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Originally Posted by Buzz
It would. Much to the same extent that the Jaguars produced under the parentage of Ford are still Jaguars. And the Chryslers produced by Daimler... and ... and ...
AC as it existed in the 60's is no longer and has evolved (devolved?  ) into something else. It isn't the old AC anymore, but if the current, legally recognized incarnation of the brand calls it an AC then it's an AC, see?
Now that we've sorted that out, are you henceforth to be known as Mark VI? |
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Bite thy tongue!!
And yes, Ford did own Jaguar, but the cars were still built and sold by Jaguar. Ford, at one point "owned" AC, and the cars were built and sold by "AC" so they were ACs. Now that Tata owns Jaguar are they no longer "Jaguars"????
And at one point AC had the Ace Brooklands chassis and shell built by Hi Tech Automotive in South Africa, but the design and sales were by AC. The German dea lis different as the car is not an AC design built by a subcontractor, but someones elses design licensed and SOLD as an "AC".
Sorry but once more, AC does not exist save for a legal shell entity.