Morris Motors
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| Industry | Automotive |
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| Fate | Individual identity retained until 1968 Ownership merged with Austin in 1952 as subsidiaries of The British Motor Corporation Limited |
| Successor | The British Motor Corporation Limited |
| Founded | 1912 W.R.M. Motors 1919 renamed Morris Motors |
| Defunct | brand name used until 1984 |
| Headquarters | Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, later Longbridge England |
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Key people
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William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield Frank George Woollard Leonard Lord |
| Products | motor cars |
| Subsidiaries |
Morris Commercial Cars Limited, Nuffield Acceptances Limited, Nuffield (Australia) Limited, Nuffield Exports Limited, Nuffield Mechanizations Limited Nuffield Metal Products Limited, The Nuffield Press Limited, Nuffield Tools and Gauges Limited, Riley (Coventry) Limited, Riley Motors Limited, The M.G. Car Company Limited, The S.U. Carburetter Company Limited, Wolseley Motors Limited |
| Product type | Automotive |
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| Owner | SAIC |
| Discontinued | 1984 |
| Previous owners |
W. R. Morris (1912–1952) |
W. R. Morris (1912–1952)
BMC (1952–1968)
British Leyland (1968–1986)
Rover Group (1986–1988)
BAe (1988–1994)
BMW (1994–2000)
MG Rover Group (2000–2005)
Morris Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer formed in 1919 to take over the assets of WRM Motors Ltd., which had been put into voluntary liquidation. Though merged into larger organisations, the Morris name remained in use until 1984 when British Leyland's Austin Rover Group decided to concentrate on the more popular Austin brand. The trademark is currently owned by the China-based automotive company SAIC after being transferred from bankrupt subsidiary Nanjing Automotive.
The company is more notable for Morris Minor, Morris Mini a.k.a. Mini Cooper and Morris Oxford series III, which would later be manufactured by Hindustan Motors as Hindustan Ambassador with periodic enhancements in India till 2014.
Today, the former Morris manufacturing complex at Cowley, Oxford survives as Plant Oxford, and is owned by the BMW Group as the headquarters of the MINI marque and associated family of vehicles.
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