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Sorry...but I am totally confused, I guess you knew that already though hey?
short answers please as I am a simple minded individual..... Who owns the longbridge site now? Who owns the Rover name? I thought BMW did???? What the heck have Tata go to do with it all? I am totally befuddled.
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This is my understanding of the current situation:
[quote=Jamie-Biker in a suit;152942] Who owns the longbridge site now? SAIC Who owns the Rover name? I thought BMW did????Ford What the heck have Tata go to do with it all? Ford will soon be selling JLR, thats Jaguar and Land Rover (with the Rover name) to Tata
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[QUOTE=CDTi;152958]This is my understanding of the current situation:
TATA will only ge the Rover brand if they buy it. It is according to a Ford source for sale seperately |
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So, in theory, SAIC could buy the name, re-join it with the longboat emblem and build Rovers again?
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That is how I understand it to be
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According to "Headlineauto"
Under the terms of the Land Rover sale, all '...Rover' brands will pass to Tata. BMW, Rover's previous owner, had retained the rights to the same until last year, when it was bought by Ford.
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Hi all xcuse me for being slow but does all this too ing and froing and buying and selling names company names and companies actully eventually mean that one company will opwn the Rover name,and thus be able to put it on a car that actually bears a passing resemblance to a rover some time this decade.O r is it all just a paper excersise and we are never going to see new reborn rovers or inded mgs This whole sorry saga has been going for seemly for everhopefully it will eventually get sorted out:lol:
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I would be surprised if Ford sold off the Rover name separately. They bought it to give protection to Land Rover in case someone else built a 4x4 Rover. I would think that whoever buys LR, will also want the same protection. There is one possibility (just my idea) that the Halewood Assy Plant could build an Xtype replacement alongside the Freelander, and call it a Rover. The higher volume Xtype never sat well in the Jaguar family of luxury saloons.
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