Rover 14 HP Sports Limousine

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The Rover Company (1878-2005) is a former British car manufacturer founded as Starley & Sutton Company of Coventry in 1878. It is the direct ancestor of the present day Land Rover company, which is a subsidiary of Jaguar Land Rover, owned by the Indian Tata Group. The first Rover was a tricycle manufactured by Starley & Sutton Company of Coventry, England, in 1883. The company was founded by John Kemp Starley and William Sutton in 1878. John Kemp Starley (1855–1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered the inventor of the modern bicycle, and also originator of the name Rover. Starley had previously worked with his uncle, James Starley (father of the bicycle industry), who began by manufacturing sewing machines and switched to bicycles in 1869. James Starley (1831-1881) was an English inventor and father of the bicycle industry. He was one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles and tricycles. His inventions include the differential gear and the perfection of the bicycle chain drive. The company traded as Rover, was manufacturing cars between 1904 and 1967, when it was sold to Leyland Motor Corporation, becoming the Rover marque. The Rover marque was used on cars produced by British Leyland (BL), who separated the assets of the original Rover Company as Land Rover in 1978 whilst the Rover trademark continued to be used on vehicles produced by its successor companies – the Austin Rover Group (1982–1986), the Rover Group (1986–2000), and then finally MG Rover (2000–2005). Following MG Rover's collapse in 2005, the Rover marque became dormant, and was subsequently sold to Ford, by now the owners of Land Rover, a move which effectively reunited the Rover trademark with the original company. Land Rover (founded 1948) is a car brand that specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is part of Jaguar Land Rover which is in turn part of indian Tata Motors. The design for the original Land Rover vehicle was started in 1947 by Maurice Wilks, chief designer at the Rover Company, on his farm. Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks (1904–1963) was an automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company. He was responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the Land Rover off-road utility vehicle.