Examples of using Rootes in English and their translations into French
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Rootes introduced a homologation special called the Rally Imp in 1964.
Rootes announced its plan to close the plant in July 1966.
The ground floor Rootes showroom on Piccadilly is now an Audi showroom.
Humber and its two subsidiaries now became wholly owned subsidiaries of Rootes Motors Limited.
It built upmarket sports-saloon versions of Rootes Group cars from 1935 to 1954.
Under Rootes Sunbeams and Talbots with the unified name continued competition in some motorsports.
Rootes Group was almost entirely dependent on Pressed Steel for its car bodies.
In the summer of 1935 Rootes Securities announced they had bought Sunbeam Motor Cars.
Rootes was formally taken over by Chrysler following purchase of the remaining shares in 1967.
Beginning in 1953 the Hillman Minx passenger car is produced under license of Rootes Group.
For the Imp, Rootes pioneered the use of an aluminium engine in a mass-production car.
The Rootes group by this time included Humber,
British Rootes and Spanish Barreiros companies.
A last major activity of, by then, Lord Rootes, was to open sale negotiations with Chrysler Corporation.
following the takeover of Rootes by Chrysler Europe.
Rootes replaced them with a softer new smaller 2-seater sports convertible coupé based on the current Hillman Minx
Initially, the Imp was seen by Rootes as a potential second car for families with the means to acquire one.
Until acquired by Rootes in 1935 this North Kensington business had manufactured"thoroughbred" high quality Talbot cars and limousines.
The Rootes factory in Dunstable, England ceased manufacture of trucks, ending with the
Snipes and, later, Super Snipes became Rootes Group's owner-driver big car offerings until the brand disappeared under Chrysler ownership.