Don't forget the Mazda Bongo Brawny.
The magnificently named Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard, and just for your convenience the Isuzu Giga 20 Light Dump.
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I did once drive a Mercury Monterey Turnpike Cruiser.
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And I a Mercury Marquis Colony Park Station Wagon.
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And it seems that the correct name for the third brake light is a Chimsil.
Was that one of, say, ten things you didn't know last week..... [I hope that it's not a subtle joke and they've got it right - it's a googlewhack.]
I'm definitely going to have fun with it though. "We've had to repair your chimsil, sir..."
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Transit-size Citroen van in France is a Jumper; smaller version is a Jumpy!
I wonder if UK white van man would be happy to drive around knowing foreigners are laughing at him?
PS: the French pronunciation of 'Bipper' gives the sort of sound made by some small frogs. Did I really say that?
Edited by mike hannon on 31/08/2008 at 17:28
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See the odd Jumpy/Jumper in the UK, maybe grey imports or just badging errors?. A relative had, in the early eighties a parallel import mid size Ford - he never got round to removing the Taunus badge and replacing it with the Cortina version supplied by the import agent.
Far fewer examples these days of cars getting a different name in the UK, I guess they're more carefully chosen at the outset. The Fiat Ritmo sounded lile it would be more at home cutting the paddock then travelling on motorways and became the Strada in the UK. But it's sucessor came here with the same Tipo name as on the mainland. I still think if it as the Fiat Teapot!!
Edited by Bromptonaut on 31/08/2008 at 17:35
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The Fiat Ritmo.... became the Strada
...and they, perhaps wisely, decided against using the name "Fiat Rustica" in the UK...
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but would have been more apt screwloose.
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I heard about this story too but always thought it referred to the Fiat Miafiori of the 1970s.
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The Fiat Mirafiori I had was produced from 1978 to 1984 - I had one of the later 1.4-litre models and it proved so reliable that it was followed, three years later, by a 1.6 Regata S which had been used as a demonstrator.
Neither had any trace of rust, probably due to Fiat's linkup in the early 1970s with Saab to produce joint new car models, as well as improve the Italian company's rustproofing techniques.
Edited by Stuartli on 15/10/2008 at 22:41
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The Fiat Mirafiori I had .... Neither had any trace of rust
Either you were lucky or we were unlucky! My Dad had a T-reg Supermirafiori 1600TC, a great car in the day but it certainly rusted. He was regularly at it with kurust and bodyfiller.
Having said that, when I was at Uni in Brighton in the early 90s, I used to regularly see two Mirafiori Sports which looked in good nick. The climate is a bit milder there than in Sheffield.
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And it seems that the correct name for the third brake light is a Chimsil.
Nearly. It's a Centre High Mounted Stop Light, or CHMSL. Chumsil is roughly how you pronounce it - an ex gf's Dad used to make them for Ford.
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