Morris Marina - Revision history

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	===Reliability===		===Reliability===
	~~Warranty options~~ and ~~scheduled maintainence information should be mentioned here~~.		The Marina is one of the cars like the [[Austin Allegro\|Allegro]] affected by the 1970s workers strike of the British Motor Company and suffered bad build quality. In one embarrasing instance, the driver's seatbelt (when buckled) wouldn't detach (as [[Jeremy Clarkson]] experienced in ''Clarkson: Unleashed On Cars'').

	===Safety===		===Safety===
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	A survey conducted by ''Auto Express'' magazine in August 2006 revealed that just 745 of the 807,000 Marinas sold in Britain are still on the road - fewer than one in a thousand. This made it officially the most-scrapped car to have been sold in Britain over the previous 30 years.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/060831/15/10cyt.html \| title = Marina and Cortina vie for "rarest" car \| date = 2006-09-01 \| author = Reuters \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref> <!-- need citation from the original article, also see discussion on talk page; they might be referring to the Ital... --> This was surprising even for a car which had ceased production 26 years earlier.		A survey conducted by ''Auto Express'' magazine in August 2006 revealed that just 745 of the 807,000 Marinas sold in Britain are still on the road - fewer than one in a thousand. This made it officially the most-scrapped car to have been sold in Britain over the previous 30 years.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/060831/15/10cyt.html \| title = Marina and Cortina vie for "rarest" car \| date = 2006-09-01 \| author = Reuters \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref> <!-- need citation from the original article, also see discussion on talk page; they might be referring to the Ital... --> This was surprising even for a car which had ceased production 26 years earlier.

			In Clarkson: Unleashed On Cars, Jeremy Clarkson got a red Marina coupe and used it as a 'ball' in a game of conquers with cars he hates such as a Vauxhall Astra, a Ford Sierra and a Vanden Plas 1500 (or an Austin Allegro as Jeremy called it).

	==Awards==		==Awards==

Red marquis at 04:20, 29 April 2009

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	\|Power = N/A hp @ N/A rpm<br>N/A lb-ft of [[torque]] @ N/A rpm		\|Power = N/A hp @ N/A rpm<br>N/A lb-ft of [[torque]] @ N/A rpm
	\|Similar = [[Ford Cortina]] <br> [[Ford Escort]] <br> [[Vauxhall Cavalier]] <br> [[Hillman Hunter]] <br> [[Hillman Avenger]] <br> [[Chrysler Alpine]] <br> [[Austin Maxi]]		\|Similar = [[Ford Cortina]] <br> [[Ford Escort]] <br> [[Vauxhall Cavalier]] <br> [[Hillman Hunter]] <br> [[Hillman Avenger]] <br> [[Chrysler Alpine]] <br> [[Austin Maxi]]
	\|Designer = [[~~Roy Haynes (designer)\|~~Roy Haynes]]		\|Designer = [[Roy Haynes]]
	}}		}}
	The '''Morris Marina''' was a car manufactured by the [[Morris (car)\|Morris]] division of [[British Leyland Motor Corporation\|British Leyland]] throughout the 1970s, a period of great turbulence and difficulty for the British car industry. It was known in some markets as the '''Austin Marina''', '''Leyland Marina''', and '''Morris 1.7'''.		The '''Morris Marina''' was a car manufactured by the [[Morris (car)\|Morris]] division of [[British Leyland Motor Corporation\|British Leyland]] throughout the 1970s, a period of great turbulence and difficulty for the British car industry. It was known in some markets as the '''Austin Marina''', '''Leyland Marina''', and '''Morris 1.7'''.

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	The model has been widely identified as symptomatic of the problems facing the industry at that time, with poor build quality, handling likened to a "skip on wheels"<ref>{{cite book \| title = From Dynasties to Dotcoms: The Rise, Fall and Reinvention of British Business in the Past 100 Years \| first = Carol \| last = Kennedy \| year = 2003 \| publisher = Kogan Page \| isbn = 0-7494-4127-5 \| page = p. 115}}</ref> and outdated design. The 1980 replacement for the Marina, the closely related [[Morris Ital\|Ital]], received similar criticism. The Marina has been described as one of the worst cars of all time.<ref>Fourth, according to {{cite news \| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3742504.stm \| title = VW Beetle is named 'crappest car' \| work = BBC News \| date = 2004-09-14 \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| title = The politics of building cars \| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk_politics/4294709.stm \| last = Wheeler \| first = Brian \| date = 2005-04-07 \| accessdate = 2007-07-14 \| quote = [T]he cars produced in that era, such as the Austin Allegro and the Morris Marina, are now widely regarded as some of the worst ever built.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| title = First among the worst \| work = Sydney Morning Herald \| date = 2000-06-30 \| last = Dowling \| first = Joshua \| quote = The failed Morris Marina was a close runner-up [to being the worst car ever sold in Australia].}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| work = The Sun Online \| title = Porsche's Cayenne caned \| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005560578,00.html \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref>		The model has been widely identified as symptomatic of the problems facing the industry at that time, with poor build quality, handling likened to a "skip on wheels"<ref>{{cite book \| title = From Dynasties to Dotcoms: The Rise, Fall and Reinvention of British Business in the Past 100 Years \| first = Carol \| last = Kennedy \| year = 2003 \| publisher = Kogan Page \| isbn = 0-7494-4127-5 \| page = p. 115}}</ref> and outdated design. The 1980 replacement for the Marina, the closely related [[Morris Ital\|Ital]], received similar criticism. The Marina has been described as one of the worst cars of all time.<ref>Fourth, according to {{cite news \| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3742504.stm \| title = VW Beetle is named 'crappest car' \| work = BBC News \| date = 2004-09-14 \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| title = The politics of building cars \| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk_politics/4294709.stm \| last = Wheeler \| first = Brian \| date = 2005-04-07 \| accessdate = 2007-07-14 \| quote = [T]he cars produced in that era, such as the Austin Allegro and the Morris Marina, are now widely regarded as some of the worst ever built.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| title = First among the worst \| work = Sydney Morning Herald \| date = 2000-06-30 \| last = Dowling \| first = Joshua \| quote = The failed Morris Marina was a close runner-up [to being the worst car ever sold in Australia].}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| work = The Sun Online \| title = Porsche's Cayenne caned \| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005560578,00.html \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref>

	See Wikicars' comprehensive '''[[~~Wikicars:Model Review Template\|<MODEL>~~ Review]]'''.		See Wikicars' comprehensive '''[[Morris Marina Review]]'''.

	===Recent Changes===		===Recent Changes===

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	Marina production lasted almost 10 years, and in that time no less than 807,000 were sold across Britain, though it was less popular on export markets.		Marina production lasted almost 10 years, and in that time no less than 807,000 were sold across Britain, though it was less popular on export markets.

	A survey conducted by ''Auto Express'' magazine in August 2006 revealed that just 745 of the 807,000 Marinas sold in Britain are still on the road - fewer than one in a thousand. This made it officially the most-scrapped car to have been sold in Britain over the previous 30 years.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/060831/15/10cyt.html \| title = Marina and Cortina vie for "rarest" car \| date = 2006-09-01 \| author = Reuters \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref>~~{{Fact\|date=July 2007}}~~ <!-- need citation from the original article, also see discussion on talk page; they might be referring to the Ital... --> This was surprising even for a car which had ceased production 26 years earlier.		A survey conducted by ''Auto Express'' magazine in August 2006 revealed that just 745 of the 807,000 Marinas sold in Britain are still on the road - fewer than one in a thousand. This made it officially the most-scrapped car to have been sold in Britain over the previous 30 years.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://au.news.yahoo.com/060831/15/10cyt.html \| title = Marina and Cortina vie for "rarest" car \| date = 2006-09-01 \| author = Reuters \| accessdate = 2007-07-14}}</ref> <!-- need citation from the original article, also see discussion on talk page; they might be referring to the Ital... --> This was surprising even for a car which had ceased production 26 years earlier.

	==Awards==		==Awards==

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	\|Transmission = '''transmission + drive'''		\|Transmission = '''transmission + drive'''
	\|Engine = 1.3 L [[BMC A-Series engine\|A-Series]] [[Straight-4]] <br>1.8 L [[BMC B-Series engine\|B-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (1971-1978)<br>1.7 L [[BL O-Series engine\|O-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (1978-1980)<br>1.4 L [[Straight-4]] Diesel<br>1.5 L [[BMC E-Series engine\|E-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (Australia)<br>1.75 L [[BMC E-Series engine\|E-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (Australia)<br>2.6 L [[BMC E-Series engine\|E-Series]] [[Straight-6]] (Australia/South Africa)<br>		\|Engine = 1.3 L [[BMC A-Series engine\|A-Series]] [[Straight-4]] <br>1.8 L [[BMC B-Series engine\|B-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (1971-1978)<br>1.7 L [[BL O-Series engine\|O-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (1978-1980)<br>1.4 L [[Straight-4]] Diesel<br>1.5 L [[BMC E-Series engine\|E-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (Australia)<br>1.75 L [[BMC E-Series engine\|E-Series]] [[Straight-4]] (Australia)<br>2.6 L [[BMC E-Series engine\|E-Series]] [[Straight-6]] (Australia/South Africa)<br>

	\|Power = N/A hp @ N/A rpm<br>N/A lb-ft of [[torque]] @ N/A rpm		\|Power = N/A hp @ N/A rpm<br>N/A lb-ft of [[torque]] @ N/A rpm
	\|Similar = [[Ford Cortina]] <br> [[Ford Escort]] <br> [[Vauxhall Cavalier]] <br> [[Hillman Hunter]] <br> [[Hillman Avenger]] <br> [[Chrysler Alpine]] <br> [[Austin Maxi]]		\|Similar = [[Ford Cortina]] <br> [[Ford Escort]] <br> [[Vauxhall Cavalier]] <br> [[Hillman Hunter]] <br> [[Hillman Avenger]] <br> [[Chrysler Alpine]] <br> [[Austin Maxi]]