The information here is taken from a valuation commissioned by Talbot and published in Dec'1980. This was soon after it had acquired the former Rootes assets from Chrysler.
It lists all the manufacturing premises at the time, gives detailed information about the land owned and activities carried out and produced as a report. This commissioned to be undertaken by Gerald Eve & Co., chartered surveyors of London.
The following tables summarise their findings. The regional offices seem to have been given little value as they were leasehold.
| Premises | usage | size | £value (in 1980) |
| Regional Office, Cranford, Blackdown, Leamington Spa | offices | NIL | |
| Regional Office, Trafford House, Chester Rd. Stretford, Manchester | offices | 2,000 | |
| Regional Office, Colston Centre, Colston Ave. Bristol | offices | NIL | |
| Regional Office, 332-340 Clapham Road, London SW9 | offices | NIL |
The main manufacturing and parts divisions were as follows.
| Premises | usage | size | £value (in 1980) |
| * Linwood Plant, Paisley | factory, offices and land | 11,370,000 | |
| * Whitley Administrative and Technical Centre, Abbey Road, Coventry | admin and technical centre and land | 5,500,000 | |
| * Stoke Plant, Humber Road, Coventry | factory | 7,600,000 | |
| * Special Products Plant, Canterbury Street, Coventry | factory | 1,400,000 | |
| * Ryton Plant, London Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore | factory and land | 5,573,000 | |
| * Parts Division, Coventry Road, Birmingham | warehouse | 2,578,000 | |
| * Special Products Division, Cateswell Road, Birmingham | factory | 640,000 | |
| * Dublin Plant, Shanowen Road, Dublin | factory | IR 1,560,000 | |
| Unit T, Baginton, Coventry | warehouse | 40,000 | |
| Unit W, Baginton, Coventry | warehouse | 440,000 | |
| Units K1-K2, Church Street, Dunstable | warehouse | NIL | |
| Unit 19, Woodside Estate, Dunstable | warehouse | 15,000 | |
| Unit 25, Woodside Estate, Dunstable | warehouse | 30,000 | |
| Quadrant House, Church Street, Dunstable | offices | 40,000 | |
| Johnstone K.D. Packing, Burnbrae Road, Johnstone | warehouse | NIL | |
| Land, Bridgend Farm, Elderslie, Johnstone | storage land | 4,800 | |
| Sports Ground, St. Werburgh's Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy | sports ground | 18,500 | |
| * Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Lutterworth | vehicle proving ground | 550,000 | |
| Land, Porz Avenue, Dunstable | land | 1,000,000 | |
| Land, rear of 82 Luton Road, Dunstable | land | 1,500 | |
| Land, rear of Ramshill Garage, Petersfield | land | 72,000 | |
| Square Hill Road, Maidstone | car park | 25,000 | |
| Vine Cottage, Wrotham Heath | land | 1,000 | |
| Morrell House, Moreton Morrell | house | 110,000 | |
| 22 Oakley Wood Drive, Solihull | house | 70,000 | |
| 115 Pinley Gardens, Stoke, Coventry | house | 6,300 | |
| 863-9 (odd nos.) Coventry Road, Birmingham | houses | 800 | |
| 892 Coventry Road, Birmingham | house | 3,900 | |
| 879 Coventry Road, Birmingham | house | 200 | |
| 881 Coventry Road, Birmingham | house | 7,500 | |
| 895 Coventry Road, Birmingham | house | 6,500 | |
| 82 Luton Road, Dunstable | house | 14,000 | |
| 17 Liscombe Road, Dunstable | house | 10,000 | |
| 100 Liscombe Road, Dunstable | house | 8,000 | |
| 23 Plains Avenue, Maidstone | house | 8,000 | |
| 2-2A New Road, Rochester | flats | 8,000 | |
| Flat 3, 6 Lowndes Square, London SW1 | flat | 15,000 |
Karrier Motors is presented separately as follows.
| Premises | usage | size | £value (in 1980) |
| * Dunstable Plant, Luton Road, Dunstable | factory | 682,761 sq.ft. in 51.21 acres | 7,500,000 |
| * Luton Plant, Biscot Road, Luton | factory | 1,537,000 | |
| Houghton Hall Park, Dunstable | sports ground and land | 350,000 | |
| Porz Ave. Dunstable | storage land | 205,000 | |
| 36-36A Luton Road, Dunstable | houses | 21,200 | |
| 44 Luton Road, Dunstable | house | 10,000 | |
| 2-4 (even nos.) Boscombe Road, Dunstable | houses | 16,000 | |
| 26-46 (even nos.) Curzon Road, Luton | houses | 24,500 | |
| 52 Curzon Road, Luton | house | 2,000 |
Further detailed information about the location and activites which took place in these premises are given in the previous chapters. Some of the larger premises, marked with ``*'' above, are shown with street or layout plans.
For the houses in the above lists, there is some additional information. We assume these were bought in blocks as over spill land for potential expansion, particularly along Curzon Road, Luton and Coventry Road, Birmingham. In the meantime they were leased to tenants as follows (Dec'1980).
Morrell House, northern wing of Moreton Manor near Wellesbourne -
G.H. Turnbull, Esq.
22 Oakley Wood Drive - A. Blakeslee, Esq.
115 Pinley Gardens - K.E. Brooks, Esq.
863 Coventry Road - A. Jukes, Esq.
871 Coventry Road - M. McConville, Esq.
82 Luton Road - H.W. Henman, Esq.
17 Liscombe Road - Mr. Abraham
100 London Road - E.W. Coulson, Esq.
23 Plains Avenue - H. Pearson, Esq.
2 New Road - P. Wilken, Esq.
2A New Road - N. Mitchell, Esq.
Flat 3, 6 Lowndes Square - G.A. Hunt, Esq.
36 Luton Road - N.S. Lawrence, Esq.
36 Luton Road - Mr. French
44 Luton Road - Mr. Stone
2 Boscombe Road - J.S. Martin, Esq.
4 Boscombe Road - A. McGowan, Esq.
28 Curzon Road - Mrs. B. Wright
32 Curzon Road - Mr. Parcell
46 Curzon Road - Mrs. R. Hawks
Others were listed as vacant or no name given.
The following table lists total car production of the Rootes Group, principally in the Coventry area. This does not include commercial vehicles. Figures are taken from various sources and summarised in [#!coventry3!#].
| Year | UK Production | CKD Production |
| Under Rootes | ||
| 1929 | c.4,000 | |
| 1946 | 28,848 | |
| 1947 | 30,135 | |
| 1948 | 34,486 | |
| 1949 | 54,835 | |
| 1950 | 70,540 | |
| 1951 | 58,400 | |
| 1952 | 58,340 | |
| 1953 | 76,100 | |
| 1954 | 84.500 | |
| 1955 | 102,700 | |
| 1956 | 75,000 | |
| 1957 | 88,300 | |
| 1958 | 130,300 | |
| 1959 | 150,000 | |
| 1960 | 120,830 | 23,142 |
| 1961 | 84,845 | 11,172 |
| 1962 | 123,138 | 19,830 |
| 1963 | 118,400 | 19,099 |
| 1964 | 120,743 | 17,436 |
| 1965 | 104,452 | 17,349 |
| 1966 | 109,875 | 13,332 |
| 1967 | 112,019 | 24,772 |
| 1968 | 106,000 | 38,964 |
| 1969 | 89,829 | 49,344 |
| 1970 | 88,871 | |
| Under Chrysler and Talbot * | ||
| 1971 | 265,280 | |
| 1972 | 263,452 | |
| 1973 | 265,413 | |
| 1974 | 261,801 | ** |
| 1975 | 230,602 | |
| 1976 | 144,580 | |
| 1977 | 147,770 | |
| 1978 | 129,736 | |
| 1979 | 64,112 | |
| 1980 | 108,753 | |
* including Linwood
** some 80,000 CKD Peykan kits were being exported to Iran per annum
up to 1983. These are included in the total production figure.