11 min listen
The Austin Metro Story
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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Mar 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
It’s 1975 and British Leyland faces an enormous challenge: petrol prices are skyrocketing. BLs own Mini which created this category way back in 1959, is showing its age. It’s too small and is much less practical. Britain had just entered the Common Market, a forerunner to the European Union, and what British Leyland needs is a class-leading “supermini” of its own to take on the rest of Europe. What it doesn’t have is the money to develop it.
Video link: https://youtu.be/kduRyHBMNsY
Video link: https://youtu.be/kduRyHBMNsY
Released:
Mar 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (9)
The Austin Metro Story: It’s 1975 and British Leyland faces an enormous challenge: petrol prices are skyrocketing. BLs own Mini which created this category way back in 1959, is showing its age. It’s too small and is much less practical. Britain had just entered the Common M... by Big Car