I don't think this is always true - look at what the Indians have done with Royal Oilfield motorbikes. They have even brought back BSA.mercrocker wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:49 pm What did we actually expect, though? Run by the same ethnicities as the whole country and several major metropolitan areas. They do not share our cultural values. Not a racist slant but a practical and factual one. They don't care about stuff like this, that's all. They move on and to fuck with the heritage.
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Yes there are exceptions - Anand Mahindra is certainly one. Enfield is really a case of it having proved profitable to continue slow development of an established icon, much the same as occurred with the Hindustan Ambassador. Indian politicians effectively killed that off though....
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Not as low as Dominic Littlewood's speed threshold.Warren t claim wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:51 pmHe clearly has a low threshold regarding bad news.AMCrebel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:49 pm People seem to be saying this is bad news - but there is an upside -
Wheeler Dealer star and Used Car Awards host Mike Brewer said the news was a huge shock.
Speaking exclusively to Car Dealer, he said: ‘The news honestly makes me want to vomit. I am totally and utterly shocked.
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What does the MOD buy now that the classic Defender is no more?
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Educate me on that please.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 6:38 pmNot as low as Dominic Littlewood's speed threshold.
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He can't he's too busy watching minder.
As I suspected I was right about everything.
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Surely you've seen this?Warren t claim wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 6:41 pmEducate me on that please.
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Ricardo Ocelots apparently, at least for the more protected vehicles.Warren t claim wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 6:40 pm What does the MOD buy now that the classic Defender is no more?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot_(vehicle)
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Nope. But then again I've never Googled Keith Moon ragging a Merc around.Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 6:45 pmSurely you've seen this?
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