1981 Austin mini Metro [LC8]

1981 Austin mini Metro [LC8] in Too Fast To Race, Documentary, 1997

Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Exiv96 ◊ 2007-01-31 00:08	No spoilers, no MG stickers... It must be an Austin.
datsunZ ◊ 2007-01-31 15:18	In Italy when arrives in 1981 on our market was sold as Austin Mini Metro,not Metro such at home(in fact the hatchback tag reports"miniMETRO")
Sunbar ◊ 2007-01-31 15:35	...also in the UK, Austin were only allowed to use 'Mini Metro' for some time as another company owned the rights to 'Metro'. Later it was changed to Austin Metro as it was agreed there was no possible confusion with names. Details are on AustinRover.co.uk.
datsunZ ◊ 2007-01-31 17:04	Sunbar wrote ...also in the UK, Austin were only allowed to use 'Mini Metro' for some time as another company owned the rights to 'Metro'. Maybe the Company you mention was the MCW(Metro Cammell Weymann)