Rover Company
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| Industrie | Automotive industry Motorcycle industry (until 1925) Bicycle industry (until 1925) |
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| Fate | Merged into Leyland Motors |
| Successor | British Leyland Motor Corporation |
| Foondit | 1878 |
| Foonder | John Kemp Starley & William Sutton |
| Defunct | 1967 |
| Heidquarters | England: Coventry, Warwickshire (1904–47) Solihull, Warwickshire (1947–1967) |
Key fowk | Spencer & Maurice Wilks (Management & Engineering, 1929–63) John Towers |
| Products | Rover Automobiles Motorcycles (until 1925) Bicycles (until 1925) Land Rover All terrain vehicles |
| Subsidiaries | Alvis Cars (1965–67) |
The Rover Company wis a Breetish caur manufacturin company foondit as Starley & Sutton Co. o Coventry in 1878. Efter developin the template for the modren bicycle wi its Rover Safety Bicycle o 1885, the company moved intae the automotive industry. It stairtit buildin motorcycles an Rover caurs, uisin thair established marque wi the iconic Viking Longship, frae 1904 onwards. Land Rover vehicles wur addit frae 1947 onwards, wi aw production based in Solihull efter movin tae thir premises efter Warld War II.
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