Shared components???

[dan19evans]

ford escort :



TVR S :

[wee_skids]

Zonda and MG ZS aircon controls:

[8400rpm]

Ferrari 550 and DC2 Integra Type-Rs have the same steering wheel.






Also the RS200 had Sierra doors, but I can't be arsed to find pictures, sorry.

[LuS1fer]

Aston Virage:

and Scirocco rear lights

[CraigyMc]

I'm not 100% on this but a friend once told me that the mirrors on an elise were from a rover Metro:




I'm not sure. Comments?

C

[DickyC]

LuS1fer said:

Aston Virage:

and Scirocco rear lights

+ Citroen mirrors and Maestro door handles.

[kambites]

Yes the Elise mirrors are from the Metro. Most of the minor components in the Elise are nicked from something fairly mundane.

[ZesPak]

Best one I remember:
Invicta S1

[LuS1fer]

TVR Vixen used Cortina Mk 1 and Mk II rear lights



Early Lotus Elans used these Victor FB rear lights too:


and I believe the later FWD Elan used Corolla rear lights.

[DickyC]

DickyC said:

LuS1fer said:

Aston Virage:

and Scirocco rear lights

+ Citroen mirrors and Maestro door handles.

During a lecture given by Aston Martin, one of the Virage engineers spoke about an understanding that existed between the smaller car manufacturers that allowed them to meet up informally to exchange views on their common problems and ideas on sourcing components. I think his precise words were, "Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Bristol - not TVR!"

He went on to say that on one visit Rolls Royce were most interested in Aston's cabin sound proofing. If I remember correctly it was a three layer composite; two layers of pudding and and a layer of lead to help form and retain curves. When the Rolls people had gone, the Aston guys looked at each other. "Where did we get the sound proofing idea from?" "From Rolls Royce."

With the subsequent changes of ownerhip of AM and RR I imagine the sharing culture died out.

[Dave^]

Loving the amount of pure geekyness in this thread!

Does the (non-BMW) Mini and Defender count as sharing? With the Sidelight and Indicator lenses?

[Rex Ironstone]

anonymous said:

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I can't see it

[Dave^]

Rex Ironstone said:

anonymous said:

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I can't see it

I think the underpinnings were the same, were they not?

[brenflys777]

Citroen cx mirrors - Jaguar xj200.

[DickyC]

The "DB7 is an XJS in drag" argument is as old as the car.

Jaguar set out to build a car to replace the XJS using the XJS as its starting point known - probably unofficially - as the F-type. The management had a rethink and decided that clean sheet was the way to go, a decision which led to the XK8. Walter Hayes at Aston Martin knew of the car and knew that the XJ220 facility at Bloxham was in need of work. He sold Ford (AM and Jaguar's parent company)the idea of the F-type prototype being reworked into an Aston. It was a gamble needing some heritage massaging. "Astons always have their own engine" became "the DB7 has its own version of Jaguar's straight six." "Astons are hand built" became "the DB7 is hand assembled." In the early days of the DB7, the bodies arrived at Bloxham already assembled by Carbodies in Coventry and painted by Rolls Royce to be kitted out with Jaguar running gear.

A fine car it is too and almost undoubtedly the car that saved Aston Martin..

[DickyC]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Oops, I should have checked. I think I was reciting the Aston party line from the time. A cleaner sheet, perhaps? Otherwise you would have to wonder why Jagwah cancelled the F-type if the XK8 had so much in common.

[Yuxi]

CraigyMc said:

I'm not 100% on this but a friend once told me that the mirrors on an elise were from a rover Metro:




I'm not sure. Comments?

C

My comment "Colin f****** Moy?"

[JR]

So better to ask former BMW owners about XJS stuff rather than former XJS owners.

[TheRoadWarrior]

Hehe, in isolation the murcielago's repeaters look fine.. but looking at the Mondeo and back at the murcie makes it just look like they've attached some ford repeaters on the piss... which is of course what they have done.

[Mr Gear]

The rear doors of a MK3 Fiesta are the same as on the Mk4 and 5, despite the rest of the body being completely different.