[Roadsters] Interesting historical note

[Larry Dziuba]

Henry Ford built a car once. Every subsequent American builder copied his design. And so, on it goes. 

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> On May 13, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Gordon Glasgow via Datsun-roadsters <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I have sometimes heard Nissan/Datsun criticized by Euro-centric car enthusiasts for simply copying British designs. This was somewhat true after WWII, when Datsun was making Austin clones under license.
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> But I just ran across an interesting note in a Car and Driver Web article about BMW, which began with airplanes prior to WWI, then switched to motorcycles after the war. Here’s the quote:
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> “1928: To enter the car business, BMW bought the Dixi Automobil Werke, which was building Austin Sevens under license.”
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> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
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