British Motor Holdings

British Motor Holdings Limited
IndustryAutomotive
PredecessorMorris Motors Limited
Austin Motor Company Limited
Pressed Steel Company Ltd
Jaguar Cars Limited
Founded14 December 1966
FounderGeorge Harriman
Defunct17 January 1968
FateMerged in 1968 with Leyland Motor Corporation
SuccessorBritish Leyland Motor Corporation
HeadquartersLongbridge, Birmingham, England, UK
Key people
Sir George Harriman (Chairman)

British Motor Holdings Limited (BMH) was a British vehicle manufacturing company known until 14 December 1966 as British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC).[1] BMH was created as a holding company following BMC's takeover of both Jaguar Cars and the Pressed Steel Company in that year.

Thirteen months later, on 17 January 1968, under direct pressure from its national government, BMH merged with Leyland Motor Corporation (Standard-Triumph, Rover and Alvis cars, Leyland trucks and buses, Alvis fighting vehicles) to form British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC).[2]

  1. ^ British Motor Takes That New Label The Times, 15 December 1966; pg. 17 Issue 56815
  2. ^ Martin, Robert (18 January 1968). "Leyland and British Motor in £420m merger". The Herald. Glasgow. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2012.