It does seem that the British car industry has had a love affair with Honda.
The Sterling (850? whatever came here to the US) was an Acura Legend, and I
saw an ad for a Rover not too long ago that had picture of a green Integra with
a Rover badge. And I heard rumor after rumor, reading in the various car mags
(Car and Driver, Motortrend, etc) that Honda and Rover (or whoever owns the
badge) were working on developing a new MG, complete with spy photos.... So
there has to have been something to it...but what do I know? :-)
adrian
Robert Allen wrote:
> David Knowles wrote:
>
> > Larry & Janet wrote:
> >
> > >>>Several years ago there was a new Midget based on the Honda Civic.
> > At the time I thought "STUPID" then I thought It's an MG, get the placard
> > in
> > the consumers view. As far as I know they never delivered.
> > <<<<
> >
> > As far as Austin Rover (as the company was known at the time) was
> > concerned, there never was an MG Midget based upon the Honda Civic.
> > Motor magazine ran a story with uncannily accurate sketches in January
> > 1985, and said that these were of an MG Midget based on the Civic - but
> > they weren't; the actual prototype (featured in my book) was a styling
> > model, based upon the packaging of a proposed new Metro (Austin Rover's
> > small hatchback) and developed in the Austin Rover Advanced Concept
> > Studio. It was not a runner and was really just an ideas car - car
> > companies build these all the time.
>
> I don't what to get into a trivia contest with Mr. Knowles, especially
> after all the subjective blather he's contributed on my beloved 'C', but I
> think it was a Honda Civic, sold as a Triumph, and called an Aclaim.
>
> But this is from the dark recesses of my brain where the 8 inch floppies
> are archived.
> --
> Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
> "The qualities of team players are most highly regarded by incompetent
> coaches."
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