Wolseley

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Wolseley is a historic British automobile marque best known for its early 20th-century passenger cars and later integration into major UK motor groups.

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Surface form Occurrences
Wolseley Motors 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British brand
automobile marque
associatedWithCity Birmingham NERFINISHED
Oxford NERFINISHED
badgeEngineeredWith Austin NERFINISHED
MG NERFINISHED
Morris NERFINISHED
Riley NERFINISHED
ceasedAsMarque 1970s
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
eraOfProminence early 20th century
interwar period
finalModelsBasedOn Austin 1100/1300 NERFINISHED
Austin 1800 NERFINISHED
BMC ADO16 platform
foundedBy Herbert Austin NERFINISHED
Vickers, Sons and Maxim NERFINISHED
heritageStatus historic British marque
industry automotive industry
integratedInto British Leyland NERFINISHED
British Motor Corporation NERFINISHED
Morris Motors NERFINISHED
Nuffield Organisation NERFINISHED
laterOwnedBy British Leyland Motor Corporation NERFINISHED
British Motor Corporation NERFINISHED
Morris Motors NERFINISHED
Nuffield Organisation NERFINISHED
Vickers Limited NERFINISHED
marketPosition near-luxury
upmarket
namedAfter Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley NERFINISHED
notableFor early 20th-century passenger cars
notableModel Wolseley 1500 NERFINISHED
Wolseley 18/85 NERFINISHED
Wolseley 6/80 NERFINISHED
Wolseley Hornet NERFINISHED
originatedAs Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company NERFINISHED
partOf British motor industry history
producedVehicleType light commercial vehicles
limousines
saloons
touring cars
productType passenger cars
specializedIn medium-sized saloon cars
upmarket versions of mass-market cars
usedDesignFeature distinctive radiator grille
illuminated radiator grille badge
usedEngineType overhead-camshaft engines in early cars

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British Leyland ownedBrand Wolseley
Viscount Wolseley familyName Wolseley
subject surface form: Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Wolseley Motors car showroom associatedWith Wolseley
this entity surface form: Wolseley Motors
Wolseley Motors car showroom operator Wolseley
this entity surface form: Wolseley Motors
Hispano-Suiza 8 licenseBuilder Wolseley
this entity surface form: Wolseley Motors
Wolseley Viper manufacturer Wolseley
this entity surface form: Wolseley Motors
Rover Group brand Wolseley