I forgot to say incidentally, my hire car for the trip was a Coventry-built Peugeot 306. Not a bad little car, but not half as interesting as the factory's earlier products.
Russ Maddock Brisbane, Australia http://www.petrie.starway.net.au/~sunbeam Sunbeam Imp Sport Sunbeam Alpine SIII GT Talbot Alpine GLS Peugeot 505 STi
-----Original Message----- From: Bruce Gibbs <bruce_gibbs(at)ampol.com.au> To: DSand95510 <DSand95510(at)aol.com> Cc: rmaddock(at)petrie.starway.net.au <rmaddock(at)petrie.starway.net.au>; alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>; hillman(at)brigadoon.com <hillman(at)brigadoon.com> Date: Monday, 18 May 1998 10:00 Subject: Re: "Hillman - " Re: Rootes plants
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>The Australian Rootes plant was in melbourne. Chrysler was in Adelaide.
>The Melbourne plant closed in 1967 and remaining operation were
>transferred to Adelaide.
>Chrysler only marketed Rootes products ( Hillman Hunter only ) until
>early 70's when it stopped all Rootes production and began a strong
>alliance with Mitsubishi who eventually bought the operation from
>Chrysler.
>
>We ahve never seen Peugeot from this source in Australia. They have sold
>here as 504, 505, 405, 406, 306 as direct importeds
>
>Bruce Gibbs
>DSand95510 wrote:
>> Question for downunder readers: what happened to the Aussie plant(s)
where
>> Hillmans and Humbers were built/assembled? Are they also making
Peugeots,
>> or.........?
>>
>> Dick Sanders
>> Seattle