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Re: MG name

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Subject: Re: MG name
From: nvenn@mpc-uk.com (Neil Venn)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 95 10:02:36 BST
Denise "mostly perfect" Thorpe wrote:

> Flying in the face of a British tradition where car companies are named after
> a person (e.g., Daimler, Wolesley, Morgan, Fairthorpe (my favorite), Austin/
> Jensen Healey, Rolls-Royce, Humber, Hillman, etc. (forget Lotus and TVR)) they
> chose to name a car company after a car dealership.  ...
> 
I happen to know that TVR was taken from a persons name - TreVoR Wilkinson -
the creator of the first TVRs which were build (I think) in his own workshop
for his own use.

Interesting Huh!

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