Skatiechik Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 According to Auto Express anyway. Here is the article LONDON (Reuters) - Once as ubiquitous as red telephone boxes, the humble Morris Marina has become the rarest car on Britain's roads, closely followed by the Ford Cortina, according to Auto Express. Just 745 of about 807,500 cars made are still on the road, making Ferraris and Porsches look positively common for car spotters. "Catching a glimpse of the Marina today is very rare -- you'd never imagine that it was regularly the third or fourth best-selling car in Britain throughout the 70s," the magazine said in its latest issue. The magazine looked at cars from the 1970s, 80s and 90s that once sold in massive numbers but which are now rarities. Using data from the DVLA and a formula that levelled the playing field for different vintage cars, the magazine came up with the top 10 of once-common vehicles which are now rarely seen. At number two was the Ford Cortina Mark IV/V (1976-1982) of which just 2,101 remain working against over one million made while at number three was the Renault 18 -- 317 left out of a run of 131,241 in the country. In contrast, the first incarnation of the Nissan Micra, along with the Mark III/IV Ford Granada (1985-1994) and the Mark I Volkswagen Golf (1974-1983) were all deemed to be among the best survivors with a high proportion still operating. The 10 rarest list: - Morris Marina (1971-1980) - Ford Cortina Mark IV/V (1976-1982) - Renault 18 (1979-1986) - Renault 5 (1972-1983) - Skoda Estelle (1977-1992) - Vauxhall Cavalier Mark III (1981-1989) - Austin/Rover Metro (1980-1994) - Austin/Rover Montego (1984-1995) - Austin/Rover Maestro (1983-1995) - Fiat Uno (1083-1989) Interesting to see the Austin/Rover Maestro makes the list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Rarity could have something to do with all of the Marinas and Austins having fallen to bits already. My dad used to work for British Leyland at the time of the Metro, Montego and Maestro, and they were truly hideous cars with atrocious build quality. Having said that though, they were all better than the Morris Ital- we had one of those too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPB! Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 My first car was a Morris Marina 1.7 Super. I think the "super" was ironic, because it was anything but! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_monty Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 My dad used to work for British Leyland at the time of the Metro, Montego and Maestro, and they were truly hideous cars with atrocious build quality. Hideous in your opinion, have owned 3 metros to date models from 1988, 1990 & 1994 never had a problem with build quality, so I dont know what your on about here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPB! Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Not seen many scabby Metros, but Montego's and Maestro's had horreendous build quality. And the Allegro has to be one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen, almost as bad as the Multipla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weenireeni Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 i was named after the morris marina i always knew i'd be worth something one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPB! Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 You clearly weren't named after mine or you would be called something quite different. Oh, and I'd have to shove you down a hill every morning to get you going lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 You clearly weren't named after mine or you would be called something quite different. Oh, and I'd have to shove you down a hill every morning to get you going lol Well- that's tea needing to be wiped from my screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weenireeni Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 You clearly weren't named after mine or you would be called something quite different. Oh, and I'd have to shove you down a hill every morning to get you going lol thanks :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatiechik Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Hideous in your opinion, have owned 3 metros to date models from 1988, 1990 & 1994 never had a problem with build quality, so I dont know what your on about here Same here currently own 3 maestros, never had any problem with build quality. Yup they rust, but what other 1980 car doesn't? At least the rust is hardly ever structural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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