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Mercedes-Benz [W123] 
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◊ 2015-03-05 12:32 |
the badge is in Diesel-length |
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◊ 2015-03-05 16:14 |
Camaro between the 206 and the Escort. |
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◊ 2015-03-05 17:00 |
Indeed, and it's rare. The fourth generation Camaro wasn't officially imported in Europe. |
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◊ 2015-03-05 17:03 |
The UK received some official imports of them (but only in LHD), sold through some Vauxhall dealers. Maybe different for mainland Europe though. -- Last edit: 2015-03-05 17:03:22 |
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◊ 2015-03-05 17:11 |
Was, in limited numbers. My friend Paweł Zal (father of automobile-catalog.com page) has 1995 Chevrolet Camaro 3.8 (200 HP, sport package and Euro lights), originally dedicated for Swiss market. |
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◊ 2015-03-05 18:51 |
From 1998 it was imported to sweden, at least for a few years .gif ":)") -- Last edit: 2015-03-05 18:51:22 |
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◊ 2015-03-05 22:30 |
It depends on the GM/Opel/Vauxhall-dealer. Some bigger dealerships or where the owner has a faible for the US-GM-Cars, had official sales brochures and made offical orders. I know that from a former classmate, who became a chief salesman at a large Opel-dealership. |
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◊ 2015-03-05 22:54 |
In UK, there was only ever one officially supported GM US dealer - in 70s it was Lendrum & Hartman in West London then later (90s?) became Bauer-Millett in Manchester which it still is today. Seems GM-Lendrum & Hartman relationship may have gone back to 1920s and involved building Buicks in UK in 1930s - "imported 'green' cars ex-Oshawa in 1932 for assembly in their Buick Car Works in Willesden, London, that was originally the Bedford Motors assembly plant." - http://forums.aaca.org/topic/159231-buick-built-in-london-uk/?page=1 . Interesting thread which also lists the various UK Buick models, and mentions Rootes Brothers origins as major Kent dealers in the 1920s who amongst other things sold GM US models then, and in 1925 Rootes Limited was the largest car distributor in Britain. -- Last edit: 2016-03-21 16:45:12 |
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◊ 2015-03-05 22:57 |
There was a wider UK network in the late nineties... http://www.rac.co.uk/buying-a-car/car-reviews/cadillac/seville/207401 Even more recently (right up until the UK market stopped receiving the Korean Chevrolets last year), you could buy a Camaro or Corvette through selected Chevrolet dealers. The Edinburgh one was one such dealer. -- Last edit: 2015-03-05 22:59:41 |
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◊ 2015-03-06 00:15 |
I actually saw a UK market Cadillac Seville today. And earlier this week I walked past a parked Ford Territory with a UK registration. |
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◊ 2015-03-06 01:10 |
Too good an opportunity not to mention the Cadillac BLS, the only Cadillac never made or sold in US, and the only Cadillac to come with estate version. And a potential used car bargain if you can find one of the 7,356 made - UK sales were abysmal. |
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◊ 2015-03-06 10:31 |
This gen of Camaro was launched in 1993 in America, and in 1998 in Europe |
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◊ 2015-03-06 15:40 |
not sold indeed, but as "never made in US" there was also the Catera Btw, we list the BLS as origin=EU, madein=SE, but why not origin=SE since it was conceived by Saab ? -- Last edit: 2015-03-06 15:44:41 |
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◊ 2015-03-06 15:57 |
Catera had a funny story....started as Cadillac LSE concept car then the design ended up to Opel and came back as Cadillac here.... |
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◊ 2015-03-07 16:50 |
And Astra H behind the 206. Shame you didnt see it.  |
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◊ 2016-03-21 12:59 |
Indeed, and not just the UK. In a nutshell, GM saw what Chrysler had been doing in Europe since late 1987, and decided to do the same starting in 1990, through a subsidiary called NAVI, using a network of selected Opel dealers. But instead of rebadging several brands into two, like Chrysler-Jeep did, GM offered various Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Buicks and Cadillacs. And the range varied from country to country. I have the 1992 brochures for Belgium and Switzerland, and the latter had some unique offerings, like the Pontiac GrandAm sedan and the Chevrolet Typhoon (yes, Chevrolet, not GMC). Although I don't know if it was just eye candy for the Geneva auto show or if they actually sold some Typhoons. The start of the NAVI program soon meant the introduction of real EU-spec cars, with orange indicators, homologated reflectors, a rear foglight, and a EU-sized plate holder. And as far as I know, only the fourth generation Firebird and its antiquated pop-up headlights got homologated in the EU, instead of the Camaro. |
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◊ 2023-05-10 08:50 |
Actually, even at the time of this original post, Cadillac had an estate version of the CTS, though Americans in general find wagons anathema, almost as much as hatchbacks. Honestly, I think the British have a great sense of vehicle use with the market's continued demand for convertibles, estates, and saloons. And actually, the comment before that mentioned the Ford Territory. It is not a Dearborn design. I believe that is a Mazda-based product marketed in Oceania. |
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