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Watched Classic Gear last night, they had an Allegro which did 49.7 mpg which was calculated properly.

What mpg does your Marina do?

Steve

only through complete and utter negligence and without maintenance

Half of these problems can be explained by this very line, as with any car really. It does seem strange that despite the Marina managing third spot in the top ten best sellers of its day, and against some stiff opposition, it's ...

the Marina was bloody successful - moreso than when the rest of the management woke up and decided to ditch it for the Dolly Sprint, which was a disaster.

The Dolomite Sprint never was a great rally car, retirements were all too frequent and it was pretty heavy to boot, but it was a very good ...

Admittedly it was no Escort in rallies of the day, but then the Escort did more or less have things all its own way for many years, but all things considered was the Marina a good choice by BL to use as a works rally car?

Steve

Interesting point. I'm trying to work out which was the first model (after the Sprint) to be fitted with a 16 valve engine, my memory must be failing. :lol:

Was it the MG Maestro/Montego Turbo versions or the Rover 214/216 models?

If it was the latter, it took several years to re-introduce ...

but I think if BL had really developed the 16v engines then they might have had the upper hand on future markets. Ho hum.Beniboyz.

Interesting point. I'm trying to work out which was the first model (after the Sprint) to be fitted with a 16 valve engine, my memory must be failing. :lol:

Was it ...

I know one could have bought a Marina Coupe 1.8 twin carb model in the 1970s, and while it was quite a nippy car in it's day (still pretty good today) it wasn't really quick enough compared to say an RS Escort. So should British Leyland have introduced a Marina Coupe that was equal in performance to ...

I seem to remember reading in a magazine of a Marina (think it may have been a coupe) which had been fitted with a Dolomite Sprint engine. I can't remember if this was a factory 'works' experiment or a much later installation by a private owner.

Does such a car still exist in Marina circles ...

Really suits the car, goes well with the dark grille.

Steve