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1984 Mitsubishi Sigma SE [GK] 
Ep. 3.01Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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![1984 Mitsubishi Sigma SE [GK]](i489782.jpg)
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◊ 2012-04-01 02:57 |
-- Last edit: 2012-04-01 02:58:24 |
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◊ 2012-04-01 22:43 |
Only a few hundred of these were sold here, on sale for only a 13 month period. Excellent find. |
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◊ 2012-04-01 22:53 |
Wow! |
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◊ 2012-04-01 22:57 |
Why in UK it was back then everything, but not Mitsubishi? First "Colt", then tried with this brand... |
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◊ 2012-04-01 23:20 |
See discussion at /vehicle_64429-Lonsdale-YD41-1983.html for the story. |
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◊ 2012-04-02 14:24 |
Thanks dsl! But these "Colts" were made in Japan, I guess different name was rather not enough to use some hole in this new law? It is generally "super" interesting - I hope, I understood this well (because I still can't believe it) - so in Mrs. Thatcher times there were any limits on import?! Maybe to protect local industry? Maybe she was not so bad, as you say?  -- Last edit: 2012-04-02 14:25:52 |
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◊ 2012-04-02 22:16 |
She was. Definitely. There can be no argument on this. But there is still a paradox that her restrictions could have been the catalyst for Japanese firms setting up factories in UK in the late80s/early 90s, which is now the basis of the UK car industry. She can't claim any credit for this as her attitude to heavy industry was simply to destroy anything that contained trade unions without caring about any other effects. The Lonsdale link was meant to be seen as un-Japanese and part of our Commonwealth friendship with Aus. |
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◊ 2012-04-03 00:28 |
She slashed taxes on corporations, that was the big incentive for Japanese car companies to come to Britain. Her policies were very similar to Ronald Reagan's and his "trickle-down economics" Deregulate businesses and the wealth will trickle down to the poor... Hopefully.  |
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◊ 2012-04-03 00:45 |
Thatcher did not give a monkey's about the poor - they were a nuisance, and she saw no problem in creating more of them. |
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◊ 2012-04-03 00:50 |
That's right, in her philosophy the state shouldn't provide for the poor but a strong economy will reduce unemployment. It's complete anti-communism. |
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◊ 2012-04-03 22:04 |
Maybe, but this way not the worst from the worst. .gif ";)") Also, at least at first glance, the Rover cooperation with Honda (signed in her era) seems was far better deal, than complete sale of the company in foreign hands (in post "her" era). Well, but, as I wrote, "at first glance", "from inside" you know better how it was. |
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◊ 2012-04-04 01:29 |
Yes, she allowed the Rover-Honda link (which was A Good Thing), but then prevented Honda buying Rover a few years later and instead forced the sale to BAe, who were a very reluctant buyer and ill-equipped to run a car producer. This started the slide into ultimate failure. It was gesture politics without a logical outcome - a sale to Honda was a much better option for Rover's future. |
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◊ 2012-04-04 23:18 |
Lots of crackpot theories about Rover wanting out of Honda -because Japs too controlling "you can't do this, you can't do that" |
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◊ 2013-02-03 19:16 |
Revised opinion - I think this is Aus built Lonsdale but after 1984 rebadging as Mitsubishi Sigma SE - see grille with centre strip in ![[Image: 1984aus-mademitssigma.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/1984aus-mademitssigma.jpg) compared to Lonsdale /vehicle_64429-Lonsdale-YD41-20-Automatic-1983.html . text in brochure refers to 2.6 version (so definitely Aus-made, not J) and that every car sold before 30 Sept 84 came with a free 20" Mitsubishi colour TV in the back. |
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