Talk:Rootes Group

Run from London's West End, they were respectively based in the Midlands and south of England
That's not English. Sounds like a terrible translation from German. What does it even mean?

Chrysler sell-off
I'm concerned by "The former Commer/Dodge/Karrier truck and van factory was sold to Renault." &mdash; whilst this is certainly true, there's a bit of ambiguity, and I've found conflicting hints (and statements) on other WP articles. The basic question: did the heavy commercials factory (of Commer, Dodge and Karrier models) go directly to Renault Véhicules Industriels, or did it go to Peugeot first? – Kieran T  ( talk  19:11, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

It's my understanding that Peugeot bought it first and then sold it on to Renault. The only reference in support of this I can find at short notice is "The World Encyclopedia of Trucks", Peter J. Davies, Hermes House, 2002. Sunbeammadd 09:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Talbot Minx, Rapier and Solara.
Just in relation to the recent edits relating the special edition versions of the Talbot Alpine and Solara towards the end of production, I think I can add some background.

Right at the end the Alpine and Solara names were dropped in favour of Minx and Rapier.

Before this happened though there was a special edition called the Talbot Solara Sceptre. In the September 1982 edition of Classic and Sportscar magazine, there is an advertisement for the Solara Sceptre on page 62. Sunbeammadd 11:01, 2 February 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sunbeammadd (talk • contribs) 10:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

Groupe Rootes = groupe Prout.
Selling Rootes cars in France was a weird and funny job for those who dared it, "Rootes group" being said in french "Groupe Rootes" but heard "groupe Prout" by everyone there. Who would have bought, if not a french pétomane, such a windy car ? So were the "Group brat" vehicles in a difficult position on the french market. Soon after its purchase, Chrysler, unaware of that or perhaps plannig to inundate the country of the bidet, worsened the situation keeping for a while this tasty trademark, now illustrated by its so evocative pentastar badge. Oh la la ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.67.113.147 (talk) 13:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Simca 1307 and Horizon(t)
This brand of cars derived from the Simca 1100 model.

Their architecture included front-driving wheels, quite different from Sunbeam Alpine, Hillman's rear propulsion concept. They actually were designed in Poissy, France.

The Simca 1100, put on the market by 1968, had been developed in Poissy after Simca-Chrysler had enrolled engineers from Peugeot who participated in the Peugeot's 204 development (the 204 had been marketed as early as 1965) and who were experimented in front driving wheels design.

As far as I remember British designers took part in the 1307 body design.

Bernard Huet80.12.35.62 (talk) 21:42, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

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Humber Limited
This article is about the Rootes brothers. There is a separate article about Humber Limited. Some people imagine they are one and the same and they are not. The recent reorganisation of the article suggests that this is being forgotten. Eddaido (talk) 00:08, 20 August 2020 (UTC)