Rootes Motors Ireland
| Rootes Motors Ireland Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1968 |
| resolution | 1970 |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| management | Malcolm Freshney |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Rootes Motors Ireland was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
The company was founded in 1968 as the successor company to Buckley Motors . Malcolm Freshney ran it. The seat was in Dublin . The assembly of automobiles continued. There was also a plant in Santry , a suburb of Dublin. The parts continued to come from the Rootes group .
It became Chrysler Ireland in 1970 when Chrysler took over the Rootes Group.
vehicles
Only the assembly of the Hillman Imp and Hunter models has been documented with certainty . The Sunbeam Rapier and Humber Scepter models are possible, but can only be assigned under the successor company.
Production numbers
The following are the registration numbers of Hillman vehicles in Ireland for the years Buckley Motors assembled them. The figures for the first and last year also include production by the predecessor and successor company, as it is not possible to split them within one year.
| year | Hillman |
|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,942 |
| 1969 | 2,746 |
| 1970 | 4,108 |
| total | 8,796 |
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).