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1987 Land-Rover Santana 109'' Series IIIa Super Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2007-09-30 01:00 |
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◊ 2007-09-30 01:27 |
Nice one! It is a Land-Rover Santana 109" Series IIIa Super from (probably) 1982. Final year using the Land-Rover name. In 1983 the co-operation with Land Rover was terminated and the Land Rover name was removed from the vehicles. The same year the Series IV / 2500 model was released (which looked almost identical). This is quite a rare vehicle! Thanks, Adrián! .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2007-09-30 01:32 |
Youre welcome .gif ";)") hey now you are here Alexander, do you know about the Spanish models of Santana such as the Anibal and the 300 and 350, as well as the Jimny?? |
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◊ 2007-09-30 01:52 |
I was just about to switch off ... Sure I know the Anibal and the Suzuki based versions. The PS-10 Anibal is available in Germany, but you very rarely see it on the roads. From October on a facelifted version will be sold under the name Iveco Massif: Link to "www.goebel-nutzfahrzeuge.de" ... now I'm off to bed ... ![[Image: grab_3.gif]](http://www.my-smileys.de/smileys3/grab_3.gif "http://www.my-smileys.de/smileys3/grab_3.gif") |
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◊ 2021-08-31 19:50 |
Not sure if this helps but: Marca: N/A Modelo: Santana 109 Super Ano: 1987-06-05 Combustible: PETROL CC del motor: 2286 |
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◊ 2021-08-31 21:25 |
Agree 109" Series IIIa Super (but a basic version). My Landie bible says SIIIa ran until 1987, when the split from Land-Rover UK happened and the SIV was launched without Land-Rover badging. So a 1987 plate date should be OK. Noted that there are several different dates quoted by different sources for how and when Land-Rover and Santana divorced within the period 1983-89. Both Land-Rover UK and Santana were under financial pressure so there was a lot of squabbling, and Spanish frustration that UK changes were too expensive or inappropriate for Spanish market, so they started to diverge further in product away from UK ranges, with the Spanish S3a and then S4 versions. The first big rift seems to have been in 1983, when the agreement for exclusive market territories was terminated, meaning English and Spanish versions could now compete in the same countries. However there was still some remnant collaboration and component supply for a few years, and mutual arrangements for markets such as Iran which politically Land-Rover had to abandon but facilitated supply by Santana. But by the late 80s the marriage was over, and Santana dropped the Land-Rover references. Am still confused when the SIV actually appeared - whether 1983 as in my bible (which means it ran alongside the SIIIa for a few years and would have had Land-Rover badging) or whether it was the post-divorce model (1987? 1989?) without any Land-Rover reference. And to complicate further it looks as if post-divorce the SIV name was quickly replaced by 2500 with no Series number. There are too many different references and claims within these troubled years to work out what precisely happened and when. Noted we have a handful of mid-80s examples listed as Land Rover Santana Series IV (some 88" and a 109" Super), and we have a clump of Series IIIa 109 Supers listed as 1989 (all Police versions). I'm not going to disturb their peaceful slumbers. |
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◊ 2021-09-04 13:35 |
Further thought which might explain the confusion for 1983+ ranges - the problem may not be different parallel versions (S3a and S4), but inconsistent naming - some folk/sources call them S3a, others say S4. I've seen comments scattered on some of our pages and elsewhere saying it's almost impossible to visually differentiate S3a from S4, which is understandable if they're actually the same thing ..... |
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