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Little more than 12 months later in January 1968, under pressure from the [[Labour Party(UK)|Labour]] [[British government]] and Minister of Technology [[Tony Benn]], a further wave of mergers occurred in the British car industry. BMH merged with the [[Leyland Motor Corporation]] (LMC) to form the [[British Leyland|British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC).<ref>£410m British Leyland group to storm the world market ''The Times'', Thursday 18 January 1968; pg. 17; Issue 57152</ref> BMC Ltd (which contained most of the operations of the former British Motor Corporation) remained a subsidiary company of BLMC after the merger, although its name was later changed to "Austin-Morris Ltd" - reflecting the new ''Austin-Morris'' division of BLMC, with the BMC name subsequently disappearing from public view.
Within the new conglomerate, the various marques were grouped together into two main divisions, based largely on the original BMC and LMC businesses; with the former mass market BMC marques becoming part of the ''Austin-Morris'' division of BLMC, whilst LMC stablemates [[Rover (marque)|Rover]] and [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]]
This basic structure remained in place right up until the creation of the [[Austin Rover Group]] in the early 1980s, by which time BLMC had been nationalised and renamed [[British Leyland|British Leyland Limited]].<ref>Government takes over the restyled Leyland, British Leyland today joins the ranks of nationalized industries ''The Times'', Monday 11 August 1975; pg. 13; Issue 59471</ref> (later just BL plc), although by this time both Jaguar and Land Rover had been placed in their own independent subsidiaries which were separate from the old BMC/LMC divisions. ==Post mortem==
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