On Tue, 2 May 2000 Aribert_Neumann@magna.on.ca wrote:
> ...What is really sobering is that in 1952 British Motor Corp. was the
> largest automaker outside of North America. At the time, BMW was making
> bubble cars, and Honda had not even made a passenger car."
And, at various times in the later 1950s, the 2nd or 3rd largest selling
imported brand of automobile at any given time was likely to have been
Triumph! All those Triumph 10 sedans and estate wagons must have helped.
:-)
--Andy
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