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◊ 2022-10-07 20:39 |
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◊ 2022-10-07 20:42 |
Badged in the front as a Sava Austin, not only Sava. |
◊ 2022-10-07 21:44 |
Yes, but all the others we have, either older or newer, are listed as Sava, I don't know if as default. In any case, it's the same, as they were made by Sava under Austin license. Anyway, if you judge better it could be listed as Sava-Austin but it would be the only one. |
◊ 2022-10-07 22:48 |
I recently tried to dig around to get solid info on these Sava-built J4s for dates and names used, but it got very messy with several contradictory claims, both for this pre-facelift UK-style front (both Sava and Sava-Austin found), and then later for the Spanish-only facelift (when all sorts of permutations of Sava and/or Pegaso exist). And no reliable references for dates of whatever changes were made. Plus other inconsistencies for the BMC FG-based S-66 and other numberings (which seems to have been Sava-Austin) and the LDO-5 (based on UK BMC LD) which seems to have been just Sava. So I gave up trying to understand what was going on, and decided our current system is probably as good as it gets - we collectively use it without obvious hiccups or complaints. There is however an irony with all the Austin references - it seems that Sava's licencing agreements were always with the Morris legal department within BMC, never with Austin. And there is no hint anywhere of Sava-Morris or plain Morris name being used for any Spanish build. No idea why these decisions were made or who made them (UK or Spain??). |
◊ 2022-10-07 23:52 |
The Sava badging policy seems as complicated as the BLMC one, in England, for an outsider. But so fascinating too ;-) May it could be a task for the future ! Sava branding looks generally, and curiously, older than Sava Austin. It was a discovery for me, with this caption, so thank you for that ! |