How'd you reckon you go about reviving an old car marque?
I'd totally buy a new Morris.
( Kroney, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 10:42, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

buy the rights
set up a factory
buy a doner chassis/engine etc
market the shit out of it so people believe it is real
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 10:43, Reply)

Those old BL marques are presumably still owned by the Government.
With all the empty factories, unemployment and economic downturn, I'm surprised they haven't resurrected one as a sort of Weirmacht autobahn style public works project.
( Kroney, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 10:47, Reply)

Probelm is the midlandsers (Placids) still seem to have the same attitude that they had in the 70s

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 10:50, Reply)

And they wonder why they live in brutal, grinding poverty.

( Kroney, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:01, Reply)

The whole trend of modernising old car shapes,
Beetle, mini, scirocco etc, I wouldn't be surprised if someone does it. The retro thing is in. Look at all the cunt on bicycles.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 17 Oct 2013, 10:49, Reply)

I genuinely think it's a goer.
There's a huge pool of car engineering skills in the UK, from designers all the way down to factory workers. Those lads in Dagenham won't be in a job for much longer.

They could absolutely resurrect a domestic car marque. Rover and Austin have bad reputations, but how about something like Alvis or Riley?
( Kroney, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 10:59, Reply)

You could certainly make a go of the 65+/Motability market

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:03, Reply)

I think it's been long enough that if you put together a cheap little Morris,
The sort of kids young enough to buy one won't really have much knowledge of the reputation. Plus that retro thing appeals to yuppie hipsters who want a cheap but cool first car.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:09, Reply)

Something like the Mini, or Fiat 500, maybe.

( Kroney, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:13, Reply)

Aren't they both Coronation St characters?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:10, Reply)