Industry | Automotive |
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Predecessor | Morris Motors Limited Austin Motor Company Limited Pressed Steel Company Ltd Jaguar Cars Limited |
Founded | 14 December 1966 |
Founder | George Harriman |
Defunct | 17 January 1968 |
Fate | Merged in 1968 with Leyland Motor Corporation |
Successor | British Leyland Motor Corporation |
Headquarters | Longbridge, 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]