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In 1974, a time when the UK starting price for the Austin Allegro was given as £1159 (£11,731.77 in 2018 money), BL was quoting, at launch, a list price of £1951 (£19,748.65 in 2018) for the Vanden Plas 1500. [3] The Allegro name was not used on this version. Quartic Steering Wheel as featured in the Allegro at launch
Alvis Speed 20 coachwork by Vanden Plas 1933. Vanden Plas is the name of coachbuilders who produced bodies for specialist and up-market automobile manufacturers. Latterly the name became a top-end luxury model designation for cars from subsidiaries of British Leyland and the Rover Group, being last used in 2009 to denote the top-luxury version of the Jaguar XJ (X350).
Vanden Plas 1.5; Vanden Plas 1.7; Vanden Plas 1500; P. ... Vanden Plas Princess 1300 This page was last edited on 6 August 2022, at 18:06 (UTC). Text ...
The 1500/1750 now have 'Marle' fabric seat facings replacing the previous PVC "basketweave" leatherette. Single rear fog-light now fitted across the range. Dec 1979: Maxi 1500 discontinued. Aug 1980: Introduction of the Maxi 2 range in 1750 L, 1750 HL and 1750 HLS variants.
The luxury Vanden Plas 1500 version of the Allegro debuted in 1975. By this time, its original rival, the Ford Cortina , had long since grown larger, putting ADO16 into the small, rather than medium-sized class, which British Leyland was now competing in with the Austin Maxi , Morris Marina as well as the long-running Austin 1800 saloons.
The UK building materials supplier Wolseley plc owns the rights to the Wolseley name for all other purposes. Wolseley plc is a descendant of the original Wolseley company. The Vanden Plas trademark is owned by Ford (through Jaguar) for use within the US and Canada, and as (UK 1133528, E2654481) to MG Rover Group Ltd for use in the rest of the ...
The Austin Montego is a British family car that was produced by British Leyland from 1984 until 1988, and then by Rover Group from 1988 until 1995. The Montego was the replacement for both the rear-wheel drive Morris Ital and the front-wheel drive Austin Ambassador ranges to give British Leyland an all-new competitor for the Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Cavalier.
This was effectively a new marque created by British Leyland, [3] although the "Princess" name had previously been used for the Austin Princess limousine from 1947 to 1956, [4] and the Vanden Plas Princess. The Princess is often referred to, incorrectly, as the Austin Princess. Although this name was not used in the UK market, it was used in ...