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From: [email protected] (Nick Pettefar)
Subject: Re: Happy Easter!
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kevinh, on the Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:23:01 GMT wibbled:
: In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
: |> In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Dave Tharp CDS) writes:
: |> >In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
: |> >>Rolls-Royce owned by a non-British firm?
: |> >>
: |> >>Ye Gods, that would be the end of civilization as we know it.
: |> >
: |> > Why not? Ford owns Aston-Martin and Jaguar, General Motors owns Lotus
: |> >and Vauxhall. Rover is only owned 20% by Honda.
: |>
: |> Yes, it's a minor blasphemy that U.S. companies would ?? on the likes of A.M.,
: |> Jaguar, or (sob) Lotus. It's outright sacrilege for RR to have non-British
: |> ownership. It's a fundamental thing
: I think there is a legal clause in the RR name, regardless of who owns it
: it must be a British company/owner - i.e. BA can sell the company but not
: the name.
: [email protected]
I don't believe that BA have anything to do with RR. It's a seperate
company from the RR Aero-Engine company. I think that the government
own a stake. Unfortunately they owned a stake of Jaguar too, until
they decided to make a quick buck and sold it to Ford. Bastards.
This is definitely the ultimate Arthur-Daley government.
--
Nick (the Cynical Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford Leaky Gearbox
M'Lud.
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