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This is a bummer of an article, I didn't realize that Rootes built some cars in Australia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/a...o-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
"Chrysler also became a significant contender before it sold out to Mitsubishi. And given Australia’s strong cultural links to the nation that colonized it, British cars were also popular — though they never challenged American cars on the sales charts.
The Rootes Group of Britain made Hillmans and Humbers in Melbourne until that operation was absorbed by Chrysler. The British Motor Corporation fielded Austin and Morris automobiles."
Bob J.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/a...o-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
"Chrysler also became a significant contender before it sold out to Mitsubishi. And given Australia’s strong cultural links to the nation that colonized it, British cars were also popular — though they never challenged American cars on the sales charts.
The Rootes Group of Britain made Hillmans and Humbers in Melbourne until that operation was absorbed by Chrysler. The British Motor Corporation fielded Austin and Morris automobiles."
Bob J.