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Niet het Chinese SAIC maar Ford/Land-Rover heeft de Rover-merknaam verkregen van B.M.W. Ben er eigenlijk wel blij om Ook al betekent dit waarschijnlijk dat Ford de Rover-merknaam nooit zal gebruiken.
Ford to buy Rover brand name from B*W
Reuters - Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:12 PM BST
FRANKFURT - Ford will exercise its right to buy the Rover brand name from B.M.W, a spokesman for Ford's Premier Automotive Group (PAG) said on Monday.
"We feel it is in interests of our Land Rover business to have the Rover brand," the spokesman said, adding Ford had informed B*W about its decision on Monday.
"We are acquiring it and we're not looking to sell it. We believe it is a valuable asset for us," the spokesman said, declining to give any financial details.
B*W had no immediate comment.
PAG also includes the Jaguar, Volvo and Aston Martin marques.
Ford bought Land Rover from B*W in 2000 and had the rights to buy the Rover brand name, which B*W said last month it had agreed to sell to an unspecified partner.
Chinese media reports have said top Chinese carmaker SAIC had agreed to buy the brand name. SAIC has the design rights to two Rover models which it bought from failed British carmaker MG Rover before MG Rover collapsed last year.
SAIC is making its own cars based on the Rover platform, hoping the sell them one day to developed markets including Europe.


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