Bristol Commercial Vehicles Invented The Premium Grille!

Leyland Worldmaster · 24th August 2016, 06:49

Not Rover, not Audi, but Bristol Commercial Vehicles!

So said Rovers and Audi's have Bristol-type premium grilles!

Leyland Worldmaster · 25th August 2016, 07:27

And to prove this point...

Is there nothing sacred? Plagiarism!

So from now on, I'll be referring to this as "The Bristol Grille"! ��

Mike Noc · 25th August 2016, 08:29

What goes around comes around.

The Britol 401 grille had more than a hint of BMW about it:

And it had a BMW engine, so Rover only carried on a tradition by using the M47R.

Leyland Worldmaster · 25th August 2016, 08:31

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Originally Posted by Mike Noc

What goes around comes around.

The Britol 401 grille had more than a hint of BMW about it:

And it had a BMW engine, so Rover only carried on a tradition by using the M47R.

Yes, wasn't it something to do with a deal after ww2?

mininuts · 25th August 2016, 08:41

I can't help thinking that the new Mondeo design team have 'nicked' Aston Martin's grille design

Mike Noc · 25th August 2016, 08:42

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Originally Posted by Leyland Worldmaster

Yes, wasn't it something to do with a deal after ww2?

Yes I read that it was tied in with reparations after WWII.

Also Frazer Nash assembled and marketed BMW cars in the UK pre-war, and they were taken over by Bristol.

clf · 25th August 2016, 09:47

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Originally Posted by mininuts

I can't help thinking that the new Mondeo design team have 'nicked' Aston Martin's grille design

Lol when I first sky the Mondeo, I thought Aston were doing a smaller baby Aston, a foetal Aston if you like Lol. or had to meet more silly EU quotas that brought about the cygnet. but I just think it is Ford stealing the style. but they own them after all :-)

Leyland Worldmaster · 25th August 2016, 10:12

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Originally Posted by clf

Lol when I first sky the Mondeo, I thought Aston were doing a smaller baby Aston, a foetal Aston if you like Lol. or had to meet more silly EU quotas that brought about the cygnet. but I just think it is Ford stealing the style. but they own them after all :-)

They did once... not any more! A senior Ford executive when asked about the resemblance between the Aston Martin grille and the Mondeo grille they said "We paid a lot of money for AM so I think we can use our design"

Daimler Benz has a 5 percent stake in AM.

Anyway, that Bristol grille... plagerism!

clf · 25th August 2016, 11:08

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Originally Posted by Leyland Worldmaster

They did once... not any more! A senior Ford executive when asked about the resemblance between the Aston Martin grille and the Mondeo grille they said "We paid a lot of money for AM so I think we can use our design"

Daimler Benz has a 5 percent stake in AM.

Anyway, that Bristol grille... plagerism!

yes that Bristol grille, 1950s ? the stolen design from rover

check out the p4 Lol

Leyland Worldmaster · 25th August 2016, 11:29

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Originally Posted by clf

yes that Bristol grille, 1950s ? the stolen design from rover

check out the p4 Lol

No! Because you this is the mark 1 premium grille... Genesis

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