Leyland 18/22 Series / Princess Development 2

[84sblack]

It's a heap of junk.

[LOPEZdJUNGLIST]

too ace

[alsaalabumba]

It's amazing how even basic items on modern cars are being shown as luxury conveniences on cars of the 70s...

[JarfJam]

Good job I was already sat down at 4:58 it got a bit exciting there

[ChrisTheGregory]

@JarfJam It literally blew my monocle off.

[goldenmantis]

I really want to know what the music is at 1.00 - 2.50 does anyone know? It's AMAZING!

[dcanmore]

@4.45 ... the theme to Superstars lol!

[orlando318]

did one of these cars really make it to greece :-P

[silver760]

"Interiors available in different shades of turd"

[whitbyjet65]

@silver760 Oh how we laughed.

[cybermarsactual]

The time? I want a Tach! Vinal top! Sweet. the woosley looked actually worst. Looks suspitiously Alfa Allfetta.

[alsaalabumba]

@cybermarsactual English you illiterate oaf!?

[cybermarsactual]

The time? I want a Tach! Vinal top! Sweet. the woosley looked actually worst.

[cybermarsactual]

The time? I want a Tach!

[fordlandau]

Fabulous publicity clip for new Wolseley from 18/20 series. Last Wolseley ever made. let's see. It has seats. Mm. And an ashtray. Wow. Window winders and a door handle. Advanced kit includes a clock, and a spare tyre. No wonder this car conquered the Japanese. (not). Tragic really.

[JBofBrisbane]

British Leyland would not bail out Leyland Australia's P76 project, instead promising to send us cars like this. Funny, but the only thing we got after that were Dolomites, TR7s & Rover SD1s (badged as Rover 3500s). At least we missed out on the Allegro.

[davek12]

I'm laughing so hard at the middle of this film. It uses an arrangement of a song called "Heavy Action," which every American immediately and irrevocably associates with Monday Night Football. NFL coverage has used that music since before the time of the Princess, but then this film wasn't really meant for Americans.

[RoadCone411]

Kind of sad that Wolsley had been reduced to a badge-engineered trim level at this point, but this car was the last hurrah for the marque. Love the lighted badge - I remember seeing those as a kid (rare as it was even then!)

These BL videos are fantastic! I want a Wolsley now! The soft velour seats and ample lighting look very inviting! Finally the use of the Monday Night Football theme (something a UK audience wouldnt be familiar with) starting at 04:30 is EXCELLENT!

[davek12]

@RoadCone411 I figured I'd be the only one who recognized that music. I'll admit that it made me laugh a lot in this context.

[RoadCone411]

@davek12 No kidding - I love the looped replays of the Princess coming over the hill. Combined with this music, it is outstanding!! To keep the MNF analogy going, that whole sequence looks as if it were done by NFL Films. It has that cheesy 1970s superstar/superhero quality about it, and yet I am talking about a car!

[Haffschlappe]

I live in Germany I would love to own the 2200 version with inline 6 front drive--so unique--even citroen could not match that!

[slennard]

I had one when I was about 19, I thought it was a great car! The suspension made it feel like a magic carpet ride, also the front seats folded flat with the back seat which made a great double bed. Sadly the car caught fire from under the bonnet when I was driving home from work one evening.

[JohnGoogernackle]

Have you the time?

Yes

[quirpco]

I'll take the Wolseley version, plus the illuminated emblem is a nice touch!

[jochen538]

Crikey! Proud of those seats were'nt they.

[tgilbert8]

This was so funny to watch!

[psykotanks]

Lovely video! Cool car and great music! Very good!

[psykotanks]

Exellent video!

[C4atm]

Hmm.....velour trim, wood cappings, carpeted boot, cigarette lighters all round, armrests everywhere, tinted windows :) Style, Elegance, Comfort, Space.; What more could you want............apart from good build quality and rust protection!!!

[davek12]

@C4atm Weren't you watching? Weather can't harm that car! It won't rust! Engineered for...I'm sorry. I can't keep going with that. At least you know that it will hold a good depth of water inside in case you ever needed to do that.

[stylophobia]

One of my favourite cars, famous in Britain for being (usually) an object of comedy and mockery, exemplifying the BL crisis of the 1970s -almost invariably, by people who`ve never driven one.

[officialraf]

The BL's history is very similar to GM current situation,but in this case, the intervention of Obama's goverment is efficient: reducing the numbers of division; In this time, the labours goverment could have done the same;

Small cars (1.0 to1.4) - Morris

Medium cars (1.6 to 2.0 4 cyl) - Austin

Medium /great cars (2.0,2.2 4 cyl 6 cyl andV8)-Rover

Small sport car high perfomance Triumph

Roadsters-MG

Finish inefficient divisions: Wolseley,Riley and Vanden Plas,prioritizing UK market ...

[80sfordman]

Was the 1800/2000 designed to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada?

[musicalpyramid]

My guess is that it would be the Wolseley 2200 model that would compete with the Granada, the various 1800 models would probably compete more with the Cortina.

[mrspivvy]

yes. higher end cortinas/lower end granadas. BL's Granada 3.0 ghia competitior would have been the Rover 2200/3500 P6

[mrspivvy]

I owned a couple of these backin the days when people gave them away. one of the most comfortable cars I have ever driven, huge armchairs for seats, and no problems with reliability either.

[prisonshank]

The 2200 motor produces more power than the Ford 2.3L HSC motor, which means BL had more engineering than Ford of America!!

[mrspivvy]

it was probably because the Ford motor had all the power sapping emissions junk on it which the Princess didnt.

I reckon the princess ought to have had the australian 2.6 litre version of the E series, would have been pretty potent- I always felt the 2.2 wasnt pokey anough to justify its thirst.

[pzn197]

Thak you for this great video and greetings from Finland. Princesses were sold here too, but they were very expensive and rare. Marina and Allegro were more popular cars among Finnish drivers.

[Leigho79]

You uploaded some great videos, thank you!

[bellinivernon]

Exelente ! ;gracias ,desde argentina.