British Leyland Motor Corporation 1968-2005

The Story From Inside

Mike Carver, Nick Seale, Anne Youngson

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9780750961448
• eBook ISBN:
  9780750963497
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Automobile Industry
• Index: Business

British Leyland Motor Corporation, formed in the wake of the post-war manufacturing boom, brought together almost all the British-owned car and commercial vehicle companies that then existed. At the head of the sixth largest car manufacturer in the world, its management confi dently expected to give the United Kingdom a leading place in the global motor industry. The eventual failure was one of the biggest and most disappointing disasters in British industrial history. Despite this, we can be proud of British Leyland's legacy: successful and much loved vehicles like the Mini and the Range Rover have endured, its working practices had a lasting effect on industrial relations policy, and brands that once formed part of the group continue to thrive in this ever-competitive market. From their unique insider perspective, three former employees of the brand reveal in unprecedented detail the ups and downs of this iconic British company.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Foreword
• Prologue Formation of the British Leyland Motor Corporation
• 1 High Expectations Confounded: 1968–75
• 2 The Ryder Report – Two More Years of Failure: 1975–77
• 3 The Edwardes Era – The Start of Better Things: 1977–82
• 4 Edwardes Acts on Industrial Relations: 1977–82
• 5 Edwardes Brings Partnership with Honda: 1979–82
• 6 China
• 7 Privatisation and Consolidation: 1982–86
• 8 Graham Day: 1986–88
• 9 British Aerospace Ownership: 1988–94
• 10 BMW: 1994–2000
• 11 The Final Chapter – MG Rover: 2000–05
• 12 The Causes of the Failure of BLMC in Sequence
• 13 The Causes of Failure – The Underlying Weaknesses
• Epilogue
• Author Profiles
• Copyright