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There are moments like that, as a classic enthusiast you can muse about typing a name. This can happen, for example, when you are behind a Seat Toledo in the traffic jam. It was introduced in 1991. Where did you come across that name in the car world at least?

Then the penny drops at the Triumph, Toledo who saw the light of day in 1970 ... By the way, that is actually a wonderful little car where nothing negative can be reported about it below the line. As a manufacturer you take a front-wheel driver from your production line, turn it into a rear-wheel driver, take the front of another car from the production line and put other headlights in it and you have 'something new' for relatively little money ... u - today - unfortunately - very rarely or never again on the street. In enthusiastic circles the enthusiasm for such a thing is completely zero. Actually a bit of a shame ?!

In the next traffic jam you are suddenly behind a Kia Rio. That will also make ringing (softly) ringing? In 1975, that type designation was applied to the Panther Rio, a super luxury car based on the Triumph Dolomite. A car that is relatively unknown in our country, because they were not delivered in the Netherlands. In Britain it is slowly and doomed to fail. Such a device was more than 20 percent more expensive than the most expensive Jaguar V12 ... How crazy should you be as a manufacturer to see 'future' in it ...?

The Panther Rio was not a success ...

And then you suddenly come to one at a classic fair Humber Imperial against. In the street you used to see them once in a while and you don't see them at all (anymore). The indication was used by Humber for the first time in 1939, one year before the outbreak of the 2e World war. In 1964 the type relived - the noble brand had since become part of the Rootes Group, its return. The most expensive version of Humber. In 1967 the curtain finally fell. Imperial, you immediately associate that with Chrysler, maybe the model from 1990? The American car manufacturer could already supply an Imperial in 1926. Then again in 1954. And there are still some type names that started a second life. Consider the Ford Escort ... Contrary to what many people think, Ford used it in the 1950s for a station car based on the Standard (the cheapest version, the 2 doors Anglia and the 4 doors Prefect ...)

Chrysler also had an Imperial in the model range in the 1990s.

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