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21,000 Registered Metro's Left
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:42 pm
by southside
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
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:14 pm
by Punx0r
They did/do rust like feck so it's bound to happen
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:15 pm
by Gary
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
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:42 pm
by WELZ
Theres at least 21,000 of the damn things round here!!!
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:44 am
by sharky
i had a tipo....
... and scrapped it
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:58 am
by turboestate
sharky wrote:i had a tipo....
... and scrapped it
damn, new keyboard please!
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:24 am
by MGR_Petrolhead
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:(
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:24 am
by C2K
20999 then as I saw one stuffed into a Primera this morning on the way to work.
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:45 am
by roverturboandy200
I've got one in my garage!! 1.4 GTi...
and this one was saved from the scrappy!!
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:25 am
by MGR_Petrolhead
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?
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:19 am
by southside
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
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:05 am
by MGR_Petrolhead
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?
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:38 pm
by Metromartin
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