2006-10-14 14:11:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
no they r not
2006-10-15 06:51:30 · answer #1 · answered by ali s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Rolls Royce PLC,,the aviation part,,is a separate company,with it's own public traded stock.
They make Aircraft Engines,,,and compete with GE/General Electric.
They're #2 jet engine producer in the world,,Rolls is.
They also make Turbines for POWER GENERATION PLANTS and MARINE turbine engines
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BMW makes the BMW cars,,of course
They also make the BMW Bikes
They Do own the Automotive unit of Rolls Royce,,,and Mini-Cooper
Also own SOFTLAB GmbH
2006-10-14 14:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rolls Royce plc has been an independent company since 1971. It largely makes jet engines. It owns the name and all Rolls-Royce trademarks. It licenses the name to BMW for use on the car.
2006-10-14 14:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by David W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interior the early Nineteen Nineties, BMW and Rolls-Royce autos began a joint venture that would see the recent Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage undertake BMW engines. In 1998, the two BMW and Volkswagen tried to purchase Rolls-Royce autos. Volkswagen outbid BMW and offered the organization for £430 million, yet BMW outflanked its German rival. even nonetheless Volkswagen had offered rights to the "Spirit of Ecstasy" mascot and the form of the radiator grille, it lacked rights to the Rolls-Royce call. Rolls-Royce p.c. (the aero-engine corporation) retained the rights over the Rolls-Royce trademark and needed to toughen its contemporary corporation partnership with BMW which prolonged to the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture. for this reason, BMW became later in 1998 allowed to acquire the rights to apply the call "Rolls-Royce and "RR" brand on autos for £40 million. In a separate deal BMW agreed to enable Volkswagen use the call "Rolls-Royce and "RR" brand on autos till 2003 on condition that BMW might get the stunning to the grille and mascot from 2003, onwards. BMW provided the engines to the present Seraph/Arnage selection and their grant settlement had a clause that allowed BMW to end the availability of engines the day yet another proprietor, (than then Vickers p.c.), took over the organization. BMW could efficiently end Volkswagens Seraph/Arnage production. this could have biased the deal. besides, Volkswagen became approved to construct Rolls-Royces with all 3 emblems at its Crewe production unit purely till 2003, yet rapidly shifted its emphasis to the Bentley kind. BMW might have all the three key emblems in 2003. interior the intervening time, BMW became confronted with the could desire to construct a sparkling production unit and strengthen a sparkling kind. the recent production unit at Goodwood produced the recent Rolls-Royce Phantom, unveiled on January 2, 2003, and formally released on the Detroit vehicle instruct on January 5, 2003. The kind, priced around US$330,000, has experienced record revenues worldwide of 796 Phantoms bought in 2005.
2016-12-13 08:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by lesniewski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rolls Royce is an entity by itself that specializes in aircraft engines. They are not tied into BMW at all.
2006-10-14 14:19:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question; got me curious. Its` the other way around, w/RR. owning BMW`s share;
2006-10-14 14:36:49 · answer #6 · answered by Rolf W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when RR was on the block a few years ago they bought it.
2006-10-14 14:15:48 · answer #7 · answered by sterling m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no way
2006-10-14 15:13:59 · answer #8 · answered by ck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they dont
2006-10-14 14:39:43 · answer #9 · answered by bryce m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-10-15 06:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by Latin Techie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋