People can scoff but in its time the maxi and marina were fantastic cars and gave many miles of happy memories and holidays for many thousands of people. I was one of them.
I worked with an old chap who worked at Longbridge security, he said the body shells stood outside for months unprimed and were red rusty, then carefully lol brought into the factory dip primed and finished to a high degree of finish. All said my ex had a 1.3 coupe as a first car, and I we thought they were an easy drive fairly reliable and very comfortable. Having the A serious engine were reliable and pulled well, moved onto a Mk2 2 door 1.3 Escort which was an entirely different level so so reliable more economical never lost a drop of oil. Don't go there it's current worth in todays market paid £ 2000 in 1985 lol Enjoyed the video. Many thanks.
Say what you will about BL but my husband brought a brand new 1975 Audi saloon, from day one, it broke down it constantly overheated and the final nail in the coffin was the brakes. Failing on the A4 five, whereas my British Leyland built Marina went on and on and on Until I traded up for a beautiful new maestro years later.
Fascinating! The levels of overhyped BS on these promos is truly breathtaking, particular with regard to the Marina which, by BL's own admission, was a cheapo stop-gap until the Allegro became available. Setting themselves up for failure, big-time.
Το Austin Maxi και το Allegro είχαν και 5αρι σασμάν (και στροφόμετρο) και τα νεότερα και μεγαλύτερα Princess και Austain Ambassador είχαν αποκλειστικά 4άρι σασμάν! Τρελό;;;
Our British Leyland 1.3 manual Allegro & V8 auto sd1 rover were the most reliable cars we bought in that era 🇬🇧 my brother's Renault 11 & 25 were complete nightmare compared to the BL cars And there was a lot lot worse European built cars about in that era ... Fiats & lancias were complete unreliable rust buckets in our experience compared to BL cars
00:00 Austin Maxi Advert
00:33 Maxi Film 1968
11:35 Marina Advert
12:27 Marina Film 1971
26:33 Allegro Advert
27:33 Allegro Film 1973
41:02 Princess Films (Montage) 1975
I still own a Princess 2200 HLS 1976 its a wonderful car!
Excellent!
People can scoff but in its time the maxi and marina were fantastic cars and gave many miles of happy memories and holidays for many thousands of people. I was one of them.
The first hatchback long before they were trendy
Yes they were ok Topgear told bullshit
The Triumph Stag at 13:21 is still on the road!
Seen this film 1000x but just noticed the off side wiper arm break at 2:50 😂😂😂😂
And now the nearside one isn't working at 3:36! Brilliant 😂
@@X-Typewoes Can't stop laughing that A. this happened x2 and B. the idiots put it out on film to promote the damn thing!
I worked with an old chap who worked at Longbridge security, he said the body shells stood outside for months unprimed and were red rusty, then carefully lol brought into the factory dip primed and finished to a high degree of finish.
All said my ex had a 1.3 coupe as a first car, and I we thought they were an easy drive fairly reliable and very comfortable.
Having the A serious engine were reliable and pulled well, moved onto a Mk2 2 door 1.3 Escort which was an entirely different level so so reliable more economical never lost a drop of oil.
Don't go there it's current worth in todays market paid £ 2000 in 1985 lol
Enjoyed the video. Many thanks.
same probem at Alfa and Fiat and Renault and many more brands....in German even Mercedes and VW and BMW used GDR or Soviet steel.
The maxi music takes me back
Brilliant 👍🏼
Thanks a lot Steve!
Say what you will about BL but my husband brought a brand new 1975 Audi saloon, from day one, it broke down it constantly overheated and the final nail in the coffin was the brakes. Failing on the A4 five, whereas my British Leyland built Marina went on and on and on Until I traded up for a beautiful new maestro years later.
I have a Princess it was more reliable than my Ford Consul before
Fantastic collection. Thanks so much for sharing.
Hi Nick. You're welcome, i'm glad you enjoyed the video.
The jazz background music was great!
Love these videos
Love this collection. Cheers for uploading.
Thanks Ray, you're welcome.
Thank you so much for posting this great video Andy!
Recorded at 640x480 with HQ audio. Enjoy.
Fascinating! The levels of overhyped BS on these promos is truly breathtaking, particular with regard to the Marina which, by BL's own admission, was a cheapo stop-gap until the Allegro became available. Setting themselves up for failure, big-time.
The Marina Was at least as good a an Opel Ascona
Το Austin Maxi και το Allegro είχαν και 5αρι σασμάν (και στροφόμετρο) και τα νεότερα και μεγαλύτερα Princess και Austain Ambassador είχαν αποκλειστικά 4άρι σασμάν! Τρελό;;;
Arthur Fowler from Eastenders demonstrates the Allegro 😂
My late grandfather had a Morris/ Leyland Marina absolutely crap !!! Lol 😂😂😂
But he never complained
Our British Leyland 1.3 manual Allegro & V8 auto sd1 rover
were the most reliable cars we bought in that era
🇬🇧
my brother's Renault 11 & 25 were complete nightmare compared to the BL cars
And there was a lot lot worse European built cars about in that
era ...
Fiats & lancias were complete unreliable rust buckets in our experience compared to BL cars
Too bad Bob Giles did a poor qc job he got an old man and a baby ran over.
Nobody is perfect....