Ford buys Rover........

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18-09-2006, 09:01 PM

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Ford buys Rover........

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1101/

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18-09-2006, 09:06 PM

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Whoever has bought it, I doubt the poor bastards who lost there jobs will be jumping for joy, they wont get there jobs back

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18-09-2006, 09:25 PM

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Ford have only bought the rights to use the name Rover, not the plant or anything else.

This is to stop anyone selling cars / 4x4's with the name, "Neither sea or air Rover"

And presumably they will sell it on, if or when they sell Landrover.

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