Rolls-BMW deal welcomed but rivals fight on

摘要

The best solution for the long term: that is how most industry observers are viewing the drive by Rolls-Royce into the arms of BMW under a £340 million deal, writes Maurice Glover. But the automotive sale of the century is tinged with sadness for those who feel that the byword for engineering excellence worldwide could well have remained in British control had it not been for yesteryear's corporate sins of British Leyland and the Rootes Group.