MG Rover, BMC, British Leyland- all the same to me. Don't believe anyone > could assess the total but it's multi millions- of taxpayers cash.> Right from the 1950's 'nationalisation' of too many marques into the > British Motor Corporation.> So many name changes but always funded by those who could least afford it.> I remember Austin, Morris, MG, Triumph -but they were just names on badges > from the giant money ogre.Producing cars to compete with each others > factories, whilst the foreigners were producing stuff that people actually > wanted to buy.> 1970's, the era of Red Robbo and the utter decline of England. Should have > been closed down then.> Innovation meant a square steering wheel, rear quarter grills that fell > off and exciting brakes.> Retro styled 'Rover'. Old fashioned, over priced, lacklustre. What market > were they aiming at (if any at all), friends of 'Heartbeat', the rural > vicar, vet and country doctor?> One of the models is about Ј21,000. That three times the price of many > perfectly reasonable imports.> DaveK.>