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Wheelbase: Is This the Car You Have Been Waiting For?

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Gordon Wilkins covers the motoring story of the week.

This week British Leyland unveil a replacement for the 1 1/2-litre Farina-styled saloons which have been the mainstay of family motoring in Britain for more than ten years. This long-awaited new model completes the range of front-wheel-drive cars which began with Alec Issigonis's original design for the B.M.C. Mini. Can this forward-looking formula survive in a Europe dominated by cars of conventional design from Fiat, Ford, and General Motors?
Wheelbase road-tests the new car in Portugal and questions British Leyland chairman Lord Stokes about its future.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Interviewee:
Lord Stokes
Associate Producer:
John Mills
Producer:
Brian Robins
Source: Radio Times

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