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How the Morris Marina Rang the Death Knell for British Leyland
Big Car’s take on how the Marina helped destroy the British car industry is informative in so many ways
The Big Car channel is another one of those examples of why YouTube can be such a good thing.
Not unlike the recently paused Dylan’s Travel Reports, the Big Car YouTube videos are informative, entertaining and enlightening all at the same time.
Where Dylan’s Travel Reports have generally focused on the (mainly) rail-based transport experience, the Big Car videos are all about the fascinating wonder that is the modern-era motor vehicle.
In the Big Car universe, this translates into videos on individual marques, models and the stories of motoring success and failure that have defined our lives. We may not have driven all (or indeed any) of the cars featured on the Big Car channel, but we will probably know about most of them.
In this particular video, which is typical of how Big Car tackles its subjects, the 1970s volume-seller Morris Marina is brought into focus, as is the framing of the car within the tragedy of the British Leyland car company. It’s a fascinating story of how the country’s motoring industry operated in a…
