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Metro-spective – 40 years since the launch of the Austin miniMetro

8th October 2020

40 years on – a Metro-spective. Dave Moss reflects on the life and times of BL's biggest selling car... It’s 40 years this Autumn since the most important new car to appear during the British Leyland years first broke cover at the press presentation ahead of its official launch on October 8th 1980 (exactly 40 years ago to the day) – a date carefully chosen to avoid being "one of a crowd" at the … [Read more...]

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