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Rolls-Royce Motors
Former British car company (1973–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the company prior to its acquisition by Volkswagen. For the current car manufacturers, see Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Bentley. For other uses, see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation).
Rolls-Royce Motors was a British luxury car manufacturer, created in 1973 during the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce automotive business from the nationalised Rolls-Royce Limited. It produced luxury cars under the Rolls-Royce and Bentley brands. Vickers acquired the company in 1980 and sold it to Volkswagen in 1998. Bentley Motors is the company's direct successor; however, BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce trademark for use on automobiles and launched a new Rolls-Royce company shortly afterwards.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1973; 51 years ago (1973) |
Defunct | 1998; 26 years ago (1998) |
Fate | Sold to Volkswagen Group |
Successor | |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Products | Automobiles |
Owner | Vickers plc |
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