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1789 Thrupp and Maberly coach and carriage builders formed
1880s Rootes started a cycle shop in Hawkhurst, Kent
1907 the Rootes Motor Agency was formed
1920 Sunbeam merged with Talbot and Darracq to form STD Motors under director Alexander Darracq
1921 Coventry-Premier with Singer
c.1920-5 Coventry-Repetition and Sparkbrook Manufacturing joined Singer
1925 Rootes Limited were formed
1925 Commercial Cars with Humber to become Commer
1926 the Calcott factory was acquired by Singer.
1926-7 Singer bought the BSA and Daimler armaments premises in Birmingham
1928 Hillman joined Humber
1929 Singer bought the Aster factory at Wembley
1929-31 Humber joined Rootes
1932 Tilling-Stevens (T.S.Motors) acquired Karrier
1934 Karrier joined Rootes via Humber
1935 STD joined Rootes
1937 BSLP joined Rootes
c.1938-45 Vulcan joined Tilling-Stevens and the Southport factory was vacated
1946 Karrier Trolley Bus operations sold to Brockhouse and Co. becoming Sunbeam Trolley Bus Co. Ltd. and then sold to Guy Motors in 1948
1951 Tilling-Stevens joined Rootes. Production of TSM and Vulcan at the Maidstone plant was ceased in 1953 continuing only with Commer and Karrier
1951 Simca acquired Unic
1954 Simca acquired Ford France
1956 Singer joined Rootes
1958 Chrysler bought a minority stake in Simca
1959 Talbot-Lago absorbed by Simca
1963 Rootes "Scotland" was formed to manufacture the Imp following Government recommendations
1963 Chrysler gained a controlling interest in Simca
1964 Chrysler bought 30% interest in Rootes. Lord William Rootes of Ramsbury died on 12th December the same year.
1967-69 Rootes absorbed by Chrysler following the retirement of reginald Rootes. Geoffrey Rootes remained as Chairman until 1992.
1970 Simca became known as Chrysler (France)
1978-9 Chrysler UK (1970) was sold to Peugeot-Citroen Group in 1979 with the UK operations taking the old Talbot name.
1981-7 Dodge UK name was finally replaced by Renault.
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