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• Acknowledgements
• Conversion Chart
• Foreword by HRH Prince Michael of Kent
• PROLOGUE - The Pioneers
  • Parkyns was found guilty of riding at 5 mph, and fined one shilling
• CHAPTER ONE - The Background
  • Royce's dynamos and electric cranes built up a loyal following
  • Several clockmakers turned to the motor instrument trade
  • Companies were often fronted by peers to inspire confidence
• CHAPTER TWO - An Industry Gets Under Way
• CHAPTER THREE - Growing Pains
  • A series of hill climbs would test the cars to the limit
  • She answers to the speed lever as does a hunter to a spur
  • There is no engine as far as sensation goes, nor are one's auditory nerves troubled
  • Wolseley could engage in any business except making cars
  • The industry was already an important employer of labour
• CHAPTER FOUR - Moves Towards Mass Production
  • He tested compounds on a brake powered by a water wheel in his garden
  • Each man walked along the moving track until his job was done
  • Humber cars were better priced than other Coventry marques
  • Citroen produced a car every ten minutes in 1927
  • 90% of the UK workforce was unionised compared with 10% in the US
• CHAPTER FIVE - The Specialist Car
  • MGs are worshipped with a devotion bordering on fanaticism
  • MG's best export market of the late 1930s was Germany
• CHAPTER SIX - Export or Die
  • The roles of government and industry were ever more closely entwined
  • Rover got involved in jet, then tank, engines during WW2
  • 'We could pick the sort of man we wanted to own a Riley'
  • The 'Lords' of Cowley and Longbridge had not spoken since 1936
  • 'If we do not obey the Government, we do not get the materials'
  • 'For every £10 on the price of a car, you lost so many customers'
  • He advertised in The Times offering a car company for sale
  • Bristols were built to the high standards of the aircraft industry
  • Colin Chapman (19) was deciding what to do with a 1930 Austin Seven
  • Ford focused on finance, model planning and marketing
  • 89% of the new Austin-Healeys were sold in America
  • Demand was such that the millionth Morris Minor was built in 1960
• CHAPTER SEVEN - The Swinging Sixties
  • The TR3A sold well in the US until this market collapsed
  • Ford's first pan-European project was the Transit van
  • The Herald had a turning circle to rival London taxis
  • In 1961 the accent was on medium-sized family cars
  • Rover and Triumph tapped the executive market with their 2000 models
  • The Maxi's seating would convert into a double bed
  • In 1959 disc brakes were mainly used in luxury cars
  • Ford and Vauxhall built the first professional styling studios
  • The DB5 was the first British car to have an alternator as standard
• CHAPTER EIGHT - Labour Relations
  • By the 1900s trade union membership was over two million
  • The unions' problems were compounded by the 1921 depression
  • Good personal relations contributed greatly to industrial peace
  • BMCs 6,000 lay-offs affronted people's belief in the dignity of man
  • Lay-offs raised doubts about BMC's own management skills
  • In the early 1980s the number of strikes dropped sharply
• CHAPTER NINE - Decline, then Revival
  • The Allegro's failure marked the start of the industry's decline
  • 'Longbridge-designed cars were always mediocre' -Stokes
  • Rover sports car shelved as could challenge E-type market
  • Robinson was new type of manager from outside industry
  • Ford was the only major British car maker to stay profitable
  • As Chrysler raised its profile, Rootes names disappeared
  • 'Bristol hardly have to sell their cars -people just come and buy them'
  • After 40 years of building cars, Jensen was no more
  • Lotus rejected Toyota's first bid, fearing loss of control
  • Rolls-Royce's 3,000 production mark was exceeded in 1975
  • Unless BL raised both output and sales, it must shed labour
  • Knight's cunning plan helped save Jaguar Engineering
  • Metro was best received corporate car since Morris 1100
  • BL leaked US takeover news when Tories 'most vulnerable'
  • Rover would provide BAe with more regular cash flow
  • Britain has one of Europe's smallest motor industries today
• APPENDIX ONE - The Government's Views on the British Motor Industry, 1945
• APPENDIX TWO - Austin in Canada
• APPENDIX THREE - Benn on the Motor Industry
• APPENDIX FOUR - The Think Tank's View on the British Motor Industry, 1975
• APPENDIX FIVE - Lean Production
• Bibliography