Didn't the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud go out of production late in 1965? Surely that was an error from the announcer when the late Bobby Moore sat in the Rolls convertible that was officially named the Corniche by the following year.
The star of the year 1970 was the Citroen SM, a car so advanced and so far ahead of its time, that nothing the britts had could match it, or even come close
The Citroen SM was advanced and it was also incredibly unreliable I had a friend who's dad bought one new ( we all thought it was incredibly exotic as it was LHD) but it never went more that a month without a visit to the garage and it was forever being recovered. It broke down in Paris whist his parent were on holiday and it was in the Citroen garage for over a month whilst they got the parts. All that said it was a stunning car, I played table tennis with his son for the school and his dad took us to the match in the Citroen I remember it was stunningly quick and very smooth and so much more exciting that my dad's Marina 1.3. As with the Stag over the years the problems have been sorted and now they are a reliable and very desirable classic.
Ah, yes, The Vauxhall Viva. When it was decided to add fog lams they had the boys at the factory bolt them under the bumper rather than make any attempt to include as part of the light cluster. Imported into Canada as the Pontiac Firenza, it had little problem like the engine starting on fire. accelerator pedals sticking wide open, and exhaust leaks that made owners during Canadian winters sick. A car so bad that dealers refused to take year old models in trade, and two year old models were wrth $700 or less for a $3,000 car. A car so bad it got irate customers to file Canada's first class action lawsuit. We'll never know how much a 1974 model sold for because GM dumped the car in 1973. Owners were even more irate when they found out the their Firenza was really a British Vauxhall rust bucket, a fact carefully concealed from buyers when the car was launched. Instead of being the export money earner it was supposed to be it turned into a disaster for GM. It was the last British car GM would ever import.
In just 10 years teh entire British auto industry would collapse or be sold off to foriegn interests. Communistiic labour unions forced British Leland into bankrupcy and then wept "Poor me" when everybody was laid off.
If you want to look for truly Communist unions look no further than Renault and FIAT.... which were also the most strike hit firms in Europe in this era...
The inevitable was only delayed… Thanks to Donald Stokes and the British Government… Yes Land Rover survived, Yes Jaguar survived; But what else would have taken on the Germans and Japanese if they had been snapped up in the late Sixties instead of the bloody horror show that was British Leyland
Didn't the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud go out of production late in 1965? Surely that was an error from the announcer when the late Bobby Moore sat in the Rolls convertible that was officially named the Corniche by the following year.
The star of the year 1970 was the Citroen SM, a car so advanced and so far ahead of its time, that nothing the britts had could match it, or even come close
Triumph Stag,Range Rover?
The Citroen SM was advanced and it was also incredibly unreliable I had a friend who's dad bought one new ( we all thought it was incredibly exotic as it was LHD) but it never went more that a month without a visit to the garage and it was forever being recovered. It broke down in Paris whist his parent were on holiday and it was in the Citroen garage for over a month whilst they got the parts. All that said it was a stunning car, I played table tennis with his son for the school and his dad took us to the match in the Citroen I remember it was stunningly quick and very smooth and so much more exciting that my dad's Marina 1.3. As with the Stag over the years the problems have been sorted and now they are a reliable and very desirable classic.
3:32 When was a Corniche convertible a Silver Cloud ?🤣
Ah, yes, The Vauxhall Viva. When it was decided to add fog lams they had the boys at the factory bolt them under the bumper rather than make any attempt to include as part of the light cluster. Imported into Canada as the Pontiac Firenza, it had little problem like the engine starting on fire. accelerator pedals sticking wide open, and exhaust leaks that made owners during Canadian winters sick. A car so bad that dealers refused to take year old models in trade, and two year old models were wrth $700 or less for a $3,000 car. A car so bad it got irate customers to file Canada's first class action lawsuit. We'll never know how much a 1974 model sold for because GM dumped the car in 1973. Owners were even more irate when they found out the their Firenza was really a British Vauxhall rust bucket, a fact carefully concealed from buyers when the car was launched. Instead of being the export money earner it was supposed to be it turned into a disaster for GM. It was the last British car GM would ever import.
No wonder that the brittish motorindustry went bankrupt.
Yep, the Viva was the last British car imported by GM... except for the Manta, Insignia, Cascada, Vectra, Omega, Astra, and Cavalier... lol.
So sad that all our cars were s##t in those days.
In just 10 years teh entire British auto industry would collapse or be sold off to foriegn interests. Communistiic labour unions forced British Leland into bankrupcy and then wept "Poor me" when everybody was laid off.
And poor out of touch management!
If you want to look for truly Communist unions look no further than Renault and FIAT.... which were also the most strike hit firms in Europe in this era...
The inevitable was only delayed… Thanks to Donald Stokes and the British Government…
Yes Land Rover survived,
Yes Jaguar survived;
But what else would have taken on the Germans and Japanese if they had been snapped up in the late Sixties instead of the bloody horror show that was British Leyland
some horrible cars came out in 1970 most of which are now surrounding your heinz beans in your kitchen