They have been building Suzuki based vehicles back in the days when the
factory was closely cooperating with Land Rover (LR had a big percentage of
shares)
And they have even produced Suzuki based vehicles with Land Rover VIN
plates.
They were the very first Santana 410/413 (the spanish made Samurai 410/413)
The old name of the factory was Metalurgica Di Santa Ana which turned out to
become "Santana"
They still produce the LT85 gearbox, parabolic springs (they were the
original makers of the parabolic springs for the Spanish assembled Landies)
and they also produce parts required for disk brake and power steering kits
for Series Landies.
But now their main activity is related to the Hannibal PS10 military and
civilian specifications vehicles, the new three doors short wheelbase model
and Suzuki based vehicles.
A UK based company (
www.kamdiffs.com) is supplying them with locking diffs
for the PS10 for both army and civilian vehicles.
Take care
Pantelis
"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
news:u7mnf2tm9pg8h15a76f96q5i5ssm0ue8nc@4ax.com...
> On or around Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:38:42 GMT, "Derek"
> <del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Not heard of it but it wouldn't surprise me the company is Santana Motor
> >S.A. of Spain but stuff is being built all over the shop these days,
wierd
> >enough but they also build a model called the Santana 300/350 and that
looks
> >more Vitara than owt else so they seem to have deals with Land Rover ,
> >Iveco (is that still Fiat and Ford ? ) and Suzuki busy little Iberian
> >bunnies and whatever it is seems to be working
>
> They've been building suzukis under licence for some time. I expect it's
to
> do with import tariffs or something historically.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "You praise the firm restraint with which they write -_
> I'm with you there, of course: They use the snaffle and the bit
> alright, but where's the bloody horse? - Roy Campbell (1902-1957)
