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Rover - a car firm's troubles
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UK car manufacturer Rover is in trouble, hit by low productivity, falling sales and mounting losses. Its parent company, BMW of Germany, has cut costs and embarked on a massive investment programme. But will it work?
BBC News Online examines Rover's problems.
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Rover, in business since 1904, has been synonymous with the UK car industry. However, decades of under-investment have put the survival of the company at risk, despite BMW's massive modernisation programme.
Also...
- Rover rescue deal secured (23 June 1999)
- BMW gambles its future
(23 June 1999)- Carmaker boosts West Midlands
(23 June 1999) -
Government aid saves Longbridge (1 April 1999)
- Battle for the driving seat at BMW (5 February 1999)
- Rover 75 - 'Car of the Year' (23 February 1999)
- New working practices to save Rover jobs (11 December 1998)
- Automotive Empires - Rover's competitors
The story of Rover's troubles
- Rover unions jubilant (23 June 1999)
- Rover 75 sales hit the accelerator (23 June 1999)
- Rover's 75 reasons to be hopeful (16 June 1999)
- Rover revs up Cowley (26 May 1999)
- Rover jobs under threat (20 May 1999)
- Rover losses 'escalate' (18 May 1999)
- Rover's Longbridge future in doubt (28 April 1999)
- Government backs Rover (8 February 1999)
- Rover on a knife's edge (5 February 1999)
- Rover closure could devastate economy (5 February 1999)
- Rover loses 2,500 jobs, and its chief (2 December 1998)
- Deal to save Rover plant (27 November 1998)
- Unions face up to Rover job losses (21 October 1998)
- Rover's new car and old job fears (20 October 1998)
- Rover confirms shutdown (1 October)
- Rover confirms 1,500 jobs to go (23 July)
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