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1986 in motoring includes developments in the automotive industry throughout the year 1989 by various automobile manufacturers, grouped by country. The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells motor vehicles. ==United Kingdom== BL (formerly British Leyland Limited) was renamed to Rover Group. The Rover Group's Leyland Trucks division (which included its Freight Rover van business) was merged with the Dutch DAF Trucks company to form the new commercial vehicle company DAF NV. The new company's trucks (built in Leyland, Lancashire, England and Eindhoven, Netherlands) and its vans built in Birmingham, England, were branded as Leyland DAF for the UK market and as ''DAF'' for other European and worldwide markets. The Rover SD1 ceased production after 10 years and was replaced with the Rover 800, which was the third product of the venture with Honda. The Japanese version of this Rover model was the Honda Legend. Ford gave the Escort minor design changes in March. Similar changes were made to the Orion saloon range, which expanded to include lower specification "L" and "LX" models, having originally been sold in "GL" and "Ghia" trim only. Vauxhall replaced the Carlton with a new model after eight years, but with a rear-wheel drive chassis providing the underpinnings for a four-door saloon and five-door estate aimed directly at the Ford Granada. Engines ranged from a 1.8 to a 3.0 V6 which produced almost 200 bhp. It was European Car of the Year for the 1987 model year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1986 in motoring」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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