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bucolic_frolic

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2. I recall Rover Group, didn't know they went belly up

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 01:37 PM

Yesterday

They seemed an amalgam that got passed around from one to another. I think they had something to do with Jaguar PLC when it was taken public about 1984.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Group

There's not a decent separate history of Jaguar on Wiki. Rover, Leyland, Jaguar separate, then combined, then broken up. Now Rover Jaguar part of Tata Motors of India.

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