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It was actually Chrysler that purchased Rootes, beginning in 1967. They had just spent a sizeable amount of money developing a diesel engine with Cummins (who bought Perkins from Chrysler in 1964), so the first thing they did was shut down production of the TS3, destroyed most of the prototypes of the TS4, destroyed the drawings and disbanded the engine design team. They sold what was left of Rootes to Renault and Peugeot by 1978. Chrysler got its comeuppance during the Daimler-Benz merger.
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