British Motor Corporation licence, its name was: 'AUTHI' -'Automoviles de Turismo Hispano-Ingleses' -'Spanish-English Tourism Automobiles'. The factory was in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, and when the production of Austin and Mini cars was discontinued, Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (SEAT), owned by the state and some banks and industrial investors, purchased the factory. After the takeover of SEAT by Volkswagen, SEAT made an 'internal' resale of the Pamplona factory, formerly Authi, to Volkswagen, which soon started producing there the 'Polo'. The Wilson Labour government (1964–1970) came to power at a time when British manufacturing industry was in decline and decided that the remedy
Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País The Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country (in Basque "Euskalerriaren Adiskideen Elkartea" and in Spanish "Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País"), also known as "La Bascongada" or "Bascongada Society", was founded in the mid-18th century to encourage the scientific, cultural and economic development of the Basque Country. The founding members were the "Knights of Azcoitia" or the "Triumvirate of Azcoitia", under the encouragement of Xavier María de Munibe e Idiáquez, count of Peñaflorida, José María de Eguía, marquis of Narros, and the encyclopedist and Enlightenment scholar Manuel Ignacio de Altuna.