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The Morris Nomad is a car that was produced in Australia by British Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia from 1969 to 1972. It is a hatchback version of the Morris 1500 sedan, itself a locally produced variant of the British BMC ADO16 design with a larger 1500 cc engine. The Nomad was a small - medium-sized car, sitting above the Morris Mini ...
December 1971 – Australia: Production of the Morris 1300 automatic four-door sedan, Morris 1500 four-door sedan and Morris Nomad five-door hatchback discontinued. Available in showrooms during 1972. Approximately 29,000 had been built. [63] Replaced by Morris Marina. Approximately a total 119,000 ADO16 variants were built in Australia.
The first use of the E series was in the Australian built Morris 1500 sedan and Morris Nomad hatchback followed by the front-wheel drive Austin Maxi five-door hatchback of 1969. These models were closely based on the ADO16 platform, but fitted with the 1.5 L E series.
1969–1972 - Morris 1500 (Australia) ... 1969–1972 - Morris Nomad (Australia) 1971–1980 - Morris Marina; 1980–1984 - Morris Ital; Morris-badged tractors
By 1969 BMC Australia's parent company had merged with the Leyland Corporation to form British Leyland [1] and a merger in Australia saw the creation of the British Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia. [2] BMC Australia continued to trade as a division of the new company [13] but had been renamed the Austin Morris Division by 1970. [14]
In Australia, owing to recently increased local content assembly tariffs which would have resulted in the Maxi being uneconomic to build, Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia developed in the UK the Morris Nomad, a hybrid utilizing the Maxi's E-series engine/transmission and rear tailgate, fitted to the Morris 1100 body which was already ...
The New Zealand Warriors of the National Rugby League arrived at a small regional airport in New South Wales state on Sunday after being given permission to enter Australia despite a general ban ...
By 1966, Australia was described as BMC's leading world market. [11] The 1800 was introduced in Australia in November 1965 [ 11 ] as the Austin 1800, with a Mark II version being introduced in 1968. Australian-produced vehicles started out with a claimed local content of 65–70%, along with an undertaking from the manufacturers to raise the ...