On this day
2 Feb 1960
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 1 Production by three of the " Big Six" British motor manufacturers was today crippled...
2 Feb 1968
TIME magazine Mergers: Auto Alliance The last major British-owned auto manufacturers, British Motor Holdings and Leyland Motor Corp.,...
2 Feb 1968
THE GUARDIAN Sir George Harriman and Sir Donald Stokes, joint chiefs of the new British Leyland Motor Corporation, are united in their...
2 Feb 1973
By Clifford Webb British Leyland production losses reached £5m last night as Midland car plants remained starved of components because...
2 Feb 1979
THE GUARDIAN FALLING OUTPUT DELAYS LEYLAND PAY PLAN By Peter Hildrew, northern labour correspondent The wage parity programme for...
2 Feb 1980
THE GUARDIAN Derek Robinson is quoted as saying of BL chairman Sir Michael Edwardes: "He talks as though someone else was chairman...
2 Feb 1986
Roy Hattersley MP of the opposition Labour party breaks the news in parliament that General Motors are in talks to buy Leyland Trucks...
2 Feb 1987
THE GUARDIAN Austin Rover's corporate plan includes cancelling the AR6 development project in order to improve the company's cash...
2 Feb 1993
NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY NEWS; JAGUAR ROLLS OUT A REDESIGNED LUXURY MODEL Jaguar Ltd., the British maker of luxury cars, introduced...
2 Feb 1995
THE INDEPENDENT Jaguar shows first profit since 1990 RUSSELL HOTTEN Ford's restructuring of Jaguar is at last showing returns after...
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