The Rover Group: Company and Cars 1986-2000
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The Rover Group - Company and Cars is a comprehensive history of the company and a guide to its products. Centring on the period of the official existence of the Rover Group, the book also examines the events leading up to its formation in 1986 and its controversial aftermath, following its dismemberment in 2000. The new book is backed by first-hand accounts from Rover employees, as well as a foreword by Jon Moulton, the man behind several bids to acquire elements of the company. Including production histories and full specification guides to its cars, The Rover Group is a compelling insider's account of one of the most controversial periods in the British motor industry. With over 250 historical and original images the book covers: The beginnings of Rover and its place in British Leyland Land Rover's expansion in the 1980s and how it led to the foundation of the Rover Group Rover under British Aerospace and the sell-off to BMW Rover's struggle under German management and BMW's disposal of the Group The aftermath of Rover's collapse - MG Rover, Land Rover and MINI.
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A good book containing a wealth of interesting material, but marred by sloppy editing and numerous glaring errors, mostly of a technical nature. The way Gould has structured the book results in chapters that read like separate and disconnected essays thrown together in a single volume, with information frequently repeated.
Considering Gould's background and the information he had access to, this might, with a little more care and effort in its preparation, have been a 5-star book, the definitive tome on the Rover Group.
