Ha Ha take a look at the Rolls Royce rip off on You tube that will make you chuckle when the Chief Executive was asked whether he thought the Chinese had copied it. Cost $30,000 dollars:
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
We're getting OT - that same company Geely was the one to purchase Volvo in 2010 and announced last year a cooperation with Mercedes-Benz regarding production of engines. Plus since 2018 the owner of Geely also bought 10% share of Mercedes-Benz. Nothing one would expect from a company that back in 2009 (at least that was when the video was uploaded) copied a Rolls Royce.
Moot point now! British government and banks don't support British industry. Result: much of it isn't even British anymore. Most Britons don't seem to care much either.
Ownership and licensing of trademarks — Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited was created as a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW in 1998 after BMW licensed the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo from Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, and acquired the rights to the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks from Volkswagen AG.
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." W.L.S.C..
"None need deceive a people determined to deceive themselves."
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