Worst car I ever owned was a 6 volt VW beetle, (4th on chronological list) nothing but trouble from start to finish. Other cars until a couple of years ago all Bitish, and all gave good service: split-screen Morris Minor, Triumph TR2, Hillman Minx, Morris 1100, Vauxhall Viva Estate, Austin Maxi 1750, Reliant Scimitar GTE, Reliant Robin, Morris 1000 tourer. Always second hand, swore I'd never buy car on HP, and always did my own repairs. Last five or six years have run a couple of Citroen Picassos, convenient but boring. Bought the Scimitar in 1981 and still have that one for fun.

Would have to agree that the Allegro and Marina were particularly poor models. Donald Stokes was to oversee the final demise of the British mass production car industry.

Rog