The 1970s and 1980s were critical years for the British motor
industry. A downward spiral in industrial relations led to
crippling strikes; two major oil crises made thirsty older designs
virtually unsaleable; and foreign manufacturers moved in with
products that were affordable, reliable and available on demand.
Yet, by and large, British family motorists carried on buying
British as long as they could. The average Briton was broadly
content with what the domestic motor industry produced (though he
might have grumbled a bit), and it certainly produced an array of
cars which entered the public consciousness as symbols of their
times. Names like Marina, Maestro, Montego, Cortina, Escort,
Granada, Cavalier and, above all, Mini live on in popular memory.
Looking back, we remember these humble workhorses with more
fondness than we might expect.
James Taylor has been a motoring writer and historian for more than
30 years, and in this book he remembers this period with a mixture
of affection and amusement, tempered with an honest appraisal of
how good or bad these cars really were.
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