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Old 21-09-2016, 06:59 PM   #66
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Default Re: Tickford on the comeback??

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Originally Posted by Nikked View Post

Only blot on the time line is the marketing of FTE range, good intentions, but not well received. This is where FPV came in, rebranded to be more aggressive in competition with HSV (FTE was meant to be a "refined package")......but at the end of the day, work done by Tickford/FTE became FPV...and it was the same core group of people (including David Flint who headed both).
I remember seeing a photo of an early BA XR6 Turbo with Tickford wing graphics on the dials.

The FTE approach was also very limiting with regards to what dealers had to do become a FTE outlet.
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