MG Rover was the final name by which the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) became known. BLMC had been formed in 1968 upon a government initiative to strengthen the UK's automotive industry so that it could compete effectively with the American and other European multinationals in...

The policy framework to encourage the manufacture and adoption of low carbon vehicles presents new opportunities for traditional automotive manufacturing regions. This article examines such opportunities in the West Midlands region of the UK, where the automotive ‘cluster’ remains...

This paper discusses the reasons why the German luxury car maker BMW purchased the ailing British volume car producer Rover/Land Rover and why it disposed of both after only six years. This merger went against the trend in the industry as normally it was volume producers that acquired luxury...