First came on during the 27-hour-long live ITV Charity Telethon ahead of the late & great Roy Castle with his coffee break routine accompanied by Laurie Holloway at the piano, other events in that Telethon included Bobby Davro calling out to the audience on Brighton beach to "Dial 999 and Ask for the Coastguard" in their best Frank Spencer-style voice.
The Mini Metros were a bit of a "tight arse" of a car because of its modest size. They tried to bring out a four door version but that merely showed up how cramped and "tight arsed" the car was. Later in the 80s they desperately tried to improve the car's image and make it "hip and trendy" or "bad ass" It's rather bland appearance got a much needed retweek and restyle. It did, to a certain degree improve it's looks and a slick advertising campaign was run. Filmed in Italy showing a very stylish young woman chasing after a 89 Metro which made it look desirable and the "in" thing to have. They pored million and million of pounds research and development into what can only be described as a "glorified shopping trolley"
@@koksy Oh yeah. To be fare, The Metro was a "no nonsense" unpretentious lit'le "run-a-bout" Fun to drive, easy to park and economical. They could have gotten *more* potential in the car and (to quote Noel Edmunds) "The magic of Metro is now comes in four doors" There even was a possibility of bringing out a "Metro Estate" and a "Metro Van" a "Metro Coupé" and a (believe it or not!) "Métró Turbó"
R. I. P Murray Walker
Sad absence of three things here ...
1) Minis
2) SD1s
3) moustache
(could have got away with putting Mr Mansell in a Metro if it had been a 6R4)
First came on during the 27-hour-long live ITV Charity Telethon ahead of the late & great Roy Castle with his coffee break routine accompanied by Laurie Holloway at the piano, other events in that Telethon included Bobby Davro calling out to the audience on Brighton beach to "Dial 999 and Ask for the Coastguard" in their best Frank Spencer-style voice.
Fantastic
At 0:42 the Metros bumper is bent down in the crash. How is it straight again at 0:46
I love that silver MG Metro!
"Safe as houses" lol.
And they wonder why they didn't sold enough...
Give me the just released 827 vitesse anyday
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Eventhough i'm a froggy my first car , my first love was in 1993 my grey metro turbo i. regret her !
Should you be able to pull a sunroof straight up out of the car from the outside…? 🤔🤔
F 1 drivers form a queue please ?
Terrible ad showing someone bumping a brand new car straight off the dealership floor - no one wants to see a new car smashed
What kind of car advert shows the car being crashed. Ludicrous
Totally agree : Absolutely horrible!
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The Mini Metros were a bit of a "tight arse" of a car because of its modest size. They tried to bring out a four door version but that merely showed up how cramped and "tight arsed" the car was. Later in the 80s they desperately tried to improve the car's image and make it "hip and trendy" or "bad ass" It's rather bland appearance got a much needed retweek and restyle. It did, to a certain degree improve it's looks and a slick advertising campaign was run. Filmed in Italy showing a very stylish young woman chasing after a 89 Metro which made it look desirable and the "in" thing to have. They pored million and million of pounds research and development into what can only be described as a "glorified shopping trolley"
And yet they still sold over a million of them in 10 years.
@@koksy Oh yeah. To be fare, The Metro was a "no nonsense" unpretentious lit'le "run-a-bout" Fun to drive, easy to park and economical. They could have gotten *more* potential in the car and (to quote Noel Edmunds) "The magic of Metro is now comes in four doors" There even was a possibility of bringing out a "Metro Estate" and a "Metro Van" a "Metro Coupé" and a (believe it or not!) "Métró Turbó"