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Lonsdale was a marque of car sold in the United Kingdom by the Colt Car Company[1] between 1982 and 1984. It took its name from the industrial suburb of Lonsdale in Adelaide, South Australia where Mitsubishi Australia had an engine production facility. The only car sold under this brand was the Lonsdale, a badge engineered Mitsubishi Sigma (GJ). It was sold as the Lonsdale YD41 and the Lonsdale YD45. 700 were produced.[2]

Lonsdale YD
Lonsdale YD41
Overview
Also called	Mitsubishi Galant Mitsubishi Eterna Mitsubishi Sigma (GJ)
Production	1982–1983
Assembly	Adelaide, South Australia
Body and chassis
Class	Compact
Body style	4-door saloon 5-door estate
Layout	FR layout
Powertrain
Engine	1.6 L I4 (81 PS / 60 kW) 2.0 L I4 (95 PS / 70 kW) 2.6 L I4 (103 PS / 76 kW)

The car was powered by one of three four cylinder engines of 1.6, 2.0 and 2.6 litres, producing respectively 81, 95 and 103 bhp.

The largest of these power units produced a maximum torque of 192 Nm., and was one of the largest post-war four cylinder engines produced.

Although the Sigma was merely an Australian version of Mitsubishi Motors' Colt Galant[3] which was already available in the UK, the company's plan was to circumvent the "gentlemen's agreement", a voluntary import quota which limited Japanese-manufactured imports to 11 per cent of the market (which typically amounted to fewer than 200,000 cars per year). However, the idea proved unsuccessful and most of the cars imported by Lonsdale remained unsold by the time the company ceased trading. The Colt Car Company continued to sell the vehicle in the UK for 1984, although rebranded as the Mitsubishi Galant.[4]

See also

• Colt Car Company
• List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

References

External links

• BBC Top Gear 10 Forgotten cars - Lonsdale

На других языках

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[de] Lonsdale Car Company

Lonsdale Car Company ist eine ehemalige Automarke, die kurzzeitig australische Mitsubishi-Modelle im Vereinigten Königreich vertrieb.

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- [en] Lonsdale (car)

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[fr] Lonsdale (automobile)

Lonsdale était une marque de voiture vendue au Grande-Bretagne par le constructeur japonais Mitsubishi Motors entre 1982 et 1984. Elle tire son nom de la zone industrielle de Lonsdale à Adélaïde en Australie-Méridionale où la filiale australienne de Mitsubishi disposait d'une usine de moteurs. La seule voiture vendue sous cette marque était la Lonsdale, une Mitsubishi Sigma (GJ) renommée. Elle était vendue comme la Lonsdale YD41 et la Lonsdale YD45.

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