Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacktemplar
Have to say it must be a close-run thing between the Allegro, the Marina and the Viva for 'most crap car of the 70's' - even after they renamed it the Ital it was awful  |
Where I worked there was a company Marina TC so that was the twin carb 2 door version in a light beige / fawn sort of colour , lethal that was, went quicker than the others didn't go round corners and awful brakes... looked better than the Aggro that were also company cars.
Still it wasn't as bad as the reliant robin the boss bought for a pool car in the height of the '70 fuesl crisis
He was surprised that no one drove it and preferred to walk, we all told him it would fall over and would kill you, but he wouldn't have it. He gave it to his son who started with the company, he went over a small B road bridge... he rolled it and turned it into a heap of fibreglass and dust!! Fortunatey he was okay and the bonus was we all got away with not driving it