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- From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
- Subject: Re: MERCEDES MOTORCYCLE????
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.112844.2339@bnr.uk>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:28:44 GMT
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- ObBritish> Daimler went to England and started his own car company. It was
- later bought by Jaguar who now use it only as a model designator.
- I owned a Daimler Double-Six which was a Jaguar XJ12 with extra
- luxury items. Until a few years ago, Mercedes was known as
- Daimler-Benz in Germany. I got some odd looks when people saw the
- Daimler logo on my car. When I told German people I had a Daimler,
- they thought I had a Mercedes, not a Jag. Funny, really. Ah well.
-
- ObMoto> Jaguar didn't make a motorbike either, but they started life as a
- sidecar manufacturer. Swift Sidecars, I believe (or Swallow?). Their
- early cars were known as SSs as in SS100.
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- Nick (the Non-Jagged Biker) MAG 73516 DoD 1069 Concise Oxford
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- M'Lud.
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