British Leyland

Summary

British Leyland is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,081 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• British Leyland is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• British Leyland's instance of is recorded as business^[4].
• British Leyland's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[5].
• British Leyland's instance of is recorded as automobile manufacturer^[6].
• British Leyland's logo image is recorded as British Leyland Badge.jpg^[7].
• British Leyland's follows is recorded as British Motor Corporation^[8].
• British Leyland's follows is recorded as British Motor Holdings^[9].
• British Leyland's follows is recorded as Leyland Motors^[10].
• British Leyland's follows is recorded as Marshall, Sons & Co.^[11].
• British Leyland's followed by is recorded as Rover Group^[12].
• British Leyland's followed by is recorded as Q1507508^[13].
• British Leyland's headquarters location is recorded as Longbridge^[14].
• British Leyland's headquarters location is recorded as Cowley^[15].
• British Leyland's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 65148995740659750360^[16].
• British Leyland's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50052534^[17].
• British Leyland's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17050145d^[18].
• British Leyland's IdRef ID is recorded as 027391221^[19].
• British Leyland's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA10521815^[20].
• British Leyland's child organization or unit is recorded as Land Rover^[21].
• British Leyland's child organization or unit is recorded as Jaguar Cars^[22].
• British Leyland's child organization or unit is recorded as Unipart^[23].
• British Leyland's child organization or unit is recorded as Q781156^[24].
• British Leyland's child organization or unit is recorded as Leyland Bus^[25].
• British Leyland's child organization or unit is recorded as Leyland Trucks^[26].
• British Leyland's child organization or unit is recorded as Coventry Climax^[27].

Body

Founding

+1968-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Leyland^[28].

Identity

Predecessors include British Motor Corporation^[8], British Motor Holdings^[9], Leyland Motors^[10], and Marshall, Sons & Co.^[11]. Successors include Rover Group^[12] and Q1507508^[13].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Longbridge^[14], a neighborhood^[29], in United Kingdom^[30] and Cowley^[15], a suburb^[31], in United Kingdom^[32]. Subsidiaries include Land Rover^[21], an automobile manufacturer^[33], in United Kingdom^[34], founded in 1978^[35], headquartered in Coventry^[36]; Jaguar Cars^[22], an automobile manufacturer^[37], in United Kingdom^[38], founded in 1934^[39], headquartered in Coventry^[40]; Unipart^[23], a business^[41], founded in 1974^[42], headquartered in Cowley^[43]; Q781156^[24], an automobile manufacturer^[44], in Morocco^[45], founded in 1905^[46], headquartered in Birmingham^[47]; Leyland Bus^[25], a business^[48], in Sweden^[49], founded in 1987^[50]; and Leyland Trucks^[26], a business^[51], in United Kingdom^[52], founded in 1993^[53], headquartered in Leyland^[54].

Industry

British Leyland's industry is recorded as automotive industry^[55].

Ownership

Products include passenger car^[56], truck^[57], bus^[58], and tractor^[59].

Dissolution

British Leyland was dissolved in +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z^[60].

Why It Matters

British Leyland ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,081 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[61] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[62]