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		<title>Red marquis at 07:12, 16 June 2007</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l6&quot;&gt;Line 6:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the war the Continental engine was no longer available, so Morris arranged for the French company [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] to make a near-copy in their Coventry factory. This was used to power new versions of the basic &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cowley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and more up-market [[Morris Oxford]] cars. With a reputation for producing high-quality cars and a policy of cutting prices, Morris Motor Company continued to grow and increase its share of the British market and, in 1924, overtook [[Ford of Britain|Ford]] to become the UK&amp;#039;s biggest car manufacturer, holding a 51% share of the home market. They had a policy of buying up suppliers with, for example, Hotchkiss in Coventry becoming the [[Morris Engines]] branch in 1923. In 1924 the head of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sales agency in Oxford, [[Cecil Kimber]], started building sporting versions of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; cars, called &amp;quot;[[MG|MG]]&amp;quot; &amp;amp;mdash; after the agency, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Garages&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. The MG factory was in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the war the Continental engine was no longer available, so Morris arranged for the French company [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] to make a near-copy in their Coventry factory. This was used to power new versions of the basic &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cowley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and more up-market [[Morris Oxford]] cars. With a reputation for producing high-quality cars and a policy of cutting prices, Morris Motor Company continued to grow and increase its share of the British market and, in 1924, overtook [[Ford of Britain|Ford]] to become the UK&amp;#039;s biggest car manufacturer, holding a 51% share of the home market. They had a policy of buying up suppliers with, for example, Hotchkiss in Coventry becoming the [[Morris Engines]] branch in 1923. In 1924 the head of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sales agency in Oxford, [[Cecil Kimber]], started building sporting versions of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; cars, called &amp;quot;[[MG|MG]]&amp;quot; &amp;amp;mdash; after the agency, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Garages&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. The MG factory was in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The small car market was entered in 1928, with the [[Morris Minor]], using an 847&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine from the [[Wolseley Motor Company]], a company which became part of Morris Motors Company in 1927. This helped the company through the economic depression of the time. The Minor was replaced at the 1934 [[London Motor Show]] by the [[Morris Eight]], a direct response to the [[Ford Model Y]] and heavily based on it. In 1932 Morris appointed Leonard Lord as Managing Director and he swept through the works, updating the production methods and introducing a proper moving assembly line, but Morris and Lord fell out, and Lord left in 1936 &amp;amp;mdash; threatening to &amp;quot;take Cowley apart brick by brick&amp;quot;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{fact}} &lt;/del&gt;Also in 1936 William Morris sold [[Morris Commercial Cars|Morris Commercial Cars Limited]], his [[van|commercial vehicle]] enterprise, to Morris Motors.  In 1938 William Morris became Viscount Nuffield, and the same year he merged the Morris Motor Company (incorporating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039; with newly acquired [[Riley|Riley]] to form a new company: the [[Nuffield Organisation]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The small car market was entered in 1928, with the [[Morris Minor]], using an 847&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine from the [[Wolseley Motor Company]], a company which became part of Morris Motors Company in 1927. This helped the company through the economic depression of the time. The Minor was replaced at the 1934 [[London Motor Show]] by the [[Morris Eight]], a direct response to the [[Ford Model Y]] and heavily based on it. In 1932 Morris appointed Leonard Lord as Managing Director and he swept through the works, updating the production methods and introducing a proper moving assembly line, but Morris and Lord fell out, and Lord left in 1936 &amp;amp;mdash; threatening to &amp;quot;take Cowley apart brick by brick&amp;quot;. Also in 1936 William Morris sold [[Morris Commercial Cars|Morris Commercial Cars Limited]], his [[van|commercial vehicle]] enterprise, to Morris Motors.  In 1938 William Morris became Viscount Nuffield, and the same year he merged the Morris Motor Company (incorporating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039; with newly acquired [[Riley|Riley]] to form a new company: the [[Nuffield Organisation]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Production restarted after World War II, with the pre-war &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eight&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ten&amp;#039;&amp;#039; designs. In 1948 they were replaced by what is probably the most famous &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; car, the [[Morris Minor]] designed by [[Alec Issigonis]] (who later went on to design the [[Mini]]) and reusing the small car name from 1928. Alongside it was a new 1948 [[Morris Oxford]], styled like a larger version of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Minor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A later Morris Oxford  (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India&amp;#039;s famous [[Hindustan Ambassador]] which continues in production to the present day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Production restarted after World War II, with the pre-war &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eight&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ten&amp;#039;&amp;#039; designs. In 1948 they were replaced by what is probably the most famous &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; car, the [[Morris Minor]] designed by [[Alec Issigonis]] (who later went on to design the [[Mini]]) and reusing the small car name from 1928. Alongside it was a new 1948 [[Morris Oxford]], styled like a larger version of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Minor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A later Morris Oxford  (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India&amp;#039;s famous [[Hindustan Ambassador]] which continues in production to the present day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Morris Cowley 1915-1935&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Morris Cowley 1915-1935&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Morris Oxford]] 1926-1935&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Morris Oxford]] 1926-1935&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Morris Minor (1928)|Morris Minor 1928-1932&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[Morris Minor (1928)|Morris Minor&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;1928-1932&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Morris Major 1931-1933&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Morris Major 1931-1933&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Red marquis at 05:36, 19 February 2007</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Motor Company&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a British [[automobile|car]] manufacturing company. After the incorporation of the company into larger corporations, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; name remained in use as a marque until 1984.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}&lt;/ins&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Motor Company&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a British [[automobile|car]] manufacturing company. After the incorporation of the company into larger corporations, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; name remained in use as a marque until 1984.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Red marquis: /* History */</title>
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		<updated>2007-01-12T08:17:38Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Production restarted after World War II, with the pre-war &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eight&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ten&amp;#039;&amp;#039; designs. In 1948 they were replaced by what is probably the most famous &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; car, the [[Morris Minor]] designed by [[Alec Issigonis]] (who later went on to design the [[Mini]]) and reusing the small car name from 1928. Alongside it was a new 1948 [[Morris Oxford]], styled like a larger version of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Minor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A later Morris Oxford  (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India&amp;#039;s famous [[Hindustan Ambassador]] which continues in production to the present day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Production restarted after World War II, with the pre-war &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eight&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ten&amp;#039;&amp;#039; designs. In 1948 they were replaced by what is probably the most famous &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; car, the [[Morris Minor]] designed by [[Alec Issigonis]] (who later went on to design the [[Mini]]) and reusing the small car name from 1928. Alongside it was a new 1948 [[Morris Oxford]], styled like a larger version of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Minor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A later Morris Oxford  (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India&amp;#039;s famous [[Hindustan Ambassador]] which continues in production to the present day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1952, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nuffield Organisation&amp;#039;&amp;#039; merged with its old rival the [[Austin Motor Company]] to form the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC). Nuffield brought the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Riley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marques into the merger. Leonard Lord was in charge, which led to Austin&amp;#039;s domination of the organisation. [[Badge-engineering]] was important to the new company and for many years the several marques would be seen on several families of similar vehicles.  In 1968, in further rationalisations of the British motor industry, BMC became part of the newly-formed [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC), and subsequently, in 1975, the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;nationalised&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;[[British Leyland|British Leyland Limited]] (BL).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1952, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nuffield Organisation&amp;#039;&amp;#039; merged with its old rival the [[Austin Motor Company]] to form the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC). Nuffield brought the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Riley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marques into the merger. Leonard Lord was in charge, which led to Austin&amp;#039;s domination of the organisation. [[Badge-engineering]] was important to the new company and for many years the several marques would be seen on several families of similar vehicles.  In 1968, in further rationalisations of the British motor industry, BMC became part of the newly-formed [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC), and subsequently, in 1975, the nationalised [[British Leyland|British Leyland Limited]] (BL).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marque continued to be used until the early 1980s on cars such as the [[Morris Marina]]. The [[Morris Ital]] (essentially a facelifted Marina) was the last Morris-badged passenger car, with production ending in 1984. The last &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of all was a van variant of the [[Rover Metro|Austin Metro]]. In the early 1980s, the former Morris assembly plant in Cowley was turned over to the production of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Austin&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rover&amp;#039;&amp;#039; badged vehicles, and continued to be used by BL&amp;#039;s [[Austin Rover Group]] and its successor the [[Rover Group]], which was eventually bought by [[BMW]], and then by a management consortium, leading to the creation of [[MG Rover]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marque continued to be used until the early 1980s on cars such as the [[Morris Marina]]. The [[Morris Ital]] (essentially a facelifted Marina) was the last Morris-badged passenger car, with production ending in 1984. The last &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of all was a van variant of the [[Rover Metro|Austin Metro]]. In the early 1980s, the former Morris assembly plant in Cowley was turned over to the production of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Austin&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rover&amp;#039;&amp;#039; badged vehicles, and continued to be used by BL&amp;#039;s [[Austin Rover Group]] and its successor the [[Rover Group]], which was eventually bought by [[BMW]], and then by a management consortium, leading to the creation of [[MG Rover]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Red marquis</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Red marquis: /* History */</title>
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		<updated>2007-01-12T08:16:22Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==History==	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Motor Company&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was started in 1910 when bicycle manufacturer [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield|William Morris]] turned his attention to car manufacturing. A factory was opened in 1913 in Cowley, Oxford, United Kingdom, and the company&amp;#039;s first car, the 2-seat [[Morris Oxford Bullnose|Morris Oxford &amp;quot;Bullnose&amp;quot;]] was introduced. Nearly all the major components were bought-in, with only final assembly being undertaken in the Morris works.  In 1914 a coupé and van were added to the line-up but the chassis was too short and the 1018&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine too small to make a much-needed 4-seat version of the car.  [[White and Poppe]], who made the engine, wanted more money than Morris was prepared to pay for a larger version, so the company turned to [[Continental Motors|Continental]] of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Detroit, Michigan&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;United States&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;for supplies of a 1548&amp;amp;nbsp;cc unit. [[Gearboxes]] and axles were also sourced in the US.  In spite of the outbreak of the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;First World War&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;the orders were maintained and, from mid-1915 a new larger car, the 2-seat and 4-seat [[Morris Cowley (1915)|Morris Cowley]] was introduced.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Motor Company&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was started in 1910 when bicycle manufacturer [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield|William Morris]] turned his attention to car manufacturing. A factory was opened in 1913 in Cowley, Oxford, United Kingdom, and the company&amp;#039;s first car, the 2-seat [[Morris Oxford Bullnose|Morris Oxford &amp;quot;Bullnose&amp;quot;]] was introduced. Nearly all the major components were bought-in, with only final assembly being undertaken in the Morris works.  In 1914 a coupé and van were added to the line-up but the chassis was too short and the 1018&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine too small to make a much-needed 4-seat version of the car.  [[White and Poppe]], who made the engine, wanted more money than Morris was prepared to pay for a larger version, so the company turned to [[Continental Motors|Continental]] of Detroit, Michigan, United States for supplies of a 1548&amp;amp;nbsp;cc unit. [[Gearboxes]] and axles were also sourced in the US.  In spite of the outbreak of the First World War the orders were maintained and, from mid-1915 a new larger car, the 2-seat and 4-seat [[Morris Cowley (1915)|Morris Cowley]] was introduced.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the war the Continental engine was no longer available, so Morris arranged for the French company [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] to make a near-copy in their Coventry factory. This was used to power new versions of the basic &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cowley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and more up-market [[Morris Oxford]] cars. With a reputation for producing high-quality cars and a policy of cutting prices, Morris Motor Company continued to grow and increase its share of the British market and, in 1924, overtook [[Ford of Britain|Ford]] to become the UK&amp;#039;s biggest car manufacturer, holding a 51% share of the home market. They had a policy of buying up suppliers with, for example, Hotchkiss in Coventry becoming the [[Morris Engines]] branch in 1923. In 1924 the head of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sales agency in Oxford, [[Cecil Kimber]], started building sporting versions of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; cars, called &amp;quot;[[MG &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(car)&lt;/del&gt;|MG]]&amp;quot; &amp;amp;mdash; after the agency, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Garages&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. The MG factory was in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Abingdon, Oxfordshire&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After the war the Continental engine was no longer available, so Morris arranged for the French company [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] to make a near-copy in their Coventry factory. This was used to power new versions of the basic &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cowley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and more up-market [[Morris Oxford]] cars. With a reputation for producing high-quality cars and a policy of cutting prices, Morris Motor Company continued to grow and increase its share of the British market and, in 1924, overtook [[Ford of Britain|Ford]] to become the UK&amp;#039;s biggest car manufacturer, holding a 51% share of the home market. They had a policy of buying up suppliers with, for example, Hotchkiss in Coventry becoming the [[Morris Engines]] branch in 1923. In 1924 the head of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sales agency in Oxford, [[Cecil Kimber]], started building sporting versions of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; cars, called &amp;quot;[[MG|MG]]&amp;quot; &amp;amp;mdash; after the agency, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Garages&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. The MG factory was in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The small car market was entered in 1928, with the [[Morris Minor]], using an 847&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine from the [[Wolseley Motor Company]], a company which became part of Morris Motors Company in 1927. This helped the company through the economic depression of the time. The Minor was replaced at the 1934 [[London Motor Show]] by the [[Morris Eight]], a direct response to the [[Ford Model Y]] and heavily based on it. In 1932 Morris appointed &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Leonard Lord&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;as Managing Director and he swept through the works, updating the production methods and introducing a proper moving assembly line, but Morris and Lord fell out, and Lord left in 1936 &amp;amp;mdash; threatening to &amp;quot;take Cowley apart brick by brick&amp;quot;. {{fact}} Also in 1936 William Morris sold [[Morris Commercial Cars|Morris Commercial Cars Limited]], his [[van|commercial vehicle]] enterprise, to Morris Motors.  In 1938 William Morris became Viscount Nuffield, and the same year he merged the Morris Motor Company (incorporating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039; with newly acquired [[Riley &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(automobile)&lt;/del&gt;|Riley]] to form a new company: the [[Nuffield Organisation]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The small car market was entered in 1928, with the [[Morris Minor]], using an 847&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine from the [[Wolseley Motor Company]], a company which became part of Morris Motors Company in 1927. This helped the company through the economic depression of the time. The Minor was replaced at the 1934 [[London Motor Show]] by the [[Morris Eight]], a direct response to the [[Ford Model Y]] and heavily based on it. In 1932 Morris appointed Leonard Lord as Managing Director and he swept through the works, updating the production methods and introducing a proper moving assembly line, but Morris and Lord fell out, and Lord left in 1936 &amp;amp;mdash; threatening to &amp;quot;take Cowley apart brick by brick&amp;quot;. {{fact}} Also in 1936 William Morris sold [[Morris Commercial Cars|Morris Commercial Cars Limited]], his [[van|commercial vehicle]] enterprise, to Morris Motors.  In 1938 William Morris became Viscount Nuffield, and the same year he merged the Morris Motor Company (incorporating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039; with newly acquired [[Riley|Riley]] to form a new company: the [[Nuffield Organisation]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;	&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Production restarted after &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;World War II&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;, with the pre-war &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eight&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ten&amp;#039;&amp;#039; designs. In 1948 they were replaced by what is probably the most famous &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; car, the [[Morris Minor]] designed by [[Alec Issigonis]] (who later went on to design the [[Mini]]) and reusing the small car name from 1928. Alongside it was a new 1948 [[Morris Oxford]], styled like a larger version of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Minor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A later Morris Oxford  (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India&amp;#039;s famous [[Hindustan Ambassador]] which continues in production to the present day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Production restarted after World War II, with the pre-war &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eight&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ten&amp;#039;&amp;#039; designs. In 1948 they were replaced by what is probably the most famous &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; car, the [[Morris Minor]] designed by [[Alec Issigonis]] (who later went on to design the [[Mini]]) and reusing the small car name from 1928. Alongside it was a new 1948 [[Morris Oxford]], styled like a larger version of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Minor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A later Morris Oxford  (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India&amp;#039;s famous [[Hindustan Ambassador]] which continues in production to the present day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1952, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nuffield Organisation&amp;#039;&amp;#039; merged with its old rival the [[Austin Motor Company]] to form the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC). Nuffield brought the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Riley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marques into the merger. Leonard Lord was in charge, which led to Austin&amp;#039;s domination of the organisation. [[Badge-engineering]] was important to the new company and for many years the several marques would be seen on several families of similar vehicles.  In 1968, in further rationalisations of the British motor industry, BMC became part of the newly-formed [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC), and subsequently, in 1975, the [[nationalised]] [[British Leyland|British Leyland Limited]] (BL).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1952, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nuffield Organisation&amp;#039;&amp;#039; merged with its old rival the [[Austin Motor Company]] to form the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC). Nuffield brought the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Riley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marques into the merger. Leonard Lord was in charge, which led to Austin&amp;#039;s domination of the organisation. [[Badge-engineering]] was important to the new company and for many years the several marques would be seen on several families of similar vehicles.  In 1968, in further rationalisations of the British motor industry, BMC became part of the newly-formed [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC), and subsequently, in 1975, the [[nationalised]] [[British Leyland|British Leyland Limited]] (BL).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Logo===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Logo===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Morris badge shows an ox crossing a river &amp;amp;mdash; a reference to the company&amp;#039;s home town, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Oxford&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Morris badge shows an ox crossing a river &amp;amp;mdash; a reference to the company&amp;#039;s home town, Oxford.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Car Models (excludes light vans)==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Car Models (excludes light vans)==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>https://wikicars.org/index.php?title=Morris&amp;diff=28072&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Red marquis: /* See also */</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;List of &lt;/del&gt;British &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;companies&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*[[British &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Leyland&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Red marquis at 08:14, 12 January 2007</title>
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		<updated>2007-01-12T08:14:03Z</updated>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Motor Company&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was a British [[automobile|car]] manufacturing company. After the incorporation of the company into larger corporations, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; name remained in use as a marque until 1984.&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==	&lt;br /&gt;
The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Motor Company&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was started in 1910 when bicycle manufacturer [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield|William Morris]] turned his attention to car manufacturing. A factory was opened in 1913 in Cowley, Oxford, United Kingdom, and the company&amp;#039;s first car, the 2-seat [[Morris Oxford Bullnose|Morris Oxford &amp;quot;Bullnose&amp;quot;]] was introduced. Nearly all the major components were bought-in, with only final assembly being undertaken in the Morris works.  In 1914 a coupé and van were added to the line-up but the chassis was too short and the 1018&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine too small to make a much-needed 4-seat version of the car.  [[White and Poppe]], who made the engine, wanted more money than Morris was prepared to pay for a larger version, so the company turned to [[Continental Motors|Continental]] of [[Detroit, Michigan]], [[United States]] for supplies of a 1548&amp;amp;nbsp;cc unit. [[Gearboxes]] and axles were also sourced in the US.  In spite of the outbreak of the [[First World War]] the orders were maintained and, from mid-1915 a new larger car, the 2-seat and 4-seat [[Morris Cowley (1915)|Morris Cowley]] was introduced.&lt;br /&gt;
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After the war the Continental engine was no longer available, so Morris arranged for the French company [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] to make a near-copy in their Coventry factory. This was used to power new versions of the basic &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cowley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and more up-market [[Morris Oxford]] cars. With a reputation for producing high-quality cars and a policy of cutting prices, Morris Motor Company continued to grow and increase its share of the British market and, in 1924, overtook [[Ford of Britain|Ford]] to become the UK&amp;#039;s biggest car manufacturer, holding a 51% share of the home market. They had a policy of buying up suppliers with, for example, Hotchkiss in Coventry becoming the [[Morris Engines]] branch in 1923. In 1924 the head of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; sales agency in Oxford, [[Cecil Kimber]], started building sporting versions of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; cars, called &amp;quot;[[MG (car)|MG]]&amp;quot; &amp;amp;mdash; after the agency, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris Garages&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. The MG factory was in [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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The small car market was entered in 1928, with the [[Morris Minor]], using an 847&amp;amp;nbsp;cc engine from the [[Wolseley Motor Company]], a company which became part of Morris Motors Company in 1927. This helped the company through the economic depression of the time. The Minor was replaced at the 1934 [[London Motor Show]] by the [[Morris Eight]], a direct response to the [[Ford Model Y]] and heavily based on it. In 1932 Morris appointed [[Leonard Lord]] as Managing Director and he swept through the works, updating the production methods and introducing a proper moving assembly line, but Morris and Lord fell out, and Lord left in 1936 &amp;amp;mdash; threatening to &amp;quot;take Cowley apart brick by brick&amp;quot;. {{fact}} Also in 1936 William Morris sold [[Morris Commercial Cars|Morris Commercial Cars Limited]], his [[van|commercial vehicle]] enterprise, to Morris Motors.  In 1938 William Morris became Viscount Nuffield, and the same year he merged the Morris Motor Company (incorporating &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039; with newly acquired [[Riley (automobile)|Riley]] to form a new company: the [[Nuffield Organisation]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Production restarted after [[World War II]], with the pre-war &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eight&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ten&amp;#039;&amp;#039; designs. In 1948 they were replaced by what is probably the most famous &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; car, the [[Morris Minor]] designed by [[Alec Issigonis]] (who later went on to design the [[Mini]]) and reusing the small car name from 1928. Alongside it was a new 1948 [[Morris Oxford]], styled like a larger version of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Minor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. A later Morris Oxford  (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India&amp;#039;s famous [[Hindustan Ambassador]] which continues in production to the present day.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1952, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nuffield Organisation&amp;#039;&amp;#039; merged with its old rival the [[Austin Motor Company]] to form the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC). Nuffield brought the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;MG&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Riley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wolseley&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marques into the merger. Leonard Lord was in charge, which led to Austin&amp;#039;s domination of the organisation. [[Badge-engineering]] was important to the new company and for many years the several marques would be seen on several families of similar vehicles.  In 1968, in further rationalisations of the British motor industry, BMC became part of the newly-formed [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC), and subsequently, in 1975, the [[nationalised]] [[British Leyland|British Leyland Limited]] (BL).&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marque continued to be used until the early 1980s on cars such as the [[Morris Marina]]. The [[Morris Ital]] (essentially a facelifted Marina) was the last Morris-badged passenger car, with production ending in 1984. The last &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of all was a van variant of the [[Rover Metro|Austin Metro]]. In the early 1980s, the former Morris assembly plant in Cowley was turned over to the production of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Austin&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rover&amp;#039;&amp;#039; badged vehicles, and continued to be used by BL&amp;#039;s [[Austin Rover Group]] and its successor the [[Rover Group]], which was eventually bought by [[BMW]], and then by a management consortium, leading to the creation of [[MG Rover]].&lt;br /&gt;
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The rights to the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marque are currently owned by MG Rover, but after that company&amp;#039;s financial collapse, and partial purchase by one or more Chinese state businesses, it is not clear who will finally own the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Morris&amp;#039;&amp;#039; marque. The Cowley assembly plant is still owned by BMW, who use it to assemble the new [[New MINI|MINI]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Logo===&lt;br /&gt;
The Morris badge shows an ox crossing a river &amp;amp;mdash; a reference to the company&amp;#039;s home town, [[Oxford]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Car Models (excludes light vans)==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Oxford]] (Bullnose) 1913-1926&lt;br /&gt;
*Morris Cowley 1915-1935&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Oxford]] 1926-1935&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Minor (1928)|Morris Minor 1928-1932]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Morris Major 1931-1933&lt;br /&gt;
*Morris Isis 1930-1935&lt;br /&gt;
*Morris Twenty-One/Twenty-Five 1933-1939&lt;br /&gt;
*Morris Twelve 1935-1939&lt;br /&gt;
*Morris Fourteen 1935-1939&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Eight]] 1935-1948&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris 10HP|Morris Ten]] 1933-1948&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Minor|Morris Minor MM]] 1948-1952&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Minor]] 1952-1956&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Minor|Morris Minor 1000]] 1955-1971&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Oxford|Morris Oxford MO]] 1948-1954&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Six MS]] 1948-1953&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Oxford]]1954-1969&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Isis]] 1955-1958&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Cowley]] 1954-1959&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Mini|Morris Mini Minor]] 1959-1969&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris 1100]] 1962-1971&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris 1300]] 1967-1971&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris 1800]] 1966-1975&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Marina]] 1971-1984&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Morris Ital]] 1980-1984&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[List of British companies]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MG (car)|MG]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{British Leyland}}&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Red marquis</name></author>
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