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In a message dated 08/30/2008 9:18:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
mlcooknj@msn.com writes:
> Just to clarify a bit:
>
> The Nash (or Hudson) Metropolitan was built by Austin at the Longbridge
> plant and had a BMC 4-cyl, 1500, I believe. It was also marketed in the UK
>and
> Europe.
> Trouble is, it wasn't a sports car or an economy sedan so it was trying to
> create a new market niche and never penetrated.
>
> I don't know much about the potential Standard Triumph and Nash project but
> it could have had a lot of similarities to British Leyland. Nash was in
> financial trouble all through the '50s and joining up with Hudson and Packard
> didn't help. By 1964, American Motors was taking a whole new direction with
> Rambler as it's only product name. Nash, Hudson and Packard were all gone.
>Think
> what a drain AMC might have been on Standard-Triumph's finances even before
>ST
> sale went to hell in 1961.
>
Mike...
Yeah. With such a limp effort, it's no wonder there was no penetration.
Bill (Damdinger)
**************
It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel
deal here.
(http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Just to clarify a bit:<BR>
<BR>
The Nash (or Hudson) Metropolitan was built by Austin at the Longbridge plan=
t and had a BMC 4-cyl, 1500, I believe. It was also marketed in the UK and E=
urope.<BR>
Trouble is, it wasn't a sports car or an economy sedan so it was trying to c=
reate a new market niche and never penetrated.<BR>
<BR>
I don't know much about the potential Standard Triumph and Nash project but=20=
it could have had a lot of similarities to British Leyland. Nash was in fina=
ncial trouble all through the '50s and joining up with Hudson and Packard di=
dn't help. By 1964, American Motors was taking a whole new direction with Ra=
mbler as it's only product name. Nash, Hudson and Packard were all gone. Thi=
nk what a drain AMC might have been on Standard-Triumph's finances even befo=
re ST sale went to hell in 1961.<BR>
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LANG=3D"0"><BR>
Mike...<BR>
<BR>
Yeah. With such a limp effort, it's no wonder there was no penetration=
.<BR>
<BR>
Bill (Damdinger)<BR>
</FONT><BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>It's only a deal if it's where you want=
to go. Find your travel deal here.<BR> (http://information.travel.aol.=
com/deals?ncid=3Daoltrv00050000000047)</HTML>
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