As if they weren't sold under enough different names in the UK, the Farina-styled saloons (and estates) carried yet different badges in a variety of overseas markets...
Cars from BMC and its successors have been sold abroad under a variety of alternative names. Here are just a few of them, including a couple of near-misses...
Farina-based models
As if they weren't sold under enough different names in the UK, the Farina-styled saloons (and estates) carried yet different badges in a variety of overseas markets... |
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Mini-based models
You might be forgiven for thinking that the name "Mini" would have universal appeal, but in Denmark they had other ideas (just as they did with so many other BMC models). In South Africa, on the other hand, they went one better, dreaming up not only a new name, but a version unique to the market... |
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BMC 1100/1300-based models
The 1100/1300 range was probably built and/or sold in more overseas markets, and under a wider variety of names, than any other model produced by the company. |
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BMC 1800/2200-based models
While the Dutch and the Danes were content to market the standard 1800 under names unique to their own countries, BL's Australian arm justified their new names for the model by re-clothing it in boxy saloon bodywork. |
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Morris Marina-based models
The Marina lost its Morris badge in the US, and its model name in New Zealand, while in Australia it very nearly got an entirely new name... |
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Other models
For one reason or another, a variety of other models have also had their names changed in overseas markets... |
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