Rover 416 in production from 1990 to 2005
The Rover Group plc was the name given in1986 to the British state-owned vehicle manufacturer BL (formerly British Leyland). The group initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (comprising Austin, Rover, Mini and MGmarques), Land Rover Group, Freight Rover vansand Leyland Trucks.The Rover Group was owned by British Aerospace (BAe) from 1988 to 1994, when Bae sold the remaining car business to BMW. The group was further broken up in 2000, with the Rover and MG marques continuing with the much smaller MG Rover Group until 2005.
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