The Allegro was supposed to be a fresh start for Austin after being starved of resources in the 1960s. It replaced the highly successful Austin/Morris 1100 and 1300, and was a well-funded project to take on the might of Ford in the UK, and European car manufacturers on the continent. So, why was the Allegro nicknamed “All Aggro” by some, and the “flying pig” by others? Music: "That One Bar Scene" by "RKVC" from the YouTube audio library. BMC logo comes with permission from: https://www.seanf.de/bmclogo.html. To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me using Patreon from just $1 or 80p a month at https://www.patreon.com/bigcar Support me using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car Merch (t-shirts, mugs): null Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: null Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Allegro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO16 https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/ado22/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Maxi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Nomad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Haynes_(designer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolastic https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/allegro/ https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/austin-allegro/ https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts-and-prototypes/sports-car-projects-ado68/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocenti https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/allegro/the-cars-innocenti-regent/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_5 https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/reinventing-the-wheel-a-brief-history-of-the-square-steering-wheel/ http://classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php?id=4906 #bigcar