Austin Princess tribute (1975-1981)

[Edgars648]

Jeremy Clarkson: "...and he's brought a piece of cheese." :D

[RichardAndewSwayne]

Higher Wages for Crappier Cars!

[TheDreamer138]

I feel sorry for those from the old days because they were unable to enjoy driving Honda civic like we can today.

[mrsneaky2010]

Great looking cars but poorly engineered!..

[KENNYPENNEY]

i had a t reg 1.8 and i still regret selling it, one of my best ever cars, like driving in your armchair

[ThePlainGames]

Terry and June

[whitbyjet65]

I think these cars are absolutely beautiful. Much more stylish than modern cars.

[15kilkenny]

scrap the lot

[cableguy786]

I remember my dad owning a Princess with the round lights V reg brown I loved it the only problem was the engine was mounted too low

[cybermarsactual]

Still better than any crap imported to the U.S.A. Beats the opel G.T., M.G.B. not real great, X1-9 Fiat good lord thats the worst car ever (although cornering was amazing). Then U.S.A. had pinto, mavric, gremlin and crappy as# pacers. That Austin looks cool as hell compared to those!

[JohnSnorewid]

You're all mad! I was in the motor trade at the time..It was SHITE! and is probably worse NOW! stop messing with them..let them rot in pieces...:)

[doozer2011]

Excellent!! Love the Princess Tribute video!! Also love your Allegro Tribute video!! You just gotta complete the set of 1970's Austins and do an Austin Maxi Tribute video!! :o) Remember there were three versions:- Mk1 1969-1971 ~ Mk2 1971-1980 ~ Mk3 1980-1982 (badged as a Maxi2)

[maxipaddlefool]

I just brought a 1982 princess 2 HL, love every bit of it! Cool tribute with perfect music

[indiana1977]

I want one!

[sirmugman]

did they ever make a princess esate?

[BlackVegetable24]

The music is just perfect for this tribute.

Seems like a very nice car indeed, I'd like to own one some day.

[zukelad]

I don't understand.............I cringe and get excited at the same time when I see one of these. Used to be quite a few around little ol' New Zealand but not anymore.

[shenstone]

long live the wedge - always reminded me of 3 different cars (front, middle and back) welded together

[piginasack]

My Grandad had one of these... In the 70's it was like a limo!

[poolfarm2]

,,,I want one

[LukaStanojevic]

Actually, when I was child, there was one painted green in my neighboorhood, abandoned, and we did not know what car it is (it's rare here in Serbia), but we played in it..... At the end, it was burned at all :-(

[evo5dave]

When I was a kid, we regarded these as an old man's car. But looking at them now, they were a pretty cool design. Just a pity the unions screwed up production and BL management used to have a lineup of cars that competed against itself. Crazy.

[Pnoerre]

Few people know that this might be the nicest car in the world!

[dimgwalltameiben]

we had one of these when was growing up, us kids loved it cos it was gigantic in the back and no hump in the middle like on the fords

[HITHEREFOLKS]

i still have one here in italy, it's beat up,but...hardly misses a beat ! people stare at it and say.....what an ugly car, so what, it is so confortable ,and maybe in 10 years her odd lines might be more appreciated. WELL DONE POSTING SUCH A NICE MEMORY !!

[C4atm]

Fairly solid wedge when you look at it. Could of done with a lot more power though. The 0-60 time of the 2200HL took about 14 seconds according to most reports!

Not good against the Essex V6 Granada!!

[keplermission]

Wolsley 18,22 just about hacks it stylewise, but this car could have been a lot better, around the time don't forget that British engineers, once being ploughed into British industry, could get paid more abroad. Hence, resulting car - minus hatchback - was 'the thin edge of the wedge!' I mean BL was finished and if the new Rover had been given the Aussie engine etc...

[TheBandit77TransAm]

its not a half bad looking car its pretty well designed looks wise it doesnt look bad but i wouldnt want to have the word "princess" imprinted on the side of it. I mean, driving around in a PRINCESS? That's like an automatic LOL from everyone around you.

[Glenn1967ful]

It is a very distinctive car and boasted an excellent ride and massive passenger space. However, early reliability problems and strikes sealed its fate even if the Princess came good later on. Same as everything else BL made in the seventies and eighties, though it wasn't as bad as the Montego, which was rubbish.

[stylophobia]

Im buying my second one of these on Monday. Wish me luck ! What other car gets stared at quite as much ? You can keep yer bloody Murcielago.

[piesior]

@stylophobia How's Your's new wheels ???

[stylophobia]

@piesior

Not at all bad...had it fettled and through the MOT then drove it back from Devon to London, no problems. Cassette player thrown in. Two weeks later the alternator belt went but that`s hardly the car`s fault. If you know these cars instead of being brainwashed by Jezza et al , you know what excellent value they represent for space and comfort. My only regret is the lack of power steering which is heavy at parking speed-still, I need the exercise.

[ianmax69]

Where did you upload the "Terry and June" theme? Pity you didnt include a clip of NMO 49W...with Terry Scott at the wheel!!

[mrspivvy]

I owned a couple of these back when people gave them away, I always found them a decent drive, very comfy although the 1700 was underpowered

[musicalpyramid]

Just the best car in the world, ever :-)  Love it :-)

[Emx125]

omg that is so sad michael:L