The Rover Group - Company and Cars is a comprehensive history of the
company and a guide to its products. Centring on the period of the
official existence of the Rover Group, the book also examines the events
leading up to its formation in 1986 and its controversial aftermath,
following its dismemberment in 2000.The new book is backed by first-hand
accounts from Rover employees, as well as a foreword by Jon Moulton, the
man behind several bids to acquire elements of the company. Including
production histories and full specification guides to its cars, The
Rover Group is a compelling insider's account of one of the most
controversial periods in the British motor industry. With over 250
historical and original images the book covers: The beginnings of Rover
and its place in British Leyland, Land Rover's expansion in the 1980s
and how it led to the foundation of the Rover Group, Rover under British
Aerospace and the sell-off to BMW, Rover's struggle under German
management and BMW's disposal of the Group, The aftermath of Rover's
collapse - MG Rover, Land Rover and MINI.