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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I think Vauxhall itself will eventually become a casualty of the creation of Stellantis.

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R1152 Rank: Citroen Ami

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37 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I think Vauxhall itself will eventually become a casualty of the creation of Stellantis.

Here's the problem as I see it; other than a few hardy types who buy them because "we've always had Vauxhalls", who - outside of fleets - actually buys them? Who says "I'd like an Insignia" over all the other cars in that segment?

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I don't think the Vauxhall name will disappear unless both Opel and Vauxhall disappear. Why kill a brand name when the cost of different badges is less than the sales that would probably disappear as a result? 

 

Just think of Vauxhall as the name for Opel UK, in the same way there is a Volkswagen UK and a Toyota UK. Not worth getting rid of it 

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1 hour ago, Isopon said:

That mini didn't look so bad in this picture- seems to have gone through several styles since, almost like an aging actor trying to look young, getting increasingly large amounts of plastic surgery.

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Looks like the dog was wanting to get away from it and not look at it too. 

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SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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15 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

I don't think the Vauxhall name will disappear unless both Opel and Vauxhall disappear. Why kill a brand name when the cost of different badges is less than the sales that would probably disappear as a result? 

 

Just think of Vauxhall as the name for Opel UK, in the same way there is a Volkswagen UK and a Toyota UK. Not worth getting rid of it 

This question has been up before about changing to just Opel and I gave the same answer at the time as you have. There will always be buyers because they always bought Vauxhall and Opel is pretty unknown over here in comparison. 

Brochures and manuals will be written in UK market, so sticking a different badge on won't cost any difference. Dealers pay for their own signage anyway. Adverts will be made specifically for the UK market too. Cars just need a different badge stuck on. Even under GM they were half arsed attempts going by the amount of Griffin's that fell off Insignias to leave the Opel bolt in the underlying molding!

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Aston Martin Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Lob a caravan in the back and have the best overlander ever.

 

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The FV620 Stalwart is a highly mobile military truck most known for serving the British Army. The vehicle was designed with a welded hull chassis giving the Stalwart amphibious capability. The Stalwart is powered by a Rolls Royce water cooler 8-cylinder petrol engine producing 220bhp with 6 driven wheels through the Alvis' 5-speed transmission. With the ability to carry 5 tonnes on board and tow a maximum of 10 tonnes that Stalwart is an incredibly rare machine in this day. Weighing 8500kgs, the Alvis is propelled through the water by a vectored thrust water jets with a cruising speed of 6 knots.

 

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33 minutes ago, SiC said:

Brochures and manuals will be written in UK market, so sticking a different badge on won't cost any difference. Dealers pay for their own signage anyway. Adverts will be made specifically for the UK market too. Cars just need a different badge stuck on.

I would love to agree but it’s clear that, for reasons best known to themselves, the corporate world generally favour global (or at least continental) brands. It’s why we have Cif not Jif; HSBC not Midland Bank; Aviva not Norwich Union; etc etc...

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Selling off the heritage fleet is a sure sign the bods in charge no longer give a flying fuck about the Vauxhall brand (for good or bad).

 

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3 hours ago, cort16 said:

Selling off the heritage fleet is a sure sign the bods in charge no longer give a flying fuck about the Vauxhall brand (for good or bad).

 

It's apparently *only* nine cars and 100 will remain, but it still saddens me. Only the other day I was explaining to a young colleague how you could drive past the Vauxhall factory in Luton back in the 70s and the car park opposite was filled exclusively with Vauxhall cars; nothing else got a look in.

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R1152

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Wonder if anyone on here bought that red Corsair 2000E Auto? They really are the "forgotten Ford", those cars.

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Isopon

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This looks strangely appealing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294129870387?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D231994%26meid%3Dabd6dc40c1dd400396e8bc44401faf00%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D373546438623%26itm%3D294129870387%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

 

 

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LightBulbFun

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33 minutes ago, Isopon said:

This looks strangely appealing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294129870387?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D231994%26meid%3Dabd6dc40c1dd400396e8bc44401faf00%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D373546438623%26itm%3D294129870387%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

 

 

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bonus points for sharing a registration series with the first block of Invacar Mk12c's :) 

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Isopon Rank: BL Wedge

Isopon

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35 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

bonus points for sharing a registration series with the first block of Invacar Mk12c's :) 

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nowhere is safe 🤣

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High Jetter

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1 hour ago, Isopon said:

This looks strangely appealing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294129870387?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D231994%26meid%3Dabd6dc40c1dd400396e8bc44401faf00%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D373546438623%26itm%3D294129870387%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

Don't think I've seen an ad saying this about the attitude required from the potential welder:

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SERIOUS welding to chassis legs, sills’ floor and usual places

'usual places'? That will be the metal bits then.

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phil_lihp

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Apparently the reason for selling those Vauxhalls off is to make room as they are relocating to different premises.  The ones being sold off do seem to mostly be the less interesting ones - perhaps they still have other better examples of the Nova, Tigra, Omega etc. in their collection.

Anyway, have a mildly incoherent advert for a very nice MG Maestro to go with the Montego.  No tailgate and off the road for 14 years but looks nice enough....but not 100% sure it's a real MG going by the chrome door handles and ride height, looks like a bit of a mongrel but in decent condition regardless.  The plate is shown in the last photo, comes up as a H plate Rover Maestro but it is a 2.0.  Did they make the MG that late?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324577113721?hash=item4b924db679:g:bJUAAOSwOrJgeXoC

Image 11 - Austin MG Maestro

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