BMW dowry puts brake on Rover's profit hopes
28 December: German carmaker BMW yesterday confirmed that it expected MG Rover to repay a £500m "dowry" once it started to make profits, writes Nicholas Bannister.
Proton denies plan to sell Lotus
7 November: Proton, the state-owned Malaysian car maker reported to be talking to MG Rover, yesterday denied reports it was planning to float its 80% owned Lotus sports car company.
Carmaker barking for Rover
27 August: Puny Proton may sound like a marriage of desperation, says Joannna Walters, but is it a match made in heaven?
Rover stays in neutral over Proton
21 August: Rover yesterday refused to be drawn on reports that it is in talks with the Malaysian car maker Proton over a proposed £1bn project to design and build a new model in Britain.
A car for all seasons
27 May: Nicholas Bannister on the Land Rover.
The good, the bad and the cheap
9 May: Phoenix has bought a mixed bag of products, writes Guardian car critic Simon Hacker. The critics are divided, but there are good deals for the buyer.
Phoenix's future uncertain
9 May: Nicholas Bannister and Mark Milner write that the fledgling car firm has a difficult task to make a success of Rover.
28 April: Hear David Ward outside the Longbridge plant
Reaction to the Alchemy pullout.
9 May: Euphoria at Longbridge
Jeevan Vasagar live from Longbridge describes reactions to the success of the Phoenix group bid. (2.10mins)
17 March: Hear Mark Milner in Munich on Land Rover and the euro row
Hear Mark Milner in Munich explain the deal
Mark Milner explains the background to the intense negotiations
Rover in crisis
We explain why Rover is in the news.
Steve Bell on the end of Rover
'Magic news' - but jobs will still be lost
Who said what: reaction to the news.
Reaction: Gloom greets Rover's new owners
The view from inside Rover and across politics.
Alchemists move in
Who are Alchemy Partners and what is their background?
