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THE MORRIS MARINA AND MORRIS ITAL

Andrew refuses to don the rose-tinted spectacles when considering the Morris Marina, but perhaps surprisingly he finds plenty to like about it, and even more about the Ital.

It is now 50 years since the Morris Marina was launched on the UK public. Some people thought they were OK, others thought they were rubbish, but nobody ever said they were brilliant. However, ‘about average’ is indeed a good average compared to what else was around when the Marina was

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