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  1. See also later examples of Ford BE146 (Mk1 Ka).
  2. Raymond Morris' Farina Cambridge was burnt out in March 1969. A woman I know narrowly avoided Morris by hiding in a bush while he scoured the field she had been playing on. It was her statement that first alerted the police to the fact he'd changed cars (as he'd do again, he had a Consul at the time of his arrest of the same type and colour as the car the arresting officers were driving). As a result of this the BMC Farinas are pretty much the only 1960s car my friend hates.
  3. NXWMs bus-naming team seems to have developed a sense of humour...
  4. When I would go to Poland for work pre-Covid, the town I visited had a 126 cafe... Silesia Smakuje » Bielsko-Biała: Maluch Cafe, czyli kawiarnia z fiatem 126p w roli głównej
  5. As promised ages ago, a photo of A468KEX (you'll just have to trust me on that as the plate isn't visible) in special "high quality scan of a low quality image" format.
  6. Perhaps it's a primitive trip computer, the tick marks on the right hand dial disappear as you approach your destination, like the old schools clocks on TV:
  7. By a year or so - lasted to 1994, so maybe just left over stock.
  8. I bet folk in 1970 thought that by 2000 Longbridge would be producing something akin to George Jetson's car - complete with flying abilities. Also, wasn't the A35 van still about in 1970 (or only recently discontinued )...
  9. Some more Fiat examples: The 500 was on sale alongside the 126 (as the 500R) towards the end of production. In turn, the 126 lasted until 2000 in Poland, outliving the Cinquecento. The Uno carried on in Latin America as the Nissan Uno but I can't remember offhand whether it outlived the Mk1 Punto.
  10. I'm impressed at how reasonable that 90s-ified 4th Gen Ute looks - OK it's not fooling anyone as you said, but it could look a lot worse - just a bit of awkwardness around the scuttle / a-post area. (as an aside, wasn't there a facelift of the original front too, sort of "there used to be a full height grill here but now there isn't, honest" kind of affair?)
  11. In the Late Registration Madness thread, @willswitchengage wrote, regarding a 2009 Pug 206: “Also - one of few cars that managed to outlast its successor. They're still produced today in Iran. I think the Volvo 240 is another example that was manufactured after its successor (I'd argue the 740) was withdrawn from production, and the original Mini outlasted the Metro/100. Am sure there's a new thread opportunity emerging here…” Good idea, so I thought I’d kick it off. If a company has a bona-fide* genuine* automotive legend* in its portfolio, then this quite often comes into play. It’s mentioned elsewhere in the LRM thread that the Renault 4 was still available in France alongside the early Clio, meaning it outlasted both iterations of R5. The original Beetle lasted until 2003, meaning that it outlasted not just the closest thing it had to a direct replacement in the Mk1 Golf, but also the Mk2 and Mk3. This is actually a multi-layered example as I’m sure that continued production in South Africa meant that the Mk1 Golf itself managed to outlast the Mk2, or at least come very close to it. There is also the question of what model should be considered the intended replacement for a long-runner. In the case of the 200-series Volvo it’s pretty clear cut, and ARG themselves stated that the Metro was intended to take over from the Mini, but elsewhere things get a little muddy. While it is the case that the 2CV outlasted the Ami, Dyane, LN/LNA and Visa, were any of these cars intended to replace the original? Those who know their Citroens better than I could perhaps enlighten me. Different bodystyles often don’t change over at the same time when a model is replaced, which leads to some more examples. The HA Viva carried on until 1983 in van form, meaning it outlasted the HB and HC Vivas, the Chevette/Chevanne and came close to beating the Mk1 Astra! The Golf Cabriolet also stars here, The Mk1 ragtop being for sale along the Mk3 hatch for a very short while. The Mini Van and Pickup stayed Mk1 until 1983, outlasting the Mk2 Mini by nearly fifteen years. A model having a second life abroad is also a good source of this, the 206’s subsequent lives in China (as the local-market Citroen C1) and Iran being good examples. It’s well-known (on here at least) that the Avenger lasted until the early 1990s in Latin America, spending the final years of sales badged as a VW, but this means that it outlasted its successor, whether that is considered as the Horizon or 305. Perhaps a longer-running example of the above is the Series 3 Morris Oxford, which lasted until 2014 as the Hindustan Ambassador, meaning that it outlasted not just any number of subsequent “BMC to MG Rover” family cars, but also the company itself. If we are to open the question to cars that were sold “officially” alongside their successors (as opposed to their being just a few left in showrooms), there are even more examples - Mk3 Fiesta “Classic”, Renault 5 and Clio “Campus” in many generations, Ford Escort, 206 as mentioned above… Another sub-section of this could concern vehicles that, although production stopped when the successor started, actually lasted longer in use than the replacement - there are a few examples of this with buses, the RT and RM seeing off more than one intended replacement over the years. I’ve probably not even scratched the surface of this, so… what further examples are there of vehicles that they seemed to have forgotten to stop making?
  12. Carried on until 2009, very limited range (1.1, 1.4, 1.4 HDi) after the 207 was launched in 2006.
  13. Well the Pug was dragged off today. Been a great car for many years, but all sorts of niggling little things that stopped working and upcoming large maintenance tasks finally pushed the scales into "replace" rather than "repair" territory. Final Score: If the replacement is anywhere near as good I'll be happy.
  14. Very. 60mpg easy, 70 if you hypermile a bit on this particular car. Admittedly a good 80% of this car's life is spent on the motorway at 50-60mph - which it is *ideally* set up for. Driving in town all the time would get a bit frustrating as the gearing is very tall for a sub-70bhp car and the gap between 2nd and 3rd is large. The trouble with such high economy is that it spoils you for virtually anything else. Mrs_N recently treated me to a Cherokee 2.5CRD (Did I mention I love Mrs_N?) and I drove it to work for a couple of days thinking "Where's all the fuel gone? I need to stop *again*?" then working out I was doing 30mpg - really good for an older Jeep in a bit of traffic but fuel-soaking by the standards I'm used to. Mrs_N was impressed that the Streetka actually showed "100000" on the display - being used to older fords she was expecting a reset to "00000" even though it's a digital readout. I still can't catch your Avensis though..... EDIT: Looked like I answered SiC's question before I'd even read it
  15. Pug (206 1.4 HDi) clicked over 225000 yesterday..... 15 years to the day since it hit the road. 15k/yr for 15 years.... precisely. I love it when maths comes together. Not only that,but I'd driven Mrs_N's Streetka over the 100K mark 15 minutes earlier as well.
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