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Clock. Mirrors. Lighter. Omg.

If only the car was as good as the film

I had an MG Metro Turbo....... It was truly the worst car I ever had. The interior rattled like marbles in a tin can. It wasn't that fast and the clutch always juddered. Just to mention a few of the problems. But you live and learn and bought Japanese after that and never regretted it!

Have you ever heard such propaganda. Quality… yeah right. It rusted away, had terrible crash protection, awful reliability and sounded like a sowing machine. My dad had one of these. I wanted to like the Mini Metro but compared to the likes of the Ford Fiesta or Nissan Micra and similar cars, it was not great. I think people only purchased these because of allegiance to British manufacturing and nostalgia.

This meeting is the beginning of the end for BL.

Why does she buy right hand drive car in France ?

He is rather unattractive. And the rear wheels lock up too.

Flawed and badly built. The metro was typical of BL cars atrocious products. The driving position was awful and the steering wheel placement was offset and uncomfortable. The cars rotted within months, not years of being sold from new,!! BL knew that the front air valance behind the registration plate particularly rotted really severely and quickly and did nothing to rectify it for years. Crap cars that lost their admirers because of dismal build qualty.

1:02 careful with that starter motor, it sounds as though the teeth are worn and/or misaligned. Please be sure to repair it (if it *_really_* hasn't been used in all this time), otherwise you're going nowhere fast!

Another pile of crap ,

Pile of crap terrible cars ,

They'd be in court nowadays over these lies, falsehoods.

In music Allegro means lively, cheerful & quick...

My late grandfather had one of these bought new 1972 and he passed on10 years later in 1982 we all thought it was a heap of rubbish now it's worth more in2023 !! I was wrong 😢

A very middle class male design committee.

It was and still is a beautiful looking car ❤

We gotta show British Leyland some love. They might have messed up in a lot of ways, but you can't fault them for trying.

Lovely original car apart from some stupid old fart putting a daft VP logo on the engine block.. Why???

Listen to how refined, decent and intelligible people sounded back then compared to the spoiled, thick and arrogant morons we are stuck with today!

Soo timeless just like the masterpiece Range Rover designed by David and Csk.

A perfect goulash of misfortune and poor oversight/management. It was designed to replace ADO16, so a hatch was deemed superfluous, despite the emergence of the R5 and others. The sleek front end was a victim of the decision to fit the E Series motor... Itself a victim of the odd (originally tax-driven) British fascination with long-stroke engines. There were so many other calamities that the Allegro stood little chance on the domestic market and none at all as an export. The R5, the 127, the Golf, the Polo (Audi 50) and many more besides were designed for the European (even global) market. The Allegro was designed for Welwyn Garden City, and any chance export opportunities would be a nice little bonus. Despite the Gentlemen's Agreement, the launch coincided with the arrival of serious competitors from Japan at serious prices. Poor old Allegro. A year into production, a used late-model 1100 or 1300 was still a superior car on almost every respect.... 😢

Junk that’s all

Dirty stalker

Haha the old car was already bought and paid for years before and 2 years later the new Rover would be old model still paying the HP debt double the cash value!

Look at the putrid pink interior with fake wooden dash and a kitchen clock. It's like an Australian's worst nightmare. Comparing Concorde to anything made by BL is like comparing The Space Shuttle to a Washing Machine.

I left school in 1977 and my fathr bought a V8-S in 1980......It was a love affair for him!

The husband is much better looking.

He’s just a sex pest in a posh car.

He’s so unattractive. 😂

Broken down Volvo gets rescued 😀

Who is this creepy guy stalking the nice woman ?

I watch this to make me happy.

He’s jut so-- unattractive. 😮

She’s obviously French. Why has she purchased a right hand drive car ?

He’s stalking her. Today he would be tapered and arrested. Pervert.

Choke warning light 😂

Fabulous car destroyed by massive strike action and terrible build quality ! Europeans wanted it but couldn’t get it. So sad.

Love love it ❤

Beautiful cars... horrible build quality. Should have been produced by a Japanese og German company and they would have been a smash hit.

This film makes it all sound like it was well planned but the result was a massive debacle that resulted in the investment needed for the car being 3× the budget which meant it had no hope to recover its investment in its short 3 to 4 year shelf life

my first 2 cars: 1.8 saloon then a 1.3 coupe- simple and practical : )

Bet the old French guy couldn't believe his luck when his Volvo blew up, and she drives by. And of course she had to go for the bloke with the 3500. 🤣🤣🤣

Iconic car epitomising late 70's/80's Britain. Pity about the early build problems, and quality control.

Back when Britain actually manufactured stuff…

The Rover SD1 might have been European Car Of The Year 1977, but it was absolutely riddled with faults, that started to show after you got it home!

Also, anyone else scream when they drove through that salt water?

I was all hyped for a Marina, but now I want an Alegro :)

It moved Rover forwards from the sixties. This car was radical in a similar way to the Citroen CX, but boasted a massive hathchback boot. Also while purists moaned about the lack of leather seats, most luxury cars had moved towards using high quality velour as it was more comfortable. Then there was an uprated version of the V& carried over from the P6, but with better economy, refinement and performace. Sad British Leyland couldn;t build the SD1 properly as the car was so good otherwise.

Love it!!! :)

Someone in our village got one through work, I’m sure it was maroon or dark green. It drew a crowd, it just looked so different back then. Few jokes about it being a wedge or a tyre chock for Concorde, lol