Topic: Graham#10 - 1982 Lonsdale

[GrahamClayton]

For one point: What is this car?

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[Carnut]

For some reason the thumbnail didn't show on the Rookies page.
I couldn't remove the picture which didn't show but have added it again as a jpg and now it does show..

[Otto Puzzell]

The first pic is hotlinked to Photobucket. The picture has to be attached to the puzzle (as you have done, Carnut), for it to appear in the puzzle index.

[WayneB]

Looks like an 1982 Colt Galant made by Mitsubishi to me.

[mymokke]

I believe this is badge engineered Mitsu Sigma sold in the UK as a "Lonsdale" around 1982-83.

[GrahamClayton]

1 point to MyMokke.

This is the 1982 Lonsdale, a badge-engineered version of the Australian Mitsubishi Magna. The Lonsdale was named after the Adelaide suburb where the cars were originally assembled. The car was renamed to try and avoid the a voluntary import quota which limited Japanese-manufactured imports to 11 per cent of the UK market. The idea was unsuccessful, and from 1984 the Lonsdale was sold as the Mitsubishi Sigma in the UK.

[Wendax]

The sedan went by the name of Lonsdale YD 41, the wagon was the YD 45.