British Leyland Cars | British Car Manufacturing | TV Eye | 1980
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Channel: ThamesTv
Views: 326,842
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Keywords: British Leyland, British Cars, british car manufacturers, Industrial Action, Strike Action, Foreign imports, Foreign Cars, British Industry, BMW, Volkswagen, Factory Floor, Austin Allegro 3, Vintage Cars, Retro Cars, Popular cars, Mini Metro, Longbridge plant, BL, Austin Metro, Brian Mathers, Trade Union, Strike, Margaret Thatcher
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Length: 23min 28sec (1408 seconds)
Published: Fri Nov 30 2018
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If only most BL cars hadn't been steaming piles of crap compared to German and Japanese rivals
Thats quite a cool bit of history.
If anyone is interested, yes the Metro was a sales success, at least in the UK, I don't think export sales amounted to much. It ended up being a very strong competitor for the Ford Fiesta and VW Polo at the time.
It had an unusual suspension system (hydrolast?) which gave it really neat handling without sacrificing comfort. It was sold from 1980 up until about 1997 with only minor changes, quite a long production run, although by the mid 90s it was outclassed by current model Polo and Renault Clio.