British Motor Corporation

The British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC) was a vehicle manufacturer in England formed in early 1952 to give effect to an agreed merger of the Morris and Austin businesses.

BMC acquired the shares in Morris Motors and the Austin Motor Company. Morris Motors, the holding company of the productive businesses of the Nuffield Organization, owned MG, Riley, and Wolseley.

The agreed exchange of Morris or Austin shares for shares in the new holding company, BMC, became effective in mid-April 1952.

In September 1965, BMC took control of its major body supplier, Pressed Steel, acquiring Jaguar's body supplier in the process. In September 1966, BMC merged with Jaguar Cars. In December 1966, BMC changed its name to British Motor Holdings (BMH).

In May 1968 BMH merged with Leyland Motors, which made trucks and buses and owned both Standard-Triumph International and the Rover Company to become British Leyland.