1981 Rover - Austin Metro HL from UK and Ireland - Comments

28th May 2003, 13:46

"A mini, that's been brutally disfigured and made void of character"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

The whole concept. Somebody threw a mini from the top of the ugly tree!

The body became detached from some main chassis joints (or so the MOT man said while laughing out loud).

General comments?

Not only did Austin release possibly the worst small car in the world, they made it impossible to destroy.

In all fairness mine was incredibly nippy, very well handling and had the best brakes I've ever seen.

Oddly this thing had better brakes than my giant old Honda! Evil things that would cause my head to smack the windscreen on many occasions.

The interior was basic and uncomfortable.

The trim level was rubbish. Even some of the column stalks snapped off in my hands!

The only positive things about this car are its mini-like handling and the fact you could fill it with a teaspoon full of petrol and drive it all month.

If only they had concentrated on updating the interior and drive train of the existing mini, rather than chucking money away on this insult to British motoring.

Great fun to race around in, although try as I might I just couldn't kill it!


27th Jan 2004, 14:58

If you hate the whole concept of the Metro, why did you buy one?

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