1982 austin rover commercial

car commercial, UK

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1982 austin rover
• metro
• mini metro
• mg
• mini
• city rover
• bmw
• rover 200
• rover 25
• mg zr
• MG
• morris metro
• rover 100
• triumph acclaim
• triumph
• honda ballade
• honda civic
• rover group
• austin ambassador
• austin montego
• rover 600
• rover sd1
• rover 2000
• rover 3500
• rover vanden plas
• rover 2300
• rover 2400 sd turbo
• rover 2600
• rover vitesse
• rover 800
• mg1300
• morris ital
• triumph tr-7
• TR7 Spider
• car commercial
• ad
• tv
• advert
• 80s

[jaggass]

it looked like that triumph acclaim red (honda ballade) was going to crash into that beige metro before they cut that scene.

[joh2]

The dressed up SD1 at the end was no gimmick - they were regularly used as touring cars on European racetracks in the 80s...

[Doomsday2060]

FAMILY CAR.

LUXURY CAR.

COME DOWN TO TERRY TIBBS AUTOCADE.

[jemimallah]

@vitorskoda they called it "mercury poisoning grey"

[sgb300]

Isn't he in Emmerdale now?

[Paddy075]

Well its said in some quarters that the merger of Austin and Morris was a huge mistake. Okay hindsight is easy and what is really clear is that if Austin alone was allowed to go with Ford and Morris with GM it would have consolidated the skills of the British Engineers with a viable global operation. The car industry is important as it employs a lot of people and after housing ourselves the next biggest thing we spend out money on is some form of transport.

[themaneatingchimp]

@Paddy075 Thanks for the reply, in "A" series 1.3 form the engine wore pretty well (discontinued in 2000) but the "B" series1.8 was really on borrowed time even from the cars launch.

If the Marina had only been the stop gap it was first intended to be (5/6 years production at best) then perhaps the critics would have looked more kindly on the car, in truth it lasted to long the "O" series OHC engine didn't arrive untill 78, at least 2 years after the car was originally set to finish production.

[Paddy075]

@themaneatingchimp You are probabbly right, the thing is the way the Marina was just a square Minor. Minor suspension, trunnions and torsion, dangerous handeling. The gearbox couldn't take 1300cc never mind 1800cc, they were known for breaking the gearboxes and the prop-shafts. The engines were out of date too, long pushrods and a recessed combustion chamber. When you compare to an Avenger there is no competition.

[drc911]

@jaggass With the quality of the breaks I don´t think so :)

[kernals12]

@rich17279 and because they were idiots

[rich17279]

@kernals12 You're right, BL really wanted to stop production of the mini as it was quite a difficult car to build compared to the metro