1980 Suzuki Hatch [SS40V]

1980 Suzuki Hatch [SS40V] in Fire, TV Series, 1995-1996 Ep. 1.11

Class: Cars, Supermini — Model origin: — Made for: AUS

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Ingo ◊ 2016-01-21 23:23	pizza-delivery-car? I yes, not a smart name-choice - in Germany you would never successfully sell food with "Montezuma" in the name, because everyone would have "Montezuma's revenge" in mind
MisterZ ◊ 2016-01-22 12:30	ingo wrote pizza-delivery-car? I yes, not a smart name-choice - in Germany you would never successfully sell food with "Montezuma" in the name, because everyone would have "Montezuma's revenge" in mind It's the name of a real restaurant in Queensland (where this was filmed). But it's Mexican food - so no pizza. Note that the Alto only had 2 seats in Australia - there were no rear seats at all. This was so that the vehicle could be classified as a commercial van, and attract much lower duties (the import duty on passenger cars at the time was over 57%). The one positive of this, however, was that they could be legally parked in loading zones. Equipment was sparse - there were no disc brakes at all, only a manual transmission initially (an automatic was added in 1982), and manual steering. Factory air conditioning was offered as an option, though I imagine the take-up rate would have been low. -- Last edit: 2019-07-26 19:59:05
Ingo ◊ 2016-01-22 19:14	MisterZ wrote It's the name of a real restaurant in Queensland (where this was filmed). But it's Mexican food - so no pizza. Ah, thanks - but not a clever naming anyways...

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Ingo

◊ 2016-01-21 23:23

pizza-delivery-car?
I yes, not a smart name-choice - in Germany you would never successfully sell food with "Montezuma" in the name, because everyone would have "Montezuma's revenge" in mind :lol:

MisterZ

◊ 2016-01-22 12:30

ingo wrote pizza-delivery-car?
I yes, not a smart name-choice - in Germany you would never successfully sell food with "Montezuma" in the name, because everyone would have "Montezuma's revenge" in mind :lol:

It's the name of a real restaurant in Queensland (where this was filmed). But it's Mexican food - so no pizza.

Note that the Alto only had 2 seats in Australia - there were no rear seats at all. This was so that the vehicle could be classified as a commercial van, and attract much lower duties (the import duty on passenger cars at the time was over 57%). The one positive of this, however, was that they could be legally parked in loading zones.

Equipment was sparse - there were no disc brakes at all, only a manual transmission initially (an automatic was added in 1982), and manual steering. Factory air conditioning was offered as an option, though I imagine the take-up rate would have been low.

-- Last edit: 2019-07-26 19:59:05

Ingo

◊ 2016-01-22 19:14

MisterZ wrote It's the name of a real restaurant in Queensland (where this was filmed). But it's Mexican food - so no pizza.

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1980 Suzuki Hatch [SS40V]