By 'a perception that french cars were better' ( as discussed recently re those earliest 203s ) i probably meant 'French built cars had a low incidence of faults'.
Given 'Peugeots were assembled from high quality pre-assembled engines, transmissions and suspensions'...'Assembly faults with 203, 403 and 404 weren't a problem because they were less complex and weren't line assembled in Australia ' - so in this instance CKD simply assembled (reassembled, even) kits of pressings and sub-assemblies - just how inferior could the australian Peugeots possibly be, apart from rust opportunities?
Was this 'cultural cringe'? It doesn't seem rocket science - not like the ID ( yet as training providers say - don't blame them, train them) ...
I suppose the roof rack anecdote implies the turrets were drilled here though ...
How did the chassis numbers work? I recall mention of the lag in updates behind france and Lew has noted firewalls that don't tally with the Model Year; would parts have been picked or batched together, i wonder ...
Given 'Peugeots were assembled from high quality pre-assembled engines, transmissions and suspensions'...'Assembly faults with 203, 403 and 404 weren't a problem because they were less complex and weren't line assembled in Australia ' - so in this instance CKD simply assembled (reassembled, even) kits of pressings and sub-assemblies - just how inferior could the australian Peugeots possibly be, apart from rust opportunities?
Was this 'cultural cringe'? It doesn't seem rocket science - not like the ID ( yet as training providers say - don't blame them, train them) ...
I suppose the roof rack anecdote implies the turrets were drilled here though ...
How did the chassis numbers work? I recall mention of the lag in updates behind france and Lew has noted firewalls that don't tally with the Model Year; would parts have been picked or batched together, i wonder ...
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