The brand used the iconic Viking longship as its logo. The rights to the brand are currently part of Jaguar Land Rover, which continues to produce Land Rovers, but no Rover automobiles are currently in production and the brand is considered dormant.
The earliest Rover cars were built in 1904; but it wasn't until 1922 that Rover's Viking theme began. As the word Rover means wanderer or seafarer, a Viking was considered a fitting mascot for the company.
Longships were naval vessels made and used by the Vikings from Scandinavia and Iceland for trade, commerce, exploration, and warfare during the Viking Age. The longship's design evolved over many years, as seen in the Nydam and Kvalsund ships.
The Land Rover badge adorns elegantly styled, off-road-ready SUVs while its swanky fleet of Range Rover models include the brand's trademark ruggedness with increased luxury. The company currently partners with another iconic British automaker—Jaguar—under the Jaguar Land Rover moniker.
Ownership of the original Rover Group marques is currently split between BMW (Germany), SAIC (China), and Tata Motors (India), the latter owning the Rover marque itself with its subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover owning much of the assets of the historic Rover company.
Jaguar Land Rover has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, in which Tata Sons is the largest shareholder, since 2008. Two brands. Two distinct personalities. Both connected by the elements of quality and sustainability that underpin Jaguar Land Rover's future of modern luxury by design.
For BMW, the merger was great news – it wanted to expand in order to prosper in the after-effects of the 1990s recession and growth by engulfing Rover seemed to make sense at the time. For British Aerospace, the deal was manna from heaven.
The Rover marque then became the flagship brand of the newly and eponymously renamed Rover Group in 1988, which included the actually stronger and more valuable brand names Land Rover and Mini as it passed first through the hands of British Aerospace and then into the ownership of BMW Group.
The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company that operated from its base in Solihull in Warwickshire. Its lasting reputation for quality and performance was such that its first postwar model reviewed by Road & Track in 1952 was pronounced finer than any but a Rolls-Royce.
On 31 January 1994, Rover Group plc, including Land Rover, was acquired by BMW. In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold on to Ford Motor Company, becoming part of its Premier Automotive Group.
Brothers Bill (right) and Bob Healey founded the Viking Yacht Company on the banks of the Bass River in New Gretna, New Jersey, on April 1, 1964. It has remained family owned and operated ever since. That's right. One family, 55 years.
Started by brothers Bob and Bill Healey in 1964 when they bought Peterson-Viking Builders, a small, struggling New Jersey builder of 37-foot, wooden sportfishing boats, Viking Yachts has grown to become a world leader in semi-custom fiberglass yacht production with over 5,000 Vikings delivered.
Viking Ships were built by the Scandinavians during the Viking Age (c. 790 CE - c. 1100 CE) and were used both within Scandinavia and beyond for purposes ranging from being the most important means of transport to trade and warfare.
Pagani | Cars Logo. The symbol is built around the brand name placed inside an oval shape. There is a “mirrored” letter “P” above the word “Pagani.” The two letters “P” (the regular and the mirrored ones) form one more oval, which echoes the overall shape of the logotype.
Crosby created the original Winged B – with the 'B' of Bentley inside a pair of wings chosen to represent the exhilaration of motion – and perhaps also a reference to W.O. Bentley's background as a designer of engines for fighter planes in the First World War.
What do the Porsche logo's colours represent? While the horse represents strength, the red and black stripes on either side are reflective of the traditional crest colours of Württemberg-Hohenzollern. What's more, the stylised antlers were also taken from the region's coat of arms.
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The Rover 75 was one of the last mass-produced cars from a British-owned manufacturer. This particular car was completed on 23rd March 2005, just two weeks before MG-Rover went into administration. It was bought six months later when liquidated stock was sold off and immediately put into storage by its new owner.
1978: Land Rover Limited becomes its own company under British Leyland Motors, 30 years after the creation of the first Land Rover model. 1994: The Rover Group is acquired by BMW. 2000: The Rover Group is broken up by BMW and Land Rover is sold to Ford.
“BMW becomes a relationship brand. The new communication logo radiates openness and clarity,” explains Jens Thiemer, Senior Vice President Customer & Brand BMW. “With this new transparent variant, we want to invite our customers more than ever to become part of the BMW world.
In 2000, BMW sold off most of the Rover brands, retaining only the Mini brand. In 1998, BMW also acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand from Vickers Plc. The 1995 BMW Z3 expanded the line-up to include a mass-production two-seat roadster and the 1999 BMW X5 was the company's entry into the SUV market.
In 1904, Henry Royce and William Rolls founded Rolls-Royce Limited, and it was then sold to Volkswagen where it was renamed Rolls-Royce Motors. Ultimately they sold it to BMW in 1998, establishing Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited. It has remained a BMW subsidiary ever since.
