Back شركة العربيات البريطانيه ARZ British Motor Corporation Azerbaijani Бритиш Мотор Корпорейшън Bulgarian British Motor Corporation Danish British Motor Corporation German British Motor Corporation Greek British Motor Corporation Spanish بیامسی Persian British Motor Corporation Finnish British Motor Corporation French
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| Industry | Motor vehicles |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Morris Motors Limited Austin Motor Company Limited |
| Founded | 1952 amalgamating Morris and Austin |
| Founders | |
| Defunct | 1966 |
| Fate | Merged with Jaguar Cars to form British Motor Holdings |
| Successor | British Motor Holdings |
| Headquarters | Longbridge, United Kingdom |
Key people | Leonard Lord George Harriman |
| Products | (include) Morris Minor, Mini, 1100, MGB, Austin-Healey |
The British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC) was a UK-based vehicle manufacturer, formed in early 1952 to give effect to an agreed merger of the Morris and Austin businesses.[1]
BMC acquired the shares in Morris Motors and the Austin Motor Company. Morris Motors, the holding company of the productive businesses of the Nuffield Organization, owned MG, Riley, and Wolseley.[1]
The agreed exchange of shares in Morris or Austin for shares in the new holding company, BMC, became effective in mid-April 1952.[2]
In September 1965, BMC took control of its major supplier of bodies, Pressed Steel, acquiring Jaguar's body supplier in the process. In September 1966, BMC merged with Jaguar Cars.[3] In December 1966, BMC changed its name to British Motor Holdings Limited (BMH).[4]
BMH merged, in May 1968, with Leyland Motor Corporation Limited, which made trucks and buses and owned both Standard-Triumph International Limited and the Rover Company to become British Leyland.[5]
- ^ a b Morris-Austin Merger Company Named. The Times, Friday, 29 February 1952; pg. 9; Issue 52248
- ^ City News in Brief. The Times, Monday, 21 April 1952; pg. 9; Issue 52291
- ^ "Jaguar Group of companies is to merge with The British Motor Corporation Ltd., as the first step towards the sitting up of a joint holding company to be called British Motor (Holdings) Limited." Joint merger statement, 11 July 1966 issued at the press conference at the Great Eastern Hotel, London
- ^ British Motor Takes That New Label The Times, Thursday, 15 December 1966; pg. 17; Issue 56815
- ^ "British giants merge | 19th January 1968 | The Commercial Motor Archive". archive.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.