British Leyland

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British Leyland was a major British automotive manufacturer formed in the late 1960s that produced a wide range of cars, trucks, and buses under numerous well-known marques before its eventual decline and breakup in the 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automotive manufacturer
conglomerate
alsoKnownAs British Leyland
surface form: British Leyland Motor Corporation
country United Kingdom
declinePeriod 1980s
faced financial difficulties
industrial disputes
quality control problems
formationYear 1968
formedByMergerOf British Leyland self-linksurface differs
surface form: British Motor Holdings

Leyland Trucks
surface form: Leyland Motor Corporation
headquartersLocation United Kingdom
industry automotive industry
nationalisationYear 1975
nationalisedBy UK government
notableModel Austin Allegro
Jaguar XJ
MG B
surface form: MGB

Mini
Rover SD1
Triumph TR7
ownedBrand Alvis Vehicles
surface form: Alvis

Austin
Daimler
Innocenti
Jaguar
Rover Group
surface form: Land Rover

Leyland Trucks
surface form: Leyland Buses

Leyland Trucks
MG
Mini
Morris
Riley
Rover
Standard-Triumph
Triumph
Vanden Plas
Wolseley
peakPeriod 1970s
produced buses
commercial vehicles
passenger cars
trucks
shortName BL
status defunct
successor Rover Group
surface form: Austin Rover Group

Jaguar Land Rover
surface form: Jaguar Cars

Leyland Trucks
surface form: Leyland Bus

Leyland Trucks
Rover Group
underwent restructuring

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leyland historicallyAssociatedWith British Leyland
Mini founder British Leyland
this entity surface form: British Motor Corporation
MG Motor formerOwner British Leyland
MG historicOwner British Leyland
this entity surface form: British Motor Corporation
MG historicOwner British Leyland
British Leyland alsoKnownAs British Leyland
this entity surface form: British Leyland Motor Corporation
British Leyland formedByMergerOf British Leyland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British Motor Holdings
Rover parentOrganization British Leyland
this entity surface form: Leyland Motors
Rover parentOrganization British Leyland
Rover mergedInto British Leyland
this entity surface form: Leyland Motors
Rover mergedInto British Leyland
this entity surface form: British Leyland Motor Corporation
British Leyland Mini 1000 manufacturer British Leyland
this entity surface form: British Leyland Motor Corporation
British Leyland Mini 1000 manufacturer British Leyland
Austin Mini marketedBy British Leyland
MG Cars parentOrganization British Leyland
Rover Group predecessor British Leyland