Austin Allegro Advertisement from the 1970s with Thames TV!

A showing here of a 1970s Austin Allegro advertisement with a very 70s soundtrack. Shown for a bit of amusement with the classic Thames TV ident. This video is shown for the purposes of entertainment and information. All copyrights are acknowledged and remain with Thames Television/Independent Television and BMIHT. All rights reserved.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Austin
• Allegro
• British
• Leyland
• Thames
• Television
• Ident
• ITV
• Advertisement
• Advert
• Cheese

[volvomantom]

Superb.

The Allegro - so utterly shit yet so utterly, utterly loveable.

[VHSsense]

Lesson is, if you hire a chauffeur, make sure you have enough money left to afford a decent car

[katineli]

Yep, i was the proud (?) owner of one of these chick-magnets 30 years ago...

[kernals12]

@gunners1971100 at least since it's brown, nobody could tell it's rusty!

[rrshadow2]

They're like Lada Rivas, They're so awful but you can't help but one to put your arms around one and give it a hug

[rrshadow2]

Sorta like Ladas, They so awful you can't help but one to wrap your arms around one and give it a hug

[ChromeDrifter71]

You can't polish a turd...

[Threetails]

No amount of polish could ever make that thing look better. I have to say I prefer them with faded paint and rust, at least it looks natural.

[gunners1971100]

My friend had an S-reg brown Allegro.It didn't go too badly but seemed to lack suspension....if there was a bump in the road your head would hit the roof !!

And this was before all the speed humps were brought in !

Still,happy days !!

[infrasleep]

@MrChubbleyWarner No, increadible luck! Why cant such luck occur where the lottery is concerned! BL COULD have been an equivelent to Renault and Citroen today, but they never established a market and produced far too many models instead of cutting back and concentrated on producing a few market aimed quality products. But the unions and weak government wouldn't hear of it for the job losses (how many work for BL now?) If they had BL not BMW might be making the high quality big selling new Mini!

[MrChubbleyWarner]

@infrasleep - well, I got a 31 Year old TR7 which I am still driving every day even in the snow and ice and it starts first time even under a foot of snow - was this Triumph's acheivement or BL's??