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British Leyland Motor Corporation

The British Leyland Motor Corporation was a motor manufacturing company formed in Britain in 1968. It was created from the merger of many British car companies. Many of these brands have since been de-merged and continue in use to this day, although the British Leyland name came to an end in 1986. The most direct heir of the company is the current MG Rover Group.

The car firms (and car brands) which eventually merged to form the company are as follows:

The dates given are those of the first car of each name, but these are often debatable as each car may be several years in development.

Several of these names (including Jaguar, Land Rover and Mini) are now in other hands. The history of the mergers is as follows:

Beyond this point the history is of de-merger

Table of contents
1 List of notable BL and BMC and related models (up to 1986)
2 See Also
3 Sources

List of notable BL and BMC and related models (up to 1986)

See Also

Sources