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Rover Company

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The Rover Company Limited
IndustrieAutomotive industry
Motorcycle industry (until 1925)
Bicycle industry (until 1925)
FateMerged into Leyland Motors
SuccessorBritish Leyland Motor Corporation
Foondit1878; 147 years ago (1878)
FoonderJohn Kemp Starley &
William Sutton
Defunct1967; 58 years ago (1967)
HeidquartersEngland:
Coventry, Warwickshire
(1904–47)
Solihull, Warwickshire
(1947–1967)
Key fowk
Spencer & Maurice Wilks
(Management & Engineering,
1929–63)
John Towers
ProductsRover Automobiles
Motorcycles (until 1925)
Bicycles (until 1925)
Land Rover All terrain vehicles
SubsidiariesAlvis 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.