British Leyland
Unipart as it operates its business today was formed in 1974 by John Egan. British Leyland put him in charge of its Unipart parts and service division, let him make it independent and brand it Unipart. The use of the Unipart brand to market service parts for British Leyland vehicles was similar in concept to Ford's Motorcraft brand. The next year British Leyland was effectively nationalised. Egan left in 1976 to join Massey Ferguson.