Around the world : Minis in Ireland
"It’s perhaps not surprising that the Mini was a big success in Ireland as the cars were launched at a time when British firms dominated the Irish car market. As noted in Bob Montgomery’s excellent book ‘Motor Assembly in Ireland’, Ireland had for many years a thriving local motor assembly sector with the vast majority of cars sold in Ireland assembled by local firms and BMC was no different from other manufacturers.
BMC had separate dealer networks for Austin and Morris in the UK and the same was true for overseas markets. In some countries, this separation even extended to all (or most) marques having separate representation (importer/assembler/distributor) in a particular market. For Ireland, this meant the Morris Mini-Minor would be imported, assembled and sold by Brittain Dublin and the Austin Se7en by Lincoln & Nolan. Later on, another firm Booth Poole which assembled Wolseley would be responsible for the Hornet."
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