Austin Rover - Metro Advert - (Nigel Mansell, Eric Idle & Murray Walker) - Extended

[@andrewbattye3888]

RIP Murray. That was filmed in Lex Mead garage in Maidenhead, I saw it being filmed and had Nigel lean against my Metro whilst he was chatting to people...nice guy.

[@thevan3293]

And what about the bird @0:38 , didn't anyone on the forecourt offer to help her out with a proper shoe shine rub?

[@jellybaby7]

Would have told the multimillionaire to get off my bloody Metro

[@jasonwldes7636]

@@jellybaby7 Poor Murray what Shame

[@ngc-fo5te]

Bloody hell, you met him on that one day out of 365 days if you are saying nice guy.

[@RABIDJOCK]

@@ngc-fo5te I've met a lot of celebrities in my time (used to work for a TV station also did Security for one) . Some can be right wankers and you know they are in 20 seconds.

[@nicholasbeech932]

Brilliant old fashioned humour looking at the girl - sadly wouldn’t get made today

[@mikehunt1528]

The non-binary fluids would be up in arms.

[@DominikMaslyk]

Probably cause Murray Walker’s dead now.

[@aCivilServant]

Eric Idle almost lapsing into the 'nudge, nudge.....say no more' character :)

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

I watched these commercials when my wife and I were on one of our vacations in the UK back in 1988. Eric Idle is my favorite Python!

[@user-underdasea]

Never knew mansell shaved his mustache while he was still in f1. Interesting!

[@meowthx1985]

RIP Murray Walker! I miss the old Austins

[@nickbassman8158]

Wont cost a mint Murray 😀 rip in peace to a legend 🏎👌

[@tollbar5468]

I bought a mint 1990 Rover version of the Metro as a classic about 5 or 6 years ago - it had done only 18,000 on the clock. It was all right when my Dad and I got the engine up to scratch (nailed down valves +) but new tyres were unavailable as BL had changed them to metric and were now long discontinued. Didn't have it long - One day I was driving it in a built up area, applied the footbrake and nothing - no brakes, pedal all the way to the floor and the scenery still passing me by. I stopped using the handbrake but it went straight to the scrapyard that very same day.

[@Sennaxm71]

That is more about your lack of knowledge at the time, and not realising that a classic car is not like a modern car, you can't just get in it and rag it for ever without any consequences, you have to look after them, treat them with care, check things like brakes and brake fluid regularly (monthly at the least), water and oil levels (weekly), it's not hard to do, you just need to know what you're doing, you can easily find out if you don't know, there is usually something about whatever car you're looking to do online somewhere, it wasn't the car's fault that you had no brakes, in reality it was probably something really simple to fix, like a steel brake pipe had corroded or a rubber one had split, a very cheap fix in the motor world to be fair. It's all about how much information you have, my first car back in 1987 could have easily been fixed, but like you, I had no knowledge back then and scrapped a perfectly good Mk1 escort that just need a new differential. How much are they fetching now? Yes, silly money, compared to what I paid for it back then, £120 lol We live and learn (hopefully)

[@tollbar5468]

@@Sennaxm71 Whoa! Let me stop you right there! I have over 40 years experience with classic cars. My 'every day' car is a Triumph Herald estate that my father bought in '65 - I don't own a modern car. I knew exactly what had gone wrong but I sort of fell out with it and couldn't be bothered. I bought it cheap because the vendor couldn't sell it - nobody wanted it. It was one of those purchases you make which seemed fine at the time but then I grew to dislike the thing - it was really too 'modern' for my tastes. In hindsight I should have repaired it but scrapping it was the quickest way to get shot of the thing.

[@k.sjones9139]

Mr Know-it-all ha ha

[@k.sjones9139]

Not at all thanks 😊

[@k.sjones9139]

I didn't mean you Tollbar, I liked both your comment and reply. I meant how MH tried to tell you that you have a lack of knowledge when I get he doesn't even know you!? I don't blame you for being on the defensive though with all the trolls about.

[@davidb6576]

What, nobody realized that Nigel saved Eric from being run over by Murray? Idle was a goner for sure without that block!

[@elbecko7969]

Oh yeah haha

[@VanillaCuckoo]

Or vice versa... Nigel was reversing at a nice lick. The only way Eric was going to be safe was if the two cars took each other out. Phew!

[@chantalmascoe4594]

Murray walker R.....I.........P........

[@davidchadderton5904]

Nigel and Murray left speechless. That was news!

[@stevolarry420stevenslozz3]

I’m reading Murray’s book and had forgotten this ad until it was mentioned in said book!

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

6 grand for a Maestro seems really expensive in 2021, never mind 1990 or whenever it was! Bloody hell!

[@siriusmicromaniac]

Back when there were still quite a few Metros around some friends of mine made me aware of a 'legend', that if you were going along a three lane carriageway and there was something doing 30mph in the middle lane and holding everyone else up, it would always be... someone driving a Mini Metro. The more I observed, the more I came to realise that it was actually true.

[@Mx64MaxyImpress]

Murray Walker and Nigel Mansell both my favourite British Legend in F1. Especially,with Murray get mad than excited a bit

[@Flying_GC]

How could anyone like that pompous Pratt Mansell?

[@philbranagan3137]

Brits seeing this ad: What a couple of legends, Nigel Mansell and Murray Walker! Everyone else seeing this ad: A sunroof! In BRITAIN!!

[@thomasyoung5147]

Rip Murray Walker

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Rest in peace Murray walker

[@chrishenniker5944]

I bet Mansell drove these when he was a special Constable.

[@11carbuff19572011]

First saw this ad as part of the 1988 ITV Telethon charity fund raising event that was presented by Michael Aspel for some 27 hours. Still remember the time the ad went out, 10.40 a.m. 30.05.1988, following the Telethon special editions of Derek Batey's quiz "Mr. & Mrs." featuring the late Bill Tarmey & the late Liz Dawn better known as the Duckworths from Corrie, and the Corrie Challenge quiz presented by Richard Madeley from the old Snug in the Rovers' Return, the team captains were Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch) and William Roache (Ken Barlow).

[@arthurfnshelby4335]

Wow you must have an exciting life!😀

[@winstonwinters6141]

I don’t know why but this makes me giggle.

[@winstonwinters6141]

Actually thinking about this is comedy gold

[@winstonwinters6141]

I’m crying with laughter no jokes

[@winstonwinters6141]

This made my day thanks Robert

[@omenapiirakka-in4gr]

I WISHD ID HAD SOME DAY AUSTIN METRO GREEN

[@thunderpants007]

Imagine if you are see this format of advert today.... It would be bombarded with complaints about how sexist it was, and how it was unfair, as it only represented the way that God created us.

[@demon1954]

Yeah, it almost suggests that men fancy women. How ridiculous.

[@James-hh1lq]

Looks lovely nigel until they get 5 years old . You'll get a lovely shade of rust .

[@williamstephens9945]

All cars back then were the same.

[@williamstephens9945]

@Ughra Yuvakov That was the later K- series engines from the 1990s.

[@ColinMill1]

@@williamstephens9945 Yes, and with the injection of cash from the Chinese and expertise from UK company Ricardo is now the N Series and apparently made in huge numbers and is reliable. The N series bits even fit in old K Series blocks. Sad to think much of what was wrong was soluble if there had been the will and the funding.

[@simonjones575]

Did anyone notice no side back window in the metro when Nigel was stood next to it after the bump ,

[@Sennaxm71]

It does look a bit like it had no window, but you can see Nigel's reflectin in it, so it must have been there lol

[@tinamichellefan]

Alan Partridge's favorite car.

[@Franface31]

I can't believe Nigel Mansell was young at one point.

[@neildutton8077]

Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more squire!

[@animaltvi9515]

You'd have to be a blind bat to drive one of those

[@neilmustow368]

Murray Walker R.I.P

[@SiCrewe]

With hindsight, I'm surprised nobody at Rover raised any concerns about how their dealers were being portrayed in these adverts.

[@boneyjoe8543]

Rumour has it, that Rovers used to come pre-dented at no extra cost.

[@MikeJF355]

What you mean as they really were ha ha ....

[@andrewwheeler8591]

@@lukemallory7832 spot on sir 👍

[@andrewwheeler8591]

Si, please it was meant to be funny 🙄

[@k.sjones9139]

Not allowed to call it a sun roof anymore incase it offends the other types of weather. Now they are called a multi climate portal

[@kamikazekaos]

I'm sure Mr Murray own advertising company was behind this

[@leeenglandland2978]

Are Austin Rover cars guaranteed? Yes they are guaranteed to rust and breakdown !!

[@christineayres5339]

The Metro was the most reliable of all of them i had a 1992 version which was still working up to 2009 when it got took by the old bill lol

[@marklittler784]

😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃 "Supercover" 😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃

[@tollbar5468]

@@christineayres5339 What! The police nicked it? What ever next!

[@christineayres5339]

@@tollbar5468 100% no lie

[@Senna-78]

It's not a coincidence that Mansell was called for Austin's spot. When he was a child, his mother had a little Austin she used to drive like a rally car, even reaching 100 mph. And this is the way he began to get passionate about racing

[@AsinineComment]

Really... Exactly _which_ little Austin could be driven at 100mph back in the late 50 and early 60s?

[@herrfister1477]

Mate are you on fucking glue?

[@nigelcarren]

I thought the lady was going to be Pauline Calf! 😉🏆🇬🇧

[@SqueekyBums]

I dreamed of owning a metro turbo, and still do.

[@yeahwatever]

I had a metro turbo, but always wanted a rs turbo, or gt turbo, still do

[@SqueekyBums]

@@yeahwatever Also wanted the maestro turbo, just because it could talk. Knight Rider is to blame for that 😀

[@npet6842]

@@SqueekyBums Maestro turbo were really quick . It was one of the very few cheaper , faster British cars ; Triumph PI type of vehicle of it's day .

[@SqueekyBums]

@@npet6842 Yeah, super quick. But in a straight line 😋

[@spearce39]

Unfortunately they dissolve in water so are now rarer than unicorns teeth 😕

[@zippy_uk1046]

"Feel the wind in your helmet" - how did they get away with that?

[@thevan3293]

Mary Whitehouse was out of town that day. RIP Mary.

[@Sennaxm71]

because he was an F1 driver and Champion, double entendre's were allowed, just always slated by Hairy Whitemouse, i mean Mary whitehouse lol

[@andrewwheeler8591]

Because people were allowed a sense of humour back then! 🙄

[@popshedpilot6635]

@@Sennaxm71 nice rowan Atkinson quote 👌

[@Sennaxm71]

@@popshedpilot6635 that's where its from, it's been that long I'd forgotten who originally said it lol 👍😉

[@davidsingleton9864]

R. I. P MURRAY WALKER 1923-2021

[@frglee]

One British car magazine review in the early 90s compared the Skoda 120L with the Metro. Guess which car they recommended their readers to buy? (clue: not the Metro.)

[@Sennaxm71]

The Skoda wasn't a bad car, just made out of piss thin steel, so didn't suit British weather, or our gritted roads, but in Rallying it wasn't known as a joke, it won it's class for at least 13 years in a row, almost unheard of back then.

[@christineayres5339]

RIP Murray Walker , also the 1 litre Metro was very nippy for its time , i learnt to drive in one with a manual choke in the early 00s and to verify the speed it would do my friend Matt in his Corsa GSI 1.6 followed behind me on a clear motorway it hit 110mph and no head gasket failure thank god , sadly one day the poor cars fuel gauge stopped working and i got stuck in the middle of nowhere with no breakdown cover, the car was towed by the police who wanted £300 to get it back so had to tell them to send it to police auction , anyway they were good cars , just a shame Rover stopped selling the original Mini too as that would have saved the company, the Maestro was an awful car my dad had one and the wheel literally fell off very dangerous.

[@Blueflag04]

0:43 You all came for this

[@chrismaynard6016]

My old hero....our NIge in RED 5......the ONLY good thing to come out of Birmingham ?

[@gerrywatson261]

Jeff Lynn!!!

[@nathanthomas8222]

M5?

[@christineayres5339]

Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne ?

[@christineayres5339]

Judas Priest etc

[@andrewwheeler8591]

Behave yourself!

[@simontromans2748]

Many many moons ago I remember being stuck in the countryside, loads of snow overnight and we needed food! Several cars out back. Volvo, yes, Swedish, first choice out the lot, but no, pathetic. Can't remember all the cars we had but the astramax didn't fair well either. Metro City was naturally last choice. It actually moved! (which is why I'm alive today) By now we were rooting for it so maybe that had a Uri Geller effect. Got us to the supermarket and back, no hassle. Don't knock 'em. Especially when my current city car, the VW Up!, is so pathetic it's trapped in around 4inches of snow, on the flat. Progress huh.

[@herrfister1477]

No idea. Something about snow and you almost died?

[@Mark-wx6xr]

It's got an engine and everything.

[@IanPayne]

Filmed at Lex Mead in Maidenhead, now flats.

[@johnathanryan2117]

Lex Mead! That brings back memories...we had one in Bolton too...its now a Porsche dealer. Theres a moral in there somewhere...

[@UpTheAnte1987]

I think this is them? You can recognise the buildings across the road from the advert

[@markorollo.]

Been on a bit of a members of Monty Python kick recently, starting when I commented on something Eric tweeted and he replied to it!!. I've seen quite a lot of things each one of them has done but I can honestly say I don't remember seeing this before, I must have when it came out but cant remember it.

[@herrfister1477]

Incredible if true

[@markorollo.]

@@herrfister1477 about eric replying? it is definitely true :) i mentioned the town im from & he replied saying his parents got married in the town.

[@KnightRider46]

Prices excludes number plates 😅

[@MrRetro-]

I would still have the Fiesta or Escort, 😂

[@npet6842]

40% deposit . Finance in the UK sucked in those days . You could 100% borrow in the 'States and Oz for 5 years or more then .

[@tonys6601]

Filmed at Lex Maidenhead..

[@DownAvenueWay]

Does this advert show how the Rover cars have a BlindSpot & are really Not the best shopping cars !!

[@movesky6696]

rip murray walker

[@sovietonion72]

Murray didn't get to say much.

[@fredjones7307]

Back in the relatively good day's, except for the Metro of course..

[@DarrenHarrison7160]

You wouldn't say no to a 6R4 nowadays mate lol

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

When was the last time you saw a brand new car for sale for only £4670? Err...? In this advert, to be honest ;-))...

[@animaltvi9515]

Must have paid them a lot to advertise that turd. . Is that the one before they raised the petrol filler cap. Used to leak petrol everywhere when you went round a corner

[@badgastein2]

Passed my driving test in a red metro!

[@keithe8449]

Passed my driving test in a blue A reg metro with BSM

[@cervelo9465]

We needed to see more of the lady

[@Bodgemiester]

6k for a maestro HA HA HA I can't breathe

[@frglee]

Maestros were sold until the mid 90s, although superseded by other models they were, by then, quite good value. Although one lukewarm later review noted that it was probably a good idea for owners to buy an AA membership.

[@barryh1477]

That’s when we used to build cars in Britain we don’t build British made cars anymore

[@andicog]

We do build cars in Britain, good cars but unfortunately none of the company's are British owned anymore. Led the world at one time but then it became fashionable to knock British cars and investment was poor and work force interest was low. We used to build world beating trucks and buses as well, now a lot of London buses are built in Egypt!. I wonder how many foreign buses or trucks Germany or France have on their roads?

[@cervelo9465]

The only one to have was the 6R4

[@rover416si8]

ROVER 800 FASTBACK AND AUSTIN METRO SERIES CAR FULL AND ROVER GROUP MARKET

[@arthuritchybollix5064]

Like nigel man sell would be looking to buy a metro

[@geofturner986]

Love the empty clang when he slams the door. Quality?....not as such Sir.

[@arhassoc]

About the only good thing I can think of the Retro, is at least it didn't have the All-grotty's square steering wheel!! Great ad, crap car!

[@SirBorisHayter]

Pity the cars destroyed Britain's manufacturing credibility.

[@RABIDJOCK]

My first car ...A gold one. Certainly wasn't made of gold the speed it rusted away 😆

[@joedennehy386]

Brilliant 1st ad, ok second

[@LordJasonKing]

5.6% and40% deposit. They can't give em away these days!

[@plhought]

They've rebadged it you fool!!!

[@gerrywhelan5761]

Not a half bad advertising for the time!

[@christschinwon]

you had to throw everything and the kitchen sink in to sell a Metro!

[@Glenn1967ful]

The Metro had good engines, went well for its size and was a very cheap car to own and not that unreliable as the A series was a proven engine. Main problems tended to be rust, poor build quality and an exposed fuel cap that could spill large amounts of petrol.

[@rclarkebeckett603]

Your Metro, is she a, is she a go-er?

[@QuangThànhVũLê]

0:46 I don't believe it. What stupid... Nigel, nice to see you

[@fatwalletboy2]

Im trying to figure out what was "special" about the Maestro and Metro specials apart from.perhaps "special" decals....some of the 80s specials were truly awful marketing bodge ups just to fool the public into parting with their cash....

[@amytysoe2292]

I guess a sunroof was a kind of a big deal at the time? or at the very least considered a bit fancy. You're talking about a time where electric windows were still considered high luxury and AC was almost totally unheard of

[@BassandoForte]

I suppose even the greats sell out... 🤔

[@jusb1066]

metro not as much as a fiesta, thats for sure, its smaller, crappier, slower, noiser, less equipped, rustier

[@djdeejdjay8669]

You can date this advert by Nigel not having a moustache..

[@michaelrawson6261]

Yes... You COULD do, but assuming nigel is there to buy a NEW metro, and its a NEW one he's being shown... You can much more simply date the ad by the standard British number plate visible on the car Nigel gets INTO!!!

[@djdeejdjay8669]

@@michaelrawson6261 Wow.. Calm down... There is no need to look at the number plates to date this advert....that's the point....and I very much doubt that Nigel is there to by a Metro because it's an advert and not reality....

[@djdeejdjay8669]

@@michaelrawson6261 You could even date the advert by the Metro being called the Austin as well... You REALLY need to lighten UP!!!

[@safirahmed]

The Metro would be £13,433.80 and Maestro being £17,173.40 according to Bank of England inflation calculator estimate at 3.3% annual interest rate from 1987 to 2020.

[@cruelbritannia4056]

What were these advertisements supposed to be advertising?

[@Lysimachus]

cars presumably

[@Blueflag04]

car

[@KimiFan2002]

The car and bankruptcy...

[@thevan3293]

There is a possible Subliminal Message in this ad @0:38 for "pretty polly super stretch tights."

[@PJD_55]

Er, cars?

[@domzbu]

today this advert would be sexist and racist, the fit bird and too many white ppl. Etc

[@andicog]

Where was the mixed race family with the lesbian daughter, gender fluid son and transgender grandad? Not there, thank fu*ck!

[@clivemoore6510]

And both cars were white

[@zincpatriot7227]

Better days.

[@hannecatton2179]

£4,600 for that heap of British Leyland junk ! No wonder the Japanese crushed the market .

[@eddieroadrunner6691]

If you looked hard enough these cars probably had rust on them from new absolute garbage

[@chris-rfs]

A metro cost over £4500 back then! A lot of money for a piece of crap,lol.

[@simonpage6362]

Crap car but great advert!

[@shaneweightman]

Great advert , shame these giants of celebrities featured them selves in such shite cars , they really were , I had one for a short while and worked on broken second hand ones , only my opinion, I’m British and shamefully admit so we’re them monstrosity things shamefully called cars cheers shane uk 🇬🇧

[@AsinineComment]

Murray drove like he commentated races - clumsy and, arguably, vision impaired. 😒

[@carlhicks4704]

They didn't keep there distance and they shake hands. No wonder the virus is spreading. Rip Murray a true good man

[@Otacatapetl]

I predict whooshes.

[@Bruce-1956]

Shite cars, great commercial.

[@MrFrog_]

Even the adverts were crap..

[@fortitudevalance8424]

Nasty crapboxes those cars were. Yes the Metro was innovative but build quality failed it and many were destroyed/stolen by chavs.

[@tangatoto362]

Oh cringe...... I used to travel to the UK and use my mums Metro for touring, what a heap of crap. Woeful design, hideous interior finish, reverse gear frequently vanished from the gearbox and brakes that felt like treading on marshmallows in gum boots. My Toyota back in Australia felt like a Swiss watch by comparison.

[@jasoneldridge4738]

Still rather have a Metro over a Shitbox Toyota !

[@MrManBuzz]

@@jasoneldridge4738 The Metro is the shitbox by any definition in this discussion. Let me guess, you like the Metro because it's British and everything British is objectively better right? 🤣

[@eurouc]

Well. That was annoying. No thanks for sharing

[@liquid0001Squadalaxd]

God, this cars were pure crap.

[@granto6738]

Mansel dull as dish Warter 😴

[@stevejpm1]

The two worst cars ever made,well apart from the all agro.

[@TheHowardski]

oh dear terribly cringey!

[@pantani9886]

Awful cars! Awful commentator! He used to ruin F1 with his awful commentary. James Hunt was great, and always correcting him. When F1 went to Idiot TV(ITV), I switched off, as I had the option of European satellite TV(RTL, RAI, etc) which was a lot better, and didn't have ad breaks at wrong time!!!

[@andrewwheeler8591]

🥱

[@grahamariss2111]

Rip Murray Walker