5815:Stoneacre
5793:H.R. Owen
5602:Millbrook
5297:Westfield
5230:Westfield
5208:Toyota UK
5193:Overfinch
5183:Nissan UK
5127:Lightning
4971:producers
4918:RML Group
4873:Lola Cars
4483:Wrightbus
4401:producers
3842:Westfield
3819:Westfield
3549:Blackburn
2179:(founder)
1875:The Times
1862:The Times
1849:The Times
1836:The Times
1823:The Times
1810:The Times
1759:The Times
1746:The Times
1733:The Times
1720:The Times
1707:The Times
1694:The Times
1678:The Times
1665:The Times
1613:The Times
1503:Maidstone
1480:PSA Group
1471:in 2023.
1437:PSA Group
1364:Argentina
1233:plant at
1213:However,
1173:Renault 5
1133:Barreiros
947:aluminium
810:Maidstone
739:Wolfsburg
720:Liverpool
505:Maidstone
493:Hawkhurst
422:Dunstable
337:(1935–67)
331:(1935–67)
325:(1956–70)
319:(1934–70)
313:(1931–67)
307:(1931–67)
6444:Chrysler
6348:Category
6266:Vehicles
6145:Category
6069:Fast Car
5886:Kwik Fit
5876:Halfords
5773:Inchcape
5758:Carcraft
5637:Tickford
5555:Cosworth
5524:Wolseley
5499:Standard
5438:MG Rover
5247:Caterham
5242:Kit cars
5218:Vauxhall
5065:Caterham
4948:Williams
4903:Prodrive
4898:Munchi's
4828:Cosworth
4726:Smith EV
4716:Sentinel
4706:Scammell
4671:Maudslay
4666:Marshall
4621:Hallford
4559:Crossley
3986:Chrysler
3916:Vauxhall
3408:Crossley
3401:Crossley
3394:Caterham
3373:Caterham
3185:) &
3119:Princess
2891:Wolseley
2886:Wolseley
2687:Standard
2682:Standard
2675:Standard
2553:VW Group
2212:Category
2137:Vehicles
1912:25 April
1518:Coventry
1445:Slovakia
1169:Fiat 127
1105:Chrysler
1082:Chrysler
1045:and the
985:won the
821:stylist
812:, Kent.
700:Coventry
591:(1934),
587:(1934),
484:Founder
457:Chrysler
406:Coventry
360:Midlands
276:Products
223:Chrysler
180:Industry
6358:Commons
6155:Commons
5999:Autocar
5788:Lookers
5778:Jardine
5728:Tomkins
5698:Gardner
5647:Unipart
5627:Ricardo
5548:Current
5514:Triumph
5504:Sunbeam
5467:Reliant
5433:Melling
5408:Gilbern
5383:Daimler
5353:Bristol
5343:Belsize
5282:Quantum
5252:Davrian
5198:Radical
5149:McLaren
5080:Ginetta
5009:Bentley
4997:Lagonda
4980:Current
4908:Radical
4893:M-Sport
4878:McLaren
4858:Hewland
4741:Sunbeam
4731:Stevens
4631:Karrier
4584:Eastern
4564:Daimler
4529:Bristol
4524:Bedford
4428:Arrival
4421:Plaxton
4409:Current
4399:vehicle
4387:marques
4085:Marque
4021:Sunbeam
4016:Sunbeam
3992:Peugeot
3967:Hillman
3960:Hillman
3943:Peugeot
3660:McLaren
3637:McLaren
3487:Ginetta
3470:Ginetta
3308:AC Cars
3260:Reliant
3255:Reliant
3242:Reliant
3090:Daimler
3085:Daimler
3063:Daimler
3047:Daimler
3031:SS Cars
2761:Triumph
2749:Triumph
2690:Triumph
2668:Lagonda
2661:Lagonda
2574:Bentley
2565:Bentley
2543:Vickers
2529:Bentley
2277:Marque
2222:Commons
2113:Sunbeam
2103:Karrier
2093:Hillman
1961:17 June
1933:Autocar
1791:Autocar
1453:Whitley
1396:Express
1380:Citroen
1329:Renault
1292:Peugeot
1250:), and
1248:Peugeot
1237:, near
989:in 1955
891:Sceptre
796:-built
794:Iranian
722:and at
698:, near
589:Sunbeam
585:Karrier
571:works.
565:Raleigh
545:Hillman
471:History
465:Renault
461:Peugeot
426:Linwood
399:Karrier
387:Sunbeam
375:Hillman
364:William
329:Sunbeam
317:Karrier
311:Hillman
259:Linwood
239:England
210:Defunct
198:Founder
190:Founded
174:Limited
101:scholar
6302:People
6197:Talbot
6095:Octane
5921:The AA
5820:Sytner
5805:Perrys
5783:JCT600
5693:Ferodo
5671:Former
5622:Quaife
5519:Trojan
5477:Rootes
5457:Morris
5418:Jowett
5413:Jensen
5373:Caparo
5333:Austin
5328:Ascari
5313:Allard
5306:Former
5203:Spyker
5178:Morgan
5132:Lister
5090:Jaguar
5060:Briggs
4848:Fortec
4818:Carlin
4756:Vulcan
4626:Jensen
4569:Dennis
4554:Commer
4504:Albion
4492:Former
4473:Optare
4315:2020s
4312:2010s
4309:2000s
4306:1990s
4303:1980s
4300:1970s
4297:1960s
4294:1950s
4291:1940s
4288:1930s
4285:1920s
4282:1910s
4279:1900s
4079:Rootes
4074:Singer
4067:Singer
4060:Talbot
4053:Talbot
4046:Rootes
4040:Rootes
4031:Rootes
4009:Humber
4004:Humber
3977:Rootes
3972:Humber
3887:Vulcan
3880:Vulcan
3776:Turner
3759:Turner
3730:Napier
3725:Napier
3718:Morgan
3711:Morgan
3698:Marcos
3691:Marcos
3684:Marcos
3667:Marcos
3625:Proton
3544:Jowett
3537:Jowett
3463:Dutton
3454:Dutton
3435:Dutton
3336:Argyll
3321:Argyll
3316:Argyll
3206:Jensen
3179:Austin
3057:Jaguar
3041:Jaguar
3036:Jaguar
3020:Jaguar
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2905:Austin
2898:Austin
2879:Morris
2874:Morris
2865:Morris
2756:Dawson
2715:BL plc
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2313:2010s
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2289:1930s
2286:1920s
2283:1910s
2280:1900s
2169:People
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2108:Singer
2098:Humber
2088:Commer
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1301:Paykan
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1041:, the
903:Alpine
798:Paykan
743:Beetle
682:bomber
553:Commer
549:Humber
438:London
395:Commer
391:Talbot
383:Singer
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335:Talbot
323:Singer
305:Commer
299:Humber
271:Global
251:London
234:London
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5825:Vertu
5657:Wipac
5472:Riley
5393:Fenix
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5287:Sylva
5235:Zenos
5188:Noble
5142:Lotus
5137:Geely
4987:Ariel
4958:Xtrac
4953:Wirth
4868:Ilmor
4681:Modec
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4574:Duple
4433:BEDEO
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1141:Simca
1129:Simca
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718:near
418:Luton
414:Acton
255:Ryton
108:JSTOR
94:books
6293:T26C
6273:Baby
5607:MIRA
5398:Ford
5348:Bond
5277:Onyx
5026:Mini
4599:Ford
3938:Opel
3288:Bond
3273:Bond
3078:Tata
3072:Ford
2989:Ford
2963:Tata
2957:Ford
2858:SAIC
2847:SAIC
2773:Mini
2648:Ford
1963:2024
1914:2019
1649:ISBN
1400:Fiat
1352:Iran
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1262:and
1225:The
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1171:and
1123:and
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463:and
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346:The
218:Fate
193:1913
80:news
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6034:Car
5916:RAC
5652:WMG
5570:GKN
5363:BMH
5358:BMC
5262:GTM
5257:GKD
5213:TVR
5021:BMW
4636:LDV
4611:Guy
4589:ERF
4519:AWD
4499:AEC
4448:JCB
3996:PSA
3947:PSA
3873:GTM
3854:GTM
3812:TVR
3797:TVR
3183:BMC
3136:BMC
3100:BSA
3095:BSA
3068:PAG
3052:BMH
2985:PAG
2953:PAG
2853:NAC
2841:PVH
2814:BMH
2809:BMC
2766:BMW
2736:BMW
2725:BAe
2644:PAG
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