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Jardine Motors UK was created in 1981 when Jardine Matheson acquired a stake in the East Anglian motor company; Lancaster Group, from its founders Ronald and Nicholas Lancaster. [ 4 ] Jardine Motors UK was at one stage the largest UK automotive group by turnover, [ 5 ] but today has fallen behind rivals such as Pendragon [ 6 ] and Sytner [ 6 ...
A BMC share certificate A BMC ambulance A 1963 Austin Mini Super-Deluxe The Mini was BMC's all-time best seller. A 1965 Riley 4/72. BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39% of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey, Riley, and Wolseley, as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors.
Lookers is a British car dealership chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It represents multiple brands, and is based in Altrincham.It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was bought by Global Auto Holdings, a sister company of Alpha Auto Group, for £465.4m in 2023.
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. [1] In 1919 the distribution of cars and commercial vehicles resumed and operations extended to London and other part of the country. [2]
In March 2001, Perrys Group Plc sold its Motor Division to the Management Team, setting the stage for Perrys Motor Sales rapid recent expansion. The group now [specify] employs 1,400 people, across forty locations, with an annual turnover of £400 million.
Reliant Motor Company was a British car manufacturer based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.It was founded in 1935 and ended car production in 2002, the company had been known as "Reliant Motor Company" (or RMC for short) until the 1990s when it became "Reliant Motors" and then finally became "Reliant Cars LTD" after production had ended of the Robin as the company was restructured to be a ...
It was founded in 2018 and launched a used car marketplace in December 2019. Though based in the UK, it briefly expanded into European markets between 2021 and 2022. After shuttering a network of physical showrooms, the company went into administration in 2024, and ceased trading. In July 2024, the Cazoo brand was relaunched by Motors.
DR Automobiles (previously DR Motor Company) is an Italian automobile company established in 2006. It mainly sells rebadged vehicles from Chinese automakers BAIC Group , Chery Automobile , Dongfeng Motor Corporation and JAC Motors .