Talk:Austin Allegro

message: If Morris were supposed to come out with the hatchbacks, can you name one? Apart from the Marina, I can't think of a model under the Morris badge from that period or later - the Morris name seemed to die out around then. The Marina wasn't a hatchback in any of its variants.GRAHAMUK 12:26, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Checked my sources and I got it wrong.  It was actually that the Maxi was supposed to be 'the hatchback' and thus nothing else was allowed to be. --Morven 17:06, 18 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Hatchback

message: I had an Allegro 1300 for about three years.  I'm sorry to say that it was a truly awful experience. I thought the concept and design for the car were fine, and it was very comfortable and not unpleasant to drive (apart from the ludicrous quartic steering wheel).  But it was badly put together and horrendously unreliable.  An interesting product badly presented and inadequately built. 
202.82.32.177 00:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  An interesting product badly presented and inadequately built.  

message: ¨Allegros can still be seen on the roads of certain overseas markets as daily drivers, particularly in New Zealand.¨  
Pithy, but untrue.  Since the lowering, and subsequent removal of tariffs on car importation in the 1980s and 1990s, the majority of used cars in the NZ fleet are late-model Japanese Domestic models with a far higher spec than most other right-hand drive countries.  It is true that for much of the 1970s and 80s, the awful and hopelessly antiquated (even at the time) BMCs were one of the few choices for NZ drivers.  The statement is false and should be removed from the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.211.99.217 (talk) 05:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please, then, would you have a moment to get yourself a wiki identity (takes about thirty seconds) and correct the statement?   Maybe the Allegro remained common in NZ after they'd almost all rusted away in England because NZ has a dryer and less sulpurous climate?   As a west European I'm impressed by the number of old English built cars that seem to survive in warm dry corners of Australia and in Malta long after they've disappeared from UK highways.   But presumably they still mostly rust away in the end, even where the climate is kind.   From what you write that's what happened to the dear old Kiwi Andante:  but my speculative thoughts have no place in a wiki article.   The assertion that there are still lots of Allegros in NZ has a curious prominence in the article the way it looks right now.   But most readers of the piece have never been to NZ.  No doubt that's our loss.   If you live there, or regularly visit the country. or have access to government statistics concerning how many Allegros are still registered, you could correct the article with much more authority than the rest of us.   In the name of a closer approach to truth, please do it!   And thank you.   Charles01 20:01, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

text: While all the above is true, there are indeed quite a few ancient British cars trundling along the roads of NZ, as they don't have the northern European tradition of salting the roads in winter there. Cars of the 60s and 70s were lucky to survive a decade of salty British winters. This wasn't solely a problem with British made cars - the Italian and Japanese cars of the 70s were even worse. --Ef80 (talk) 12:18, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allegro in New Zealand 

message: Shame about WP:RS - everyone knows it was known as the Rustin' El Aggro but I can't pin it to anything we could cite :-) Guy (Help!) 21:25, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:RS]] 

message: The main protagonist in Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crimes series, DI Jack Spratt, drives an Austin Allegro throughout most of the first book (The Big Over Easy).  Many jokes are made at its expense, including mentioning the importance of torque settings on the rear wheels.  The car is totaled after a high speed run through Reading.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kane26510 (talk • contribs) 14:09, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Austin Allegro in Contemporary Culture 

message: The Rover 200/ 25 looked quite similar to the Allegro in some way. Was this mentioned by motor jouranlists? Honza (talk) 22:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: These are essentially Honda cars derived from the JDM Ballade/Concerto. I don't believe they shared a single nut or bolt with the Allegro. --Ef80 (talk) 22:08, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rover 200/25 

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