Austin : Metro
Model Introduction
The Austin Metro was launched in 1980 as a modern replacement for the Mini, developed under Sir Alec Issigonis’s original front-wheel-drive philosophy but with more space and updated engineering. It introduced the new A+ engine and retained Hydragas suspension, giving it a comfortable ride for its size.
Magazine Articles
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Scoop : Mini Metro steps out
Our scoopster uncovers more of the Mini Metro as it prepares to take BL into the next decade
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Scoop! Out of hiding comes BL's ready-for-the-road Metro...
...with LC10 and 7 other new models hard on its heels
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Scoop! The new Mini Metro's inner secrets
Inside: Exclusive detailed cutaways that show how and why BL's new baby could be a worldbeater
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Mighty Metro!
The countdown is underway - and BL's new Austin mini Metro will be turned loose on October 8.
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The mini to beat 'em all!
Steve Cropley on the chances of success of Metro - BL's most important car to date
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At the core of the car
True 'world cars' still do not exist, says LJK Setright, whatever the giants claim. But the Citroen Visa, Fiat Panda and BL Metro, begin to show what is eventually possible
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Giant Test
Ford Fiesta 1.3S v Austin Metro HLS v Renault 5TS
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12,000 miles on
Mini Metro 1.3HLS
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Long term test : When she was good...
We said the Austin Metro was a great little car when it finally emerged from the new-look BL last year - and we put our money where our mouth was and bought one. Now, many miles later, we're certain of its fundamental design excellence and dynamic qualities - but we've had to live with an annoying batch of early production problems that two dealers could not solve
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Giant Test
Fiat Panda v Ford Fiesta 1.0</a> v Austin Metro 1.0
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Newcomers : Return of the Cooper
The Metro Cooper is more than a Metro 'special': it has a famous name to live up to
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Metrocation in contention
Jumping in at the deep end is something of a forte here at CCC, and not just because we're good swimmers either. However, we're not that stupid; so Dave Bulman it is (Remember that TR7V8?) who brings you the first part of our instalment plan to get Metro out on the special stages
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Housewives Choice
Graham Jones samples three mobile examples of some of the cheapest, most fiercely contested and easily prepared motor racing available - with a little help from British Saloon Car Champion, Win Percy
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Free Wheelin'
Frazer Tickford Metro
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Metrocation in contention
Dave Bulman's final expose of our Metro stage rally car project deals with the cast iron lump in the front that makes it go
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Newcomers
Metro Vanden Plas
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Win yourself a race car!
Welcome to CCC's fantastic win-a-Metro Challenge Racer competition!
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A tale of two minis
Ever since the City, Honda's dramatically different supermini was launched it has begged comparison with BL's brilliantly conceived Metro. Here, for the time the two cars are brought together
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Giant Test
Daihatsu Charade v Austin Metro v Ford Fiesta v Vauxhall Nova v Citroen Visa v Volkswagen Polo v Peugeot 205 v Fiat Uno
