1 reply to this topic

[mab01uk]

In this article dated 21 June 1971 in The Guardian, Lord Stokes vents about the present and future of British Leyland Motor Corporation.
"We sell twice as many Minis in Italy as all Italian cars put together sold in Britain."
‘Of course an awful lot of people in this country are so peculiar that they buy a foreign car and spend the rest of their lives justifying it even if it breaks down every five minutes. Of course this happens in reverse. You go down to the South of France and the snob thing to have is a souped up Mini and swear it is the best car there is.’
The full article on AROnline:-
https://www.aronline...-donald-stokes/

 

[Spider]

Great read, very frank and off the cuff. Yes, I do like those same lines;-

 

"Of course an awful lot of people in this country are so peculiar that they buy a foreign car and spend the rest of their lives justifying it even if it breaks down every five minutes. Of course this happens in reverse. You go down to the South of France and the snob thing to have is a souped up Mini and swear it is the best car there is."