Singer

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Singer Gazelle and Vogue: the wood-and-leather Rootes (1956–1970)
The Singer Gazelle dressed the Hillman Minx in walnut, leather and a heritage badge, and the Vogue did the same one size up, giving Rootes its middle-class rung until the marque died in 1970. A guide to both cars, the Singer story, buying checks and gentle values.
Rootes Group: the family firm behind Hillman, Sunbeam and Humber
The Rootes Group was the family-run combine that built Hillman, Sunbeam, Humber, Singer and Commer vehicles from the late 1920s until Chrysler swallowed it in the 1960s. A guide to how two brothers from Kent assembled Britain's great badge-engineering empire, the pecking order of its marques, the classic Rootes cars worth knowing, and what each is like to own.

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