sPoNiX
08-14-2004, 03:21 PM
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:48:36 +0100, Derek Heath
<derekYOURCLOTHESheath@eircom.net> wrote:
>Hi all,
>In a range of Rootes cars consisting of Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam and
>Singer, what markets would each car have been aimed at? ISTR that a
>Hillman was the basic, family model, the Sunbeam the sportier one and the
>Humber the posh one. Where does that leave the Singer or have I got it all
>wrong?
>And what was made (if anything) at Rootes in Maidstone? The building there
>seems far too big just to be a dealership and it seems a little odd (or
>coincidental) to have a dealer with the same name as the brand.
Rootes Maidstone used to make truck bodies, afaik.
sPoNiX
<derekYOURCLOTHESheath@eircom.net> wrote:
>Hi all,
>In a range of Rootes cars consisting of Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam and
>Singer, what markets would each car have been aimed at? ISTR that a
>Hillman was the basic, family model, the Sunbeam the sportier one and the
>Humber the posh one. Where does that leave the Singer or have I got it all
>wrong?
>And what was made (if anything) at Rootes in Maidstone? The building there
>seems far too big just to be a dealership and it seems a little odd (or
>coincidental) to have a dealer with the same name as the brand.
Rootes Maidstone used to make truck bodies, afaik.
sPoNiX