DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #125
     



From: pantera@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)

Subject: The end of Lucas

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 97 12:32:27 PDT



For those of you who know of the name of Lucas, here is the end

of an era....from the Times yesterday....



THE name of Lucas, the company whose products have been responsible for

lighting the way for millions of British cars since the birth of the

automotive industry, may soon slip into the darkness.



The company's new American masters, the Varity Corporation, said

yesterday that they were considering a name change as part of a

"worldwide identity review".



Lucas Industries had 50,000 employees when it merged last year with the

Buffalo-based Varity which had just 9,000. But it soon became clear that

it was a takeover in reverse by the US company.



Today the company announces its annual results, possibly the last time

it will do so under the Lucas banner.





Shane Ingate in San Diego



Lucas lamps do not create light, they "suck dark".