Talk:BMC ADO16

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Just a note: I had the other ADO16 pages redirect here as the Morris 1100 was the first on the market; I employed the same for the Austin 1800. Stombs 23:54, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

There was also a GT model. The Gt Model had a problem with the clutch, but it was good ride and quite versatile.

[edit] Successors?

I Query the Successors chosen - the Morris Marina may have been the Morris produced after the ADO16, but it wasn't to the best if my knowledge a direct successor mechanically, aesthetically, or in market sector - surely the Allegro "replaced" the entire ADO16 line, and was in turn replaced by the maestro. Of course the issue is muddied by the rationalisation reorganization which took place between models, resulting in the models being arranged by bodyshell rather than by engine size, as the Allegro, Marina, Maxi etc, were available with engine options (as opposed to the previous policy of having a different bodyshell for nearly every variant of the A B and C engines.--D.C.Rigate 21:50, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

The whole thing is further complicated by the frankly ridiculous BL franchise system. The Morris franchise garages would have stopped selling the 1100/1300 when it stopped being made as a Morris, but while it was still available in Austin showrooms. So Morris franchise garages' range in the early 70s would have gone from Mini to Marina with nothing in between, so in a sense the Marina was the successor to the Morris 1100/1300 (as well as the Minor and the Oxford). Eventually, the franchises were unified.