I was reading last night in an old AMC about the very beginning of HSV. They too suffered from a brand recognition issue as they were marketing cars as 'SV' not 'HSV' I can't remember the details but they changed to 'HSV' and the brand recognition just appeared, much like FPV except it took Ford / Prodrive / whoever longer to work it out.
It's a tough gig convincing people that a car that looks almost identical to the other models ( early T series were very ( too ?? ) subtle ) that it's a different manufacturer and worth a bucketload more. Really, the T3 was the first Tickford to wildly stand out from it's lesser brethren but I think it came way too late. The early T series were a world ahead of the Forte in every way but most people still can't tell a commodore and a falcon apart so what hope did the T1 and T2 have except from enthusiasts?
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