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Continuing the Rootes badge engineering obsession from the previous post about the Hillman Hunter:- (https://www.tumblr.com/transport-methodology-101/817218986944217088/hillman-hunter-the-rootes-groups-last-hurrah) Rootes offered a more premium upmarket variant; “Singer Vogue”. In 1970, when the Singer brand was discontinued, the Singer Vogue model was briefly transferred to the Sunbeam catalogue as the “Sunbeam Vogue” which generally carried a "sporty" image.

More confusingly, the car was sold in 1968 specifically for the South African market as the “Hillman Vogue”, marketed as a luxury car, with its brochure boasting it had 'lavish amenities. This version is unique because it was factory-fitted with Peugeot engines (due to the local assembler, Stanley Motors, also producing Peugeots and needing to meet local content requirements) as noted below rather than the standard Rootes engines used in British models. Then came another basic version (to add more confusion) that was more affordable; voila! - the Hillman Arrow. Production of the Peugeot-engined models continued until 1977, also including a wagon (Peugeot 404 - South Africa) and a Dodge-badged pick-up.

1.6-litre (1618 cc) inline 4-cylinder, overhead valve (OHV). Engine Code: Originally the XC-6 unit (until 1973, when it was updated to the XC-7). Approximately 80–81 hp (SAE) or 60 kW, reaching around 90 mph and accelerating from 0–60 mph in roughly 15.0 seconds.