Thanks, David:
I know there was a very large British influence in both Argentina and Uruguay in the 1800's/1900's due to the trade in beef and maybe wheat. Seems to have lasted quite a while.
The Vauxhall Monaros in the UK, are they V8s as well? I don't know what engines are offered in Oz, but maybe smaller ones as well.
As a side note, Pat and I visited Belize for a day on a HobbyTown sponsored Carib Cruise in March and I was totally amazed to not only discover that they drive on the right but that all of the earlier British cars were nowhere to be seen. Probably 70% American minivans and trucks and 30% Japanese sedans and light trucks.
Our guide, who was driving a Plymouth Voyager purchased in Texas, said all the old British stuff was sold off as scrap to Mexico when the NAFTA agreement came into effect and Mexico built up it's assembly operations.
I asked our guide to give me a tour of the auto scrap yards as a sort of side tour and we did not find one single British vehicle left out of perhaps 6-8 yards.
Little current history for you David.
Bill
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