Talk:Wolseley Motors

Assessment Comments
I think this article meets the C class criteria so have duly uprated it.
 * 1) It has a clear concise history of the company / brands with links to related articles.
 * 2) A Tidy logical layout
 * 3) A clear list/timeline of vehicle models linked to related articles.
 * 4) A tidy selection of representative images of models
 * 5) The main failing is lack of Inline citations (a B class requirement)
 * - BulldozerD11 (talk) 13:01, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Your help requested
The Mini article is in the Peer review process - perhaps heading towards Featured Article status. I would greatly appreciate experts on Wolseley taking a look at it. (If you find a problem, please either fix it or post your concerns on the Talk:Mini page. TIA SteveBaker 20:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

A Small Query.
First Off, I've just created this account whilst looking for specific information. I'm not changing the article myself for a number of reasons - noteably the current inaccessibility of my small library on BMC products & Similar, which was my reason for coming here in the first place.

I believe there was at least one south african Wolseley-badged Mini variant with no extended boot. Can anyone provide data on this and any other non-uk models within the article? (the link given is useful, but I'd appreciate corroberative sources)

By the way, it was my understanding that the first Wolseley automobiles built in the UK were finished in October 1894. (can't cite a definitive source for reason noted above.

Although I don't have the reference to hand, I have also been led to believe that wolseley had their own development team within the nuffield/BMC organization, and that the development of the 1500 was it's last (semi)independent project. Can anyone confirm? --D.C.Rigate 20:49, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


 * That last point rings a bell. I own a copy of the excellent book "The cars of BMC" – but like you I don't have access to my bookshelves just now! I should be near them later this week though; I'll have a look in there. – Kieran T  ( talk  20:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Browsing this page, I found a small error, so I corrected it. The showroom was not actually in Picadilly Circus, but in Picadilly (the street) itself, about a third of a mile from the Circus near Green Park. It is now (after a number of iterations) a restaurant, frequented by the glitterati, appropriately named "The Wolseley". (I know this because I was taken there a few weeks ago for my niece's birthday lunch... (:-)) Pete G. 21:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Wolseley 1800
We used to have a Wolseley 1800. I can't see it mentioned on the page, but I don't know enough about it - maybe it's there under a different name. This webpage includes a photo of one. --Northernhenge (talk) 19:41, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * That's a Wolseley 18/85 or Wolseley Six, depending on its age and engine. Perhaps it was known as the 1800 in some markets, but that might also be a colloquialism, since it was based on the more common Austin and Morris 1800s (and 2200s). See BMC ADO 17. – Kieran T  (' talk ') 19:52, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that. Mystery solved. --Northernhenge (talk) 22:24, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

(Another?) Mystery Wolseley
I photographed a Wolseley today. But the owner wans't around and I don't know what kind of a Wolseley it is. It MIGHT be of a model for which we don't (till now) have a picture, in which case it might be helpful for the wiki-entry in question. So .... does anyone know what it is, please? (I GUESS we're looking to identify a small to middlish family car launched by Wolseley in the second half of the 1930s...) Charles01 (talk) 13:50, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Jenks24 (talk) 05:50, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Wolseley Motor Company → Wolseley Motors – There is no reason for having used this fictitious name for this firm except perhaps that the first editor who created the article wasn't sure what the correct name should be? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddaido (talk • contribs) 10:07, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Support as it seems to be closer to the real name of the company. Pinut (talk) 16:35, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - agree it is the common name and is closer to the proper name.Rangoon11 (talk) 16:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:NCCORP.--ukexpat (talk) 16:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - as it is closer to the actual company name. GTHO (talk) 22:48, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Relevance of included material
From the article: "As of 2012 the Wolseley marque is owned by SAIC Motor, having been acquired by its subsidiary Nanjing Automobile following the break-up of the MG Rover Group. The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machinery Company continued trading and is now Wolseley plc."

Why is the fate of The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machinery Company relevant to this article when, according to the beginning of the article, their involvement with Wolselsy Motors ended before Wolseley Motors was incorporated? Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 14:15, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Images immediately below Founding 1901
These images have developed an unstable layout, possibly interference from the infobox above them. Do you know how I can fix that? Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 02:42, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I've had a go.  The trouble is that a very tall solid block (two stacked infoboxes) and a very wide block (the gallery) are just hard to fit together as one. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:54, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Theres a redlink to Albert Vickers now. A clearly eminent Victorian who warrants an article. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:02, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. Will have a go at Albert. Eddaido (talk) 10:04, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Wolseley Cars and Sheep Shearing confusion
I find the two paras under the heading The "Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company Limited" confusing. The first of the paras talks about a sheep shearing company that you then don't find out about until the next paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.22.24.83 (talk) 11:08, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Is that better? Eddaido (talk) 11:21, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Request for Editing
Can someone please clean this article up. The opening sentences are not clear insofar as to how this company stopped being part of an agricultural company to being a car and tool producer. Also references to changes of staffing/ownership etc. involving Morris, Austin and Siddeley is confusing and poorly written. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.57.79 (talk) 15:18, 28 October 2020 (UTC)