British Motor Corporation

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Organization automobile_manufacturer Q386065
British Motor Corporation
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British Motor Corporation

Summary

British Motor Corporation is an automobile manufacturer[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of automobile_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Motor Corporation is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British Motor Corporation's image is recorded as 1965.riley.4slash72.arp.jpg[4].
  • British Motor Corporation's instance of is recorded as automobile manufacturer[5].
  • British Motor Corporation's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • British Motor Corporation's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[7].
  • British Motor Corporation's founder is recorded as Q781156[8].
  • British Motor Corporation's follows is recorded as Morris Motors[9].
  • British Motor Corporation's follows is recorded as Q781156[10].
  • British Motor Corporation's follows is recorded as Wolseley Motor Company[11].
  • British Motor Corporation's followed by is recorded as British Leyland[12].
  • British Motor Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Birmingham[13].
  • British Motor Corporation's Commons category is recorded as British Motor Corporation[14].
  • British Motor Corporation's industry is recorded as automotive industry[15].
  • +1952-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Motor Corporation[16].
  • British Motor Corporation was dissolved in +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • British Motor Corporation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01r20g[18].
  • British Motor Corporation's product or material produced is recorded as car[19].
  • British Motor Corporation's legal form is recorded as privately held company[20].
  • British Motor Corporation's owner of is recorded as BMC[21].
  • British Motor Corporation's NE.se ID is recorded as british-motor-corporation[22].
  • British Motor Corporation's Science Museum people ID is recorded as cp128549[23].
  • British Motor Corporation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher[24].
  • British Motor Corporation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as P4310311668[25].

Body

Founding

British Motor Corporation's founder is recorded as Q781156[8]. +1952-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[16].

Identity

Predecessors include Morris Motors[9], Q781156[10], and Wolseley Motor Company[11]. British Motor Corporation's followed by is recorded as British Leyland[12].

Operations

British Motor Corporation's headquarters location is recorded as Birmingham[13].

Industry

British Motor Corporation's industry is recorded as automotive industry[15].

Ownership

British Motor Corporation's product or material produced is recorded as car[19].

Dissolution

British Motor Corporation was dissolved in +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].

Why It Matters

British Motor Corporation ranks in the top 10% of automobile_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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