Fareastdriver (your #8435) and
JENKINS,
... The Hindustan was identical to the 1954 Oxford but so was the 1954 Cowley; it was the engine and fittings that were smaller and cheaper on the Cowley...
Accept unreservedly - it has always been so in the trade. My beloved 1960 Peugeot 403J (the best car of my life) had a "little sister" in the shape of a bargain-basement "403/7" with a 1290 (?) engine instead of the 1468 in mine. Don't think that they sold many to the Forces in RAF(G).
I have an idea that there was a proposal to keep the "Ambassador" production line going with a revamped "Montego", but nothing came of it.
Danny.