Word: markland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...creed. "We don't run risks," he snaps. "We run Leyland." Sir Henry introduced the new regime at Standard by easing out former Standard Boss Alick Dick, 46, the imaginative onetime boy wonder of the British auto industry; in as Dick's replacement went Lancashire-born Stanley Markland, 59, an old Leyland hand who started out as an apprentice...
Recognizing where Standard-Triumph strength lay, Markland pushed sports cars and convertibles for the U.S. Helped by a recovering auto market in Britain and abroad, Markland's decision paid off handsomely. Spurred by a brisk demand for its sports cars, Standard-Triumph's worldwide sales last year rose...