From 1962
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/fairalbion/Cars/Wolsey%20Hornet_zpsedhbofmo.jpg)
OMG; more luggage and passenger room than is acceptable!
I can't put m suitcase in this trunk, there's too much room!
Want one! :lol:
I bet it STINGS! :praise:
Those things were badge engineering at their most cynical, a Mini with a weird nose & tail & a bit of cheap wood veneer over the dash: the start of BMC's decline into BL & eventual extinction.
It is fascinating to go through these magazines though
There was a twin called the Riley Elf.
In a way the idea was way ahead of its time - a premium small car, but few were prepared to pay the extra money. If they had more ££££ available, then it would have gone on a Morris 1100 (though there was an even posher version of that called the Vanden Plas 1100, which had walnut picnic tables that folded out of the back of the front seats!)
The most egregious example of this sham-snobbery from British Leyland was the Vanden Plas 1500, a tarted-up Austin Allegro that was simultaneously pretentious and awful.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Vanden_Plas_1500_1977.jpg)
To this day, I'm convinced the All-Aggro VP was the inspiration for the Cadillac Cimarron. :lol:
Quote from: Madman on September 27, 2015, 05:54:11 AM
The most egregious example of this sham-snobbery from British Leyland was the Vanden Plas 1500, a tarted-up Austin Allegro that was simultaneously pretentious and awful.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Vanden_Plas_1500_1977.jpg)
To this day, I'm convinced the All-Aggro VP was the inspiration for the Cadillac Cimarron. :lol:
It's amazing that someone managed to keep on running as a classic car.
Then again I lust after a 1974 Dodge Monaco so I can understand the passion. :praise: