Leyland 18/22 Series / Princess Development 1

[mikeluscher159]

LOL, lock up ya petrol

[ChrisTheGregory]

2:43 Wait, Kraftwerk's "Autobahn"?

[dalester82]

My dad had one and it lent to one side, did anything good come out of Birmingham in the 70's!!! (apart from slade)

[LV426Sulaco]

..." Built to last ".....erm... ah... well......

[U5096]

thats a banging sound track lol you really can't get much more 70s than that, even if you threw in a few space hoppers and a pair of brown flares with a kipper tie

[silver760]

These cars were dreadful when they were new,let alone 25 years or more later! Ah the days of vinyl covered cardboard interiors that fell apart when the rain poured in through the ineffective door/window seals.After going soggy they acted as perfect hosts for every type of mold in existence giving the cars their unique interior smell,on hot days a mix of hot vinyl and mold,yum!

[Jerrydudebad]

Room to breathe, ah, a feature not found often on today's 5 people family cars.

[glenrea]

I remember my grandad's 2200HLS, one of the very first badged under the 'Princess' brand. It seemed huge as a kid and everyone said it was really comfy and nice to drive.

Looking back, there are a few extra things BL could have done to make these really stand out - 5 speed box from the Maxi is one, especially as the 2200 had a maxi engine with 2 extra cylinders, and possibly bit more in the way of dials.

[discocreator76]

Love the styling of the wedge, well done Harris!

[Haffschlappe]

I want a wedge 2200!

[TheDarkPhoenix23]

I love these old movies, I especially like the old THX Audio sound effect at the beginning of this one. lol

[rnoodbuc]

Does anyone know what the music is at around 7:49? I'm sure I've heard this on the tv recently.

[PaulDRidley]

@rnoodbuc It's similar to "Flying South" - Bryan Bennet. He did a lot of incidental music in the 70's.

[psykotanks]

Quality video! Nice footage and lovely music! Princess is a cool car!

[allegrokarl]

A car which looked like nothing else on the road... using Kraftwerk in the promo... how could it have gone so wrong!

[mrspivvy]

I seem to remember when first launched, the car had issues with weak engine mountings and driveshafts, which was quickly remedied, and was a pretty decent car. by then the damage was already done however and it never really recovered. I always felt the Princess held together a lot better than the SD1 (I am a fan of both cars and have owned examples of both)

[edwardszzz]

my father bought his boss's car. He only had it for 6 months . It was awful. The power steering would only work in the summertime . The sun roof leaked and flooded the car when it rained. The seatbelt warning sign could not be turned off and kept draining the battery. The car weighed nearly a tonne and had a 2.2 litre petrol engine, it only did 25 miles to the gallon. We could not afford the petrol expenses . My father was glad to get rid of it. No one would buy it apart from a mini cab firm

[prisonshank]

200% Brilliance on the intro music; should be featured in horror movies!!

[TheSlapdown]

@prisonshank It was, you watched it a year ago.

[gentlepersuader]

@prisonshank

Now i know where THX got their intro theme from!!