Austin Allegro
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The Austin Allegro is a 1970s British compact family car known for its unconventional styling, advanced-for-its-time engineering, and enduring reputation as one of the era’s most controversial UK-built cars.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
compact car
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front-wheel-drive car ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation | Longbridge, Birmingham, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyConstruction | unibody construction ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
2-door saloon
ⓘ
3-door estate ⓘ 4-door saloon ⓘ 5-door estate ⓘ |
| brakeType |
front disc brakes
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rear drum brakes ⓘ |
| class | C-segment ⓘ |
| controversialReputation | often cited as one of the worst British cars ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer | Harris Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doorConfiguration | front-hinged doors ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | inline-four engine ⓘ |
| engineFamily |
A-Series engine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
E-Series engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Austin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Leyland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Allegro ⓘ |
| marketPosition | replacement for the Austin 1100/1300 range ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
quartic steering wheel in early models
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transverse engine layout ⓘ unconventional rounded styling ⓘ |
| numberOfCylinders | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfDoors |
2
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4 ⓘ 5 ⓘ |
| platform | ADO67 platform ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Austin 1100
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austin 1300 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| segment | family car ⓘ |
| soldInMarket |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ continental Europe ⓘ |
| successor | Austin Maestro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suspension | Hydragas suspension NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmission |
4-speed manual transmission
ⓘ
5-speed manual transmission ⓘ automatic transmission ⓘ |
| wheelbase | approximately 2.4 metres ⓘ |
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