The TRUTH Behind the AUSTIN MAXI Controversy - British Leyland's Worst Failure?
Tom // Drives
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Video Description
In this video we cover one of the most debated topics regarding the british car industry and its decline the Austin Maxi which some have called one of the worst cars ever made and declared one of the biggest British Leyland disasters. The Maxi isn't a bad car, it proved itself against all odds to be a mainstay of British cars, we cover long forgotten stories from Cowley and analyse the anatomy of what some have called a failure of one of Austin's most misunderstood and genius cars. Just a note; not all was bad with British leyland and the British car industry isn’t dead it is very much alive. Regarding MG Rover and the many other eras I covered as much as I could in the small recap but longer videos will be produced covering these eras. Follow me on Instagram for more cool stuff: https://www.instagram.com/tomisdrivingcars Credits: AROnline - BL History, Austin Maxi and ADO14, ADO17, sales figures Driven to write - Maxi Information Austin Maxi Club - Marina Information BMIHT - archival photos and videos If you'd like to read more my sources are linked below AROnline Maxi Dev - https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maxi/ado14-development-story/ AROnline - https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maxi/ado14-development-story/#:~:text=Making%20the%20Austin%20Maxi%20work%E2%80%A6&text=Top%20of%20the%20list%20of,necessitate%20a%20new%20linkage%20design. Driven To Write - https://driventowrite.com/2019/05/08/128-vs-maxi-part-2-function-over-form/ AROnline ADO14 - https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maxi/ado14-development-story/ Austin Maxi Club - https://www.austinmaxiclub.org/about-maxi/overview
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