Rover would still be in production, they would have developed the k-series.
Small companies would not be hung drawn and quartered for using the name while making things such as cushions.
The build quality would still have been crap however, regardless it would have been a British car built by a British company. Not a British car made by a German company.
you dont have anything to do with making money do you??
you idea is frankly mad!! does it 'being british' make it worth having?? because if it does tell me what make you tv, fridge and where the copper pipe in your house, knifes and forkes (put to mind sheffield steel is indian now!) and leather on your sofa!! because i'd put money on 4/5 of the above being from over sea's!! so your not really bothered about things being british are you??
unfortunatly this country has no proper industry anymore because people wouldn't ever pay for our good, as it costs more for a brit car than a jap car (even taking into account shipping cost!!) so now our industry has died and all we can do is buy imports..... but you are forgetting that the MINI is still designed and built here in this once great land!! so its existance is giving people jobs and 'trying' to do its bit for the economy, of britain, as mini is british just funded by a much better run motoring power house!
Even Ford gave up developing a reliable K-Series for the Land Rover Freelander with millions lost in warranty claims and just fitted a new engine in the end...........now its time to see if the Chinese have managed to fix it with the re-launched MGTF. http://www.landroverdontbuy.com/ (A site dedicated to taking Land Rover to court over the K Series Engine used in the Freelander)
Rover were still being property and asset stripped by BAe when BMW bought the company in 1994 and started investing real money in new cars again (as well as the classic Mini).
Any sensible & profitable company protects its trademarks and reputation from others who use them without getting permission, no matter how small they may be.
As you stated........If "the build quality would still have been crap", who in their right mind would be buying a Rover just because it was built by a British company?
on the other hand you talk sense!!
Edited by sir Jake the brit, 07 January 2009 - 09:12 AM.
