21,000 Registered Metro's Left

southside · Post by **southside** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:42 pm

Just found this on another forum....

I was reading, well looking through my workmates copy of the Star today , and it had an article on mass produced cars that are fading from our roads. Out of 1.37 million Metros made only 21,000 remain, surely its more? Also the Fiat Tipo, only 5000 remain. Other cars listed were Morris Minor, Monty and Maestro

Post by **Punx0r** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:14 pm

They did/do rust like feck so it's bound to happen

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:15 pm

1.37 million, surely they didn't all end up in Britain. I hardly ever see Metro's. Though one of the cars i dont really like so no loss

WELZ · Post by **WELZ** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:42 pm

Theres at least 21,000 of the damn things round here!!!

sharky · Post by **sharky** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:44 am

i had a tipo....

... and scrapped it

turboestate · Post by **turboestate** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:58 am

sharky wrote:i had a tipo....

... and scrapped it

damn, new keyboard please!

MGR_Petrolhead · Post by **MGR_Petrolhead** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:24 am

The 1,370,000 applies to the austin and rover metro, but not rover 100. Approximately

1,910,119 Austin and rover metros were made between 1980-1994. That 1.37 million is how many ended up in the UK.

Tbh it seems that there are many more rover metros on the road than the figures suggest, or am I mistaken.

Also, out of 800,000 sold in the UK, there are only 745 Morris Marinas left on our roads...

11,000 maestros out of 605,000 built, and 6900 montegos left too. A bit of a sad story really:(

C2K · Post by **C2K** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:24 am

20999 then as I saw one stuffed into a Primera this morning on the way to work.

roverturboandy200 · Post by **roverturboandy200** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:45 am

I've got one in my garage!! 1.4 GTi...

and this one was saved from the scrappy!!

MGR_Petrolhead · Post by **MGR_Petrolhead** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:25 am

Its the Fiat uno mk.1, not Tipo where 5000 are left. There are more Tipos probably due to its galvanised body.

There are still 24,000 MGB's left, out of 117,000 made.

I wonder how many Morris Itals are left though?

southside · Post by **southside** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:19 am

MGR_Petrolhead wrote:Its the Fiat uno mk.1, not Tipo where 5000 are left. There are more Tipos probably due to its galvanised body.

There are still 24,000 MGB's left, out of 117,000 made.

I wonder how many Morris Itals are left though?

It was in the sun paper aswell. I think it was 5000 itals left

MGR_Petrolhead · Post by **MGR_Petrolhead** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:05 am

This article was also well publicised in Auto express....

One of the greatest survivors is the MK.1 Nissan Micra (1983-1992) where out of 341,000 sold here, 96,000 remain!!

Dont you think though that there seems like more than 21,000 metros still around?

Metromartin · Post by **Metromartin** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:38 pm

Gary wrote:1.37 million, surely they didn't all end up in Britain. I hardly ever see Metro's. Though one of the cars i dont really like so no loss

hey theres Metro owners on here;)

i've also got one in my garage which wont have been counted lol