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  2. Vickers plc - Wikipedia

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    The Vickers plant in Cross Gates, Leeds, 2009. In 1980, Vickers plc acquired Rolls-Royce Motors.This was not Vickers' first involvement with Rolls-Royce. In 1966, Rolls-Royce Limited (the original aero-engine and motor car company) acquired Bristol Aeroplane for its Bristol Siddeley engine business, but declared it had no interest in Bristol's 20% shareholding in BAC; Vickers Armstrong and ...

  3. Vickers - Wikipedia

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    Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells.

  4. Rolls-Royce Motors - Wikipedia

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    Vickers acquired the company in 1980 and sold it to Volkswagen in 1998. Bentley Motors is the company's direct successor; however, BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce trademark for use on automobiles and launched a new Rolls-Royce company shortly afterwards. Rolls-Royce logo and the Spirit of Ecstasy equipped on a Rolls-Royce Corniche III

  5. List of Rolls-Royce motor cars - Wikipedia

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    Vickers plc owned Rolls-Royce Motors between 1980 and 1998. Volkswagen AG acquired Rolls-Royce Motors in 1998 and renamed the firm Bentley Motors Limited in 2003. Bentley Motors Limited is the direct successor of Rolls-Royce Motors and its predecessor entities and owns historical Rolls-Royce assets such as the Crewe factory , pre-2003 vehicle ...

  6. Vickers Limited - Wikipedia

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    Vickers Limited was a British engineering conglomerate. The business began in Sheffield in 1828 as a steel foundry and became known for its church bells, going on to ...

  7. Category:Vickers - Wikipedia

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    This is the category for the Vickers group of companies, a defence and engineering company of the United Kingdom Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vickers . Subcategories

  8. Bentley - Wikipedia

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    The motorcar division was made a separate business, Rolls-Royce Motors Limited, which remained independent until bought by Vickers plc in August 1980. By the 1970s and early 1980s Bentley sales had fallen badly; at one point less than 5% of combined production carried the Bentley badge. [ 19 ]

  9. Vickers (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Vickers-Armstrongs (1927–1977), engineering conglomerate arising from the merger of Vickers Limited with Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company Vickers plc (1977–1999), including Vickers Defence Systems, the defence arm of Vickers plc, sold by Rolls-Royce plc to Alvis plc in 2002