Probably. I was going on the old-fashioned memory there. Sorry.
LDV needed to replace its shit old Sherpas. They got chatting to Daewoo and started a joint venture. Daewoo went tits up, GM got the motors stuff and GM flogged the half-baked van project to LDV on the cheap.
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As a bully bonus, later down the line the Chinese got hold of it and to show their amazing sense of humour, recycled it and churned out many variants including the MG V80.
I quite like these vans and the big 120 bhp crew cab one I bought by accident was a pretty nice drive other than trying to find gears,
It was a right shit to sell though, time wasters galore.
NergleFuttocks wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:46 pm
Isn’t there truth in the fact that the first Scimitar should have been a Daimler?
it was designed by karen ogle of ogle design im sure it as meant to have the v8 daimler engine as an option.
Yes, the shape of the Scimitar was first submitted by Ogle as the SX250 for a Helena Rubenstein cosmetic company director. It was based on the Daimler SP250 chassis with its Edward Turner V8. Although Daimler expressed interest in it as a possible replacement for the SP the recent takeover by Jaguar shifted focus away from the 2 seater sports car in the company's lineup. Eventually Reliant took the design on, mating it to their Sabre chassis as a replacement for that model. This of course used the straight six Ford rather than a V8....
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
I suppose I should throw this thing on the fire....
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Yes, I know it began as a simple CKD exercise before being licence built. However, the development of the Morris Oxford into the Hindustan Ambassador was all the work of HM themselves, taking the car from an otherwise forgotten medium Fifties saloon into a national Indian icon. One that for many years epitomized motoring across the sub-continent and became far removed from its roots.
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
