While trawling the net looking for something else, I came across this
http://www.saabsunited.com/2010/05/the-saab-lancia-600.htmlNot knowing a lot about the subject I followed the link that led to a 19 page brochure with lots of pictures.
I also found page 18 interesting, as in the side view of models in their line up appears to be a Autobianchi/Lancia A112.
Brian
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I've just had a look at the other site which was the previous of the site to the link above, on the older site there are comments that it was a crap vehicle that kept overheating so much that the cars were spending longer in the Dealers than on the road, however, on the later site there are further comments on the subject, seems there was nothing wrong with the Lancia vehicle as designed , but Saab engineers design a new heater to cope with the Country's bad weather, at the same time they put in a new thermostat set at 92c instead of the 87c original, they also forgot to up the coolant capacity, so with the thermostat set to a higher opening temperature, and without increasing the engine/radiator/capacity, the standard cooling system couldn't cope, hence the overheating was all down to Saab.
And Lancia received more bad publicity that it didn't deserve.
Brian
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