Appears to be a re-badged Mitsubishi. See below from Wikipedia. Alan
Sussex Lonsdale was a marque <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marque> of car sold in the United Kingdom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> by Mitsubishi Motors <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Motors> between 1982 and 1983. It took its name from the industrial suburb of Lonsdale <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonsdale,_South_Australia> in Adelaide <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide> , South Australia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia> where Mitsubishi Australia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Australia> had an engine production facility. The only car sold under this brand was the Lonsdale, a badge engineered <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badge_engineered> Mitsubishi Sigma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Sigma> . It was sold as the Lonsdale YD41 and the Lonsdale YD45. Although the Sigma was merely an Australian version of the Mitsubishi Galant <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Galant> which was already available in the UK, the company's plan was to circumvent the "gentlemen's agreement", a voluntary import quota which limited Japanese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan> -manufactured imports to 11 per cent of the market. However, the idea proved unsuccessful and most of the cars imported by Lonsdale remained unsold by the time the company ceased trading. Mitsubishi continued to sell the vehicle in the UK for 1984, although rebranded as the Mitsubishi Sigma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Sigma> as it was already known in its local market. From: Ron Billing [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 July 2012 19:10 To: mogtalk2 Subject: [mogtalk2] Lonsdale cars Looking through an old Yachting Monthly I came across an advert for Lonsdale Cars. Australian. Anybody ever seen one apart from Australians ? Were they any good ? Just curious. Ron Brilliant sailing today, and Alford tommorrow. Does life get any better in retirement ? View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; 3> Modify Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> Image removed by sender. ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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