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1544:"The Rootes car showroom and workshops, Mill Street, Maidstone, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The building is of architectural interest as an example of a Modernist motorcar showroom and workshops which retains a significant proportion of its original fabric. * The building is of architectural interest due to its grand scale, town-centre location and picturesque setting adjacent to the Len mill pond, which distinguishes it from other buildings associated with the motorcar industry during this phase of early motoring. * The building is a prominent manifestation of a hugely successful British car manufacturer, built in a period when the expansion of car ownership was having a revolutionary impact on the physical and social fabric of the nation." 867: 950:, and a new factory (called the Linwood plant) on the boundary between Paisley and Elderslie, Renfrewshire was built for its assembly. The move to Linwood was forced upon the company by the British government, which had introduced the principle of industrial development certificates (IDCs) to build factories in depressed areas. The Linwood workforce had no experience in motor vehicle assembly and the build quality and reliability of the cars suffered. Another problem was that the component suppliers were still based in the Midlands, and the company incurred costs transporting half-finished engine castings from Linwood to be machined at 1528:. Soon after the Second World War the group of Clément-Talbot factory buildings was converted to a Rootes Group London administration and service depot which was later bought by Warwick Wright. One of the original buildings remains, the Talbot administration block now known as Ladbroke Hall, with the earl's crest high above its main entrance. A tenant, Sunbeam studios, is named after the Sunbeam-Talbot car briefly produced there from 1938 to 1939 and 1945 to 1946. In the housing area there are short links one named Humber Drive and a Hillman Drive each side of a small park and there is a Sunbeam Crescent. 524: 919: 967: 664: 1484: 762: 1176: 470: 147: 6333: 6130: 2197: 1263: 1328: 882:. The intervening break in medium-sized Humbers was filled by the postwar Sunbeams. Commer and Karrier were the commercial vehicle brands. Commer manufactured a full range of vans, trucks, tractors and bus chassis, and some badge-engineered small vehicles from the Hillman range. Karrier represented mainly municipal and special-purpose trucks, vans and buses, though towards the end included badge-engineered models from the Commer range. 32: 1410: 514: 6343: 6140: 2207: 1984: 2057: 6247: 1494:, where William Rootes set up his business in 1914, managed to keep the Rootes name on their building until 2007. Built in 1938-39 for Rootes it is listed Grade II. On 1 January 2007, in line with the other 40 dealerships within its business group, the name was changed from Rootes Maidstone, to Robins & Day Maidstone. Robins & Day is wholly owned and operated by 1421:, in 1998. At the height of the car's success, the plant was working at capacity to satisfy demand. Ryton's importance in PSA's overall strategy was as an assembly operation with limited production capacity compared to PSA's main factories in France and Spain - particularly as its location between two main roads made expansion impossible. 1097:

would still exceed those of Chrysler. The purchase was completed in October 1964. During 1966 the holdings were increased to 45 per cent of the ordinary shares and 65 per cent of the non-voting shares and in January 1967 holdings were increased to about two-thirds of Rootes Motors capital. It was renamed Chrysler UK on 30 June 1970.

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when it was launched in the autumn of 1985, and was the first Peugeot-badged car to be assembled at the Ryton plant. The Arizona's styling was mismatched with the rest of the range, making it resemble an enlarged Simca 1108. The Talbot badge was discontinued on passenger cars, with the Alpine, Solara

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plant in London, with knock-on problems down the supply chain. By the mid-1960s, Rootes was progressively taken over by Chrysler of the United States, following huge losses amid the commercial failure of the troubled Imp. The company's financial year ran to 31 July, and in the year ended 31 July 1967

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Hillman when purchased had been making large cars. They introduced a straight-eight soon after Hillman became a subsidiary, but it was withdrawn as the Depression deepened. Their 2-1/2 and 3-litre cars were re-styled in the mid-1930s and renamed Humber Snipe and their small Minx was made the mainstay

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would have on their holdings and their businesses and the two brothers offered one quarter of Rootes Motors' ordinary shares to current holders of Rootes preference shares. Further issues of preference shares and debenture stock followed in November 1954 and November 1959. Rootes Acceptances Limited,

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The intellectual property owned by the former Rootes Group (including dormant marque and model names) was divided up between Chrysler and PSA Peugeot-Citroën following the divestment of the company's assets in 1978; and still appear from time to time on both companies' products - for example Peugeot

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The Simca-based models (the Horizon, Alpine and Solara) continued to be built at Ryton, using the resurrected Talbot badge from 1979. However, the Talbot-badged models declined in popularity over the next few years, with sales dropping from nearly 120,000 on the UK market in 1979 to around 25,000 in

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Chrysler had spent much of the 1970s unsuccessfully trying to integrate its Rootes and Simca ranges into one, coherent whole. The traditionally engineered, rear-wheel-drive cars of the British division had limited appeal outside the UK, although the Avenger and Hunter—the first locally assembled car

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was renamed Chrysler France at the same time), and subsequently disappeared from the public sphere. The various Rootes marques were progressively phased out during the 1970s. Only Hillman was left by 1977, when it, too, was shelved in favour of the Chrysler name. The Commer name was also phased out

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A 289 cu in (4,736 cm) model followed in 1967, but few were built as it was considered inappropriate for a Chrysler vehicle to be powered by Ford. Consideration was given to installing a Chrysler V8 in the Tiger, but their engines were larger and heavier than the Ford engines, and the

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would take a 30 per cent interest in their ordinary capital offering current shareholders double the market price and a 50 per cent share in the non-voting preference capital for almost three times market price. The purchase would leave control in British hands. On completion Rootes family holdings

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and the new capital repaid the Prudential and Midland Bank loans. The listed shares however were preference shares. The equity capital remained in the hands of the Rootes family now with new partner Prudential who had taken up all of the offered £1,000,000 of ordinary shares. External shareholders

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By the early 1970s, Chrysler Europe was working on the development of two new family car ranges which would be produced at both its British and French plants, and sold under both the Chrysler and Simca marques on the relevant markets - similar to the integration of British and German model ranges

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a three-door hatchback based on the Avenger floorpan, was introduced in 1977 as successor to the Hillman Imp. Also, Chrysler UK made a significant contribution to the design of Chrysler's European range. As well as the Alpine and Sunbeam, there was the saloon derivative of the Alpine, the Talbot

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The Imp itself was underdeveloped, and the build quality and reliability problems, coupled with buyer apathy towards the design were reflected in poor sales. After a reasonably successful start in 1963–65, the Imp did not sell well. Lost production caused by frequent strike action at Linwood and

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A new Rootes Limited was incorporated in 1933 to hold the very profitable core business of the Rootes brothers: the motor distribution and servicing functions, and its extension and development of export markets. It had been the largest truck and car distributor in the United Kingdom in 1924 and

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Production at the plant ceased on 12 December 2006. It marked the end of nearly 60 years of car manufacturing at Ryton, and severed the motor industry's final remaining direct link with the Rootes Group. More than 2,000 jobs were lost as a result of the factory's closure. It was demolished soon

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models. There was also a special Sceptre edition of the 205, 405 and the 605 SRi models. This used a black plastic badge with the chrome effect Sceptre cursive script similar to that on the sideflashes of the '60s saloons. In the case of the Peugeot cars, the Sceptre badging was applied to the

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Rootes Motors Limited was the new name assumed 16 November 1949 of holding company Rootes Securities Limited. Substantially the whole of 1917's initial capital had been provided by the two Rootes brothers. Thereafter the business's expansion was financed by retained profits supplemented where

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Unfortunately, with its problems in the US, Chrysler did not have the capital to invest in refreshing their entire product range, and sales of the older designs stagnated in the face of more modern competition. Also, the production facilities were outmoded, industrial relations problems were

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hatchback, launched in 1977 kept the Rootes lineage alive, although the Alpine name was still in use and later Alpine and Solara special edition models were given the old Rootes model names, Minx and Rapier. The rights to the Rapier name remained with the successors of the company, and were

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and Acton. There was a wholly owned assembly plant in Australia and similar facilities owned with associates in Argentina, Republic of Ireland and India. From Devonshire House in Piccadilly the original business, the marketing subsidiary, directed operations at five branches in Kent, their

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marque from the pages of Rootes' history to re-badge the former Chrysler and Simca badged models. Whilst Ryton was saved, PSA took little interest in the heavy commercial vehicles and the former Commer/Dodge/Karrier truck and van factory was run in conjunction with the trucks division of

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commenced manufacturing the Hillman Avenger-based Dodge 1500, and this car continued in production until 1990. During its last 10 years of production it was badged as a Volkswagen after that firm acquired Chrysler's Argentine business. There was also a Brazilian variant until 1980.

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Rootes was able to report a pre-tax profit of just £3.8 million. It was the first reported profit since 1964 and compared with a pretax loss of £10.7 million in the year ending in 1966. Lack of funds for new model investment was a striking feature of the company's final decade.

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At this time employees totalled 17,000. Rootes owned, on average, about 80 per cent of the capital of its subsidiaries. The manufacturing subsidiaries were held through partly owned Humber Limited. Manufacture was carried out in three factories in Coventry with more at Luton,

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In the late 1960s, Chrysler endeavoured to market the Rootes cars in the US. These efforts proved unsuccessful. Marketing in the US was impeded by an inability to offer cars for sale during part of 1968, as the Rootes cars could not comply with exhaust emission requirements.

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2-stroke 3-cylinder engine, with 2 opposed inward facing pistons per cylinder, which drove the crankshaft through bell cranks. The 3.25 litre engine developed 90 hp (67 kW), equivalent to contemporary 4-stroke diesel engines of more than twice the capacity.

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In 1919 the distribution of cars and commercial vehicles resumed and operations extended to London and other part of the country. As early as 1924 Rootes had become the largest truck and car distributor in the United Kingdom. They advertised that their showrooms in

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by 1914 and there he contracted to repair aero engines. In 1917 he formed Rootes Limited to buy the Maidstone branch of his father's motor business, founded by his father in 1897, to expand his aircraft engine repair business and the manufacture of aircraft parts.

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bread and butter member of the Rootes range. Sunbeam continued its sports appeal but downsizing postwar to small to medium-sized cars. Humber made the larger luxury passenger vehicles, Snipes and variants, and luxury mid-size cars ending with the compact

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William Rootes' particular business skills were in marketing. Rootes brothers' manufacturing business was best known for solid, dependable, well-engineered middle-market vehicles always of attractive appearance. Well-known Rootes models include the

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The Imp was finally discontinued in 1976, and the Hunter followed it three years later (although it continued to be produced in Iran). Indeed, componentry for the Iranian version of the car was a successful UK export during the 1980s.

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continued to hold a large proportion of Humber Limited. The preference shares issued to the public by Humber remained listed. In addition there were external shareholdings in the Rootes Acceptances vehicle exporting business and in

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has used the names Minx, Rapier and Sceptre on various occasions, and on one occasion considered a second resurrection of the Talbot marque as a new budget brand - whilst Chrysler has reused the Avenger nameplate on the

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to reach a total of 30,000 units sold in its 12-year lifespan—were both relatively successful in New Zealand. Hunter production continued there and in Ireland until 1979, and it was built in Iran by Iran Khodro as the

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A particular effort was put into overseas sales and it became clear the export opportunities warranted a move into car manufacture, which was achieved in 1929 by the purchase of controlling interests in first

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generated the capital to buy manufacturer Hillman, merge Hillman with manufacturer Humber and give the Rootes brothers control of Humber and the manufacturing subsidiaries they would have Humber buy.

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In the face of massive losses, and the risk of high unemployment in the surrounding areas if the factories closed, the Ryton and Linwood factories were the subject of frequent government bail-outs.

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Rootes successfully sold a range of cars priced at a slight premium to their major home market competitors, justified on the basis that they offered a level of superiority in design and finish.

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convertible was moderately successful in the US market. Rootes considered that the Alpine's sales would be improved with a more powerful model. As a result, in 1964 they introduced the

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and Reginald, made prosperous by their very successful distribution and servicing business, were keen to enter manufacturing for closer control of the products they were selling.

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and Samba all finishing production in May 1986, and the last Horizon models leaving the production lines in Spain and Finland a year later. The Talbot brand survived on the

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was disparaging of the Rootes operation, writing that Chrysler should never have bought it. Chrysler UK continued with a range of rear-wheel-drive family cars such as the

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Rootes Group was under-capitalised and unable to survive industrial relations problems and losses from the 1963 introduction of a new aluminium-engined small car, the

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By 1985 PSA had announced that it would abandon the three-marque strategy on passenger cars, and the Horizon replacement, developed as the Talbot Arizona, became the

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Despite the government assistance, the weight of problems bearing on Chrysler Europe resulted in its collapse in 1977, leading to the company's 1978 takeover by

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Chrysler was also keen to take control of the struggling firm as it wished to have its own wholly independent European subsidiaries like archrivals

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was a design consultant to Rootes; evidence of his influence is most readily seen in the 1956 Audax range of cars, which included the contemporary

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and returned to Linwood once they had been assembled. Completed Imps returned south to Ryton, resulting in a 600-mile (970 km) round trip.

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The first Rootes model to be discontinued under Peugeot's ownership was the Hunter in 1979, and its production tooling subsequently went to

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hatchbacks would become the industry standard format in the entry level market segment, but spearheaded an influx of popular imports.

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research and development centre - originally established during the Chrysler era, but subsequently sold by PSA and is now owned by

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supermini, although it was originally planned that Peugeot would launch a Talbot badged supermini on the 205 platform as well as a

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service department and Birmingham and Manchester branches together with distribution companies overseas sometimes jointly owned.

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In the early 1970s, with the rise of interest in sub-compact cars, Chrysler offered the Hillman Avenger in North America as the

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The engine was used in Commer trucks as well as an industrial engine. Production ceased in 1968 after the Chrysler takeover.

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in the naming of Rootes Hall, one of its largest halls of residence, on the main campus site on the outskirts of Coventry.

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gained what was regarded as a surprise victory against stiff competition from other factory teams with bigger budgets.

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The name lives on in the short access to the Rootes Estate, a housing estate built in the early 1990s on most of the

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and the distribution and dealers business in the south of England. In the decade beginning 1928 the Rootes brothers,

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car factory. The main access to the redevelopment, Shrewsbury Street, is named after the founder of Clément-Talbot,

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Rootes Group logo after Chrysler takeover. This logo was used until June 1970, when Rootes was replaced by Chrysler

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as a car sales agency independent from his father's Hawkhurst motor business. Rootes had moved his operations to

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It has been suggested that the demise of Rootes began with losses due to industrial relations problems at their

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in the UK, to be the new managing director of the Rootes Group. Hunt's appointment was made with the support of

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During the 1950s, Rootes's promotion included a strategy of participation in major UK and European car rallies.

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Following the war, Rootes also sponsored satellite manufacturing operations around the world, notably in

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manufacturer and, separately, a major motor distributors and dealers business. From headquarters in the

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engine design (originally used for a fire pump). It was intended to be a response from Rootes to rival

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rear-mounted distributor would have required an unaffordable chassis design, given the limited sales.

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1984, while at the same time the Peugeot brand was gaining ground thanks to the success of the 205.

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went into local production, which continued until 2004. It remains a common sight throughout the

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from 1941 to 1943. Rootes also manufactured military vehicles, based on the Humber and Commer.

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Barely twelve months after listing preference shares the Rootes brothers recognised the effect

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Rootes had a rare lapse of business judgement shortly after World War II. When he visited the

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There was a resurgence in domestic and export demand for pedal bicycles, and in February 1932

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Overseas representation of British motor manufacturers was not limited to group members.

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Former Rootes building in Maidstone as a Peugeot repair centre and showroom in the 2000s

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in Japan. The Colt proved a popular and reliable car, hastening the Cricket's demise.

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Raleigh and the British Bicycle Industry: An Economic and Business History, 1870–1960

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acquired all the Humber cycles trade marks. Manufacture was transferred to Raleigh's

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William Rootes built the Rootes Group using specific brands for each market niche.

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after. The only physical remnant of the Rootes Group still in existence is the

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Solara (launched in early 1980 after Chrysler sold its European operations to

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In April 2006, after years of speculation surrounding Ryton's future, the

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At its height in 1960, Rootes had manufacturing plants in the Midlands at

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escalating warranty claims left Rootes no money to develop other models.

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Rootes Limited was renamed Rootes Securities Limited in 1933. During the

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which its rivals Ford and General Motors were carrying out at the time.

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The Ryton plant was initially retained and went on to assemble the

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alongside the 309 from 1987, as well as the 309's successor (the

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persistent, and the products had a poor reputation for quality.

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to evaluate it for war reparations, he opined that it – and the

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necessary, for example the purchase of Hillman, by loans from

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of Spain at the same time, merging it with Rootes to create

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in the 1970s; the van and truck models mostly assuming the

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Manufacturing companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands

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on their launch, and the Horizon was the basis for the US

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was involved in the development of the Tiger prototype.

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more businesses were picked up as they came available:

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Lord Rootes Says Chrysler 'Do Not Govern Our Markets'

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and the Ryton plant would close within the next year.

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eventually resurrected again on a few limited edition

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In 2021 the successors of both conglomerates, namely

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Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1913

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These were built at a shadow factory at 145: 136: 4872:Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains 4347:Automotive industry in the United Kingdom 1968:Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea 1759:Butterworth J. B. (rev. Bloomfield G.T.) 1677: 1675: 1270:kept the company going in the later 1970s 1243:. The Alpine and Horizon were both voted 829: 818:, a model also produced under licence by 116:Learn how and when to remove this message 1919:"News and views: Rootes make a profit". 1482: 1408: 1326: 1261: 1174: 1044: 965: 917: 865: 857: 853: 797:, a truck and bus manufacturer based in 760: 662: 522: 512: 468: 6393:Manufacturing companies based in London 1765:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1753: 1081: 926:never caught on with the buying public. 834:Rootes introduced a novel supercharged 756: 737: 6360: 5964:Vehicle & Operator Services Agency 3979: 3964: 3834: 3247: 3087: 2753: 2718: 2708: 2692: 2687: 2626: 2512: 1672: 1608: 961: 621:and the company's bankers principally 6453:Defunct companies based in Manchester 6398:British companies established in 1913 6158: 5949:Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency 4319: 4033: 4023: 4018: 4013: 3969: 3959: 3940: 3065: 3055: 3044: 3039: 3028: 2950: 2940: 2935: 2930: 2897: 2866: 2845: 2834: 2824: 2801: 2796: 2791: 2682: 2674: 2641: 2631: 2526: 2521: 2265: 2225: 2005: 1836:Chrysler takeover of Rootes approved 1092:In June 1964 Rootes Motors announced 1076: 6342: 6139: 2206: 1016: 655:the export financing arm, was sold. 612:Ownership and control, Rootes family 347:, the manufacturer was based in the 151:The Rootes Maidstone on Mill Street, 54:adding citations to reliable sources 25: 4358:Manufacturing in the United Kingdom 1862:The Uprooting of Rootes goes ahead 1777:"News: Rootes MD is Gilbert Hunt". 914:Hillman Imp and the move to Linwood 13: 1599:Prospectus, Rootes Motors Limited 1509:'s history is commemorated by the 1402:) from late 1992, and finally the 1183:was produced between 1970 and 1981 998:was the most significant victory. 14: 6464: 6448:Defunct companies based in London 6428:1970 disestablishments in England 1977: 1478: 1428:announced that production of the 508: 6341: 6332: 6331: 6245: 6138: 6129: 6128: 2205: 2196: 2195: 2055: 2031: 1982: 1371:some time around the mid-1980s. 1195:as its subcompact, sourced from 990:were their top drivers, and the 885: 547: 153:Rootes' factory building c. 1948 30: 6071:Institute of Advanced Motorists 4498:Alternative Chassis Engineering 4452:London Electric Vehicle Company 1958: 1933: 1884: 1869: 1856: 1843: 1830: 1817: 1804: 1791: 1740: 1727: 1714: 1538: 1049:Following the death in 1964 of 930:In 1963, Rootes introduced the 658: 41:needs additional citations for 16:British automobile manufacturer 6423:1913 establishments in England 5850:Constellation Automotive Group 2607:Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club 1878:Truck & Bus Transportation 1701: 1688: 1659: 1646: 1622: 592:had been bought in 1926 their 358:With the financial support of 1: 5631:Transport Research Laboratory 4363:Economy of the United Kingdom 1555: 1322:Renault Véhicules Industriels 586:British Light Steel Pressings 6194:Automobile brand (1903–1995) 5959:Vehicle Certification Agency 1929:(3793): 99. 24 October 1968. 1746:Rootes To Take Over Singers 890:During the 1960s, Sunbeam's 632:Automobile Products of India 7: 5895:National Tyres and Autocare 5672:Caparo Vehicle Technologies 1823:Chrysler funds for Rootes? 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Production included a 6298:Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 5571:Grayson Thermal Systems 4523:British United Traction 2255:– companies and marques 1998:(archived, 29 Oct 2005) 1875:Rootes now Chrysler UK 1827:6 December 1966 page 12 1750:30 December 1955 page 8 1737:26 October 1959 page 17 1724:15 October 1954 page 11 1669:21 November 1949 page 8 1605:21 November 1949 page 8 1274:Only the Avenger-based 1055:William Geoffrey Rootes 938:OHC engine, based on a 3500:Peerless & Warwick 3134:BLMC / British Leyland 2731:British Motor Heritage 2689:BLMC / British Leyland 1840:18 January 1967 page 1 1797:Motor Firms' Big Deal 1733:Rootes Motors Limited 1681:Rootes Motors Limited 1548:accessed 26 April 2019 1488: 1414: 1336: 1271: 1241:Chrysler/Simca Horizon 1184: 1003:London-Sydney Marathon 979: 927: 874: 863: 842:concept. This was the 830:Engineering innovation 793:. In 1950 it acquired 766: 672: 528: 520: 480:Rootes was founded in 477: 417:. From its offices in 5939:Automotive Council UK 5900:Pinewood Technologies 5089:Castle Bromwich plant 4832:Ford World Rally Team 4710:Shelvoke & Drewry 4665:Metro Cammell Weymann 3922:General Motors Europe 3609:General Motors Europe 2793:Nuffield Organization 2065:Subsidiaries / brands 1996:Rootes Archive Centre 1991:at Wikimedia Commons 1711:3 October 1950 page 9 1698:3 October 1950 page 6 1619:25 April 2008 page 28 1511:University of Warwick 1486: 1412: 1330: 1292:for many years more. 1265: 1178: 1116:. 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