Leyland 18/22 Series / Princess Development 2

[@johnj3577]

When I was a kid our family tried our best to keep BL afloat. We had 2 x Minis, 2 x Allegros (one was a VP allegro 1500), 1 x Princess 2200HLS, 1 x Dolomite 1500HL and 3 x Rover SD1's. Highlights were: The mini's were the most fun, the VP allegro had a 5 speed box and leather, the Princess had a magic carpet ride, the comfiest seats ever, a lovely smooth engine and was massive inside, the Dolomite was rorty and sporty looking, and the SD1's were futuristic but filled up with water every time it rained. Actually they all did except the Dolly. They all rusted like crazy, leaked oil and other fluids everywhere but were all generally reliable and we drove all over Europe in the Princess and SD1's. None of them really let us down. And I loved them all. Today's cars are boring in comparison :)

[@garydawes9957]

Totally agree.We had minis, Austin 1100/ 1300 GT, Maxi and aspired to the Princess. The hydrolastic cars were great, the minis were uncomfortable but you know that they had other talents.

[@midge225]

My dad had 3 of these , he loved em because they were so different to most cars of the era , simple to maintain and mostly reliable with a smooth ride , the only thing was the rust , the sills and wheel arches rotted away , i remember a maroon 1800 , a biscuit 1800 and a brown vanden plas 2.2 that my dad cherished , happy days

[@chilternman]

Some of the comments here from armchair experts are comical. Shitty brakes? It had 4 pots so far from shitty. The styling still looks good and was ahead of its time. 3 things against it was initial build quality, lack of a hatchback and the confused branding that settled for a very old fashioned name 'Princess' on a futuristic car. It should have stuck with the development working name Diablo.

[@lewis72]

Yes, the re-branding exercise half way through this vehicle's production was a joke. As if consumers didn't have enough BL brands to contend with; Austin, Morris, Rover, Triumph, Jaguar, they launched Princess. Vanden Plas was both a brand and a model spec. (Vanden Plas 1500 or Daimler Double Six Vanden Plas), so I'm surprsied that we never got a Vanden Plas Vanden Plas. Furthermore, why use both Wolesley and Vanden Plas as high-end model specs ? I think Riley got used as well at some point. Dreadful video !

[@mikemcguinness1304]

Diablo isn't a modern name , it may sound it but is Latin for diablos meaning devil

[@andrewgardner9615]

Agree re brakes-back in the day ,try finding a princess in tge scrap yard that still had its brakes!They'd all been stripped off as a cheap brake upgrade for Ford Escorts,and I should know 'cos it took ages in the mid 80's to do just that.

[@tripsadelica]

I have to agree. BL's problems were manifold...principally poor build quality from a crappy and fractious workforce with a long arm for taking pay rises but a history of doing sweet f-all when it came to actual work. The other nonsensical thing which any efficiency expert would have picked from the outset was their maniacal adherence to having so many brands with badge engineering...thereby treating the British motoring public like idiots and increasing their advertising and tooling costs. What they should have done was stuck with the most recognisable brand (probably Austin or Morris) and retired the others. They should have gone with the SOHC engines from the start and actually performed more quality auditing to find those rust spots and fix that leaky boot! In all honesty I reckon the car looks great for that time period and I wish they'd exported it here to Australia. Leyland in Australia, sadly, was already in its death throes. Not so much because of industrial strife but poor build quality because cars were released too quickly without adequate field testing (the Leyland P76 comes to mind...wonderful car with a great set of engines let down by crappy ancillary parts quality). In all honesty had Leyland employed industrial relations experts to see what the Germans were doing with employee relations...had they tightened up their assembly lines to increase quality, reduced the brand and model lines and dumped those awful pushrod engines which were relics of 1947 then the company might still be going today. So bloody sad, really. Even when Holden and Ford died in Australia it was not because of quality issues but because the companies did not read the market properly and did not go over to the SUV fad fast enough...also their American masters were very tight with development funds.

[@558vulcanxh]

I had a 1975 brown 2200HLS, which replaced our Mk 1 maxi, the only thing was it wasn't a hatchback, but our four children could fit in with plenty of room, and they only had a four speed box which was a shame , but we all loved this car .No Rust at all ever . Had it four years 👍👍

[@General.Longstreet]

The 70s was just so fucking cool!

[@RoadCone411]

Kind of sad that Wolsley had been reduced to a badge-engineered trim level at this point, but this car was the last hurrah for the marque. Love the lighted badge - I remember seeing those as a kid (rare as it was even then!) These BL videos are fantastic! I want a Wolsley now! The soft velour seats and ample lighting look very inviting! Finally the use of the Monday Night Football theme (something a UK audience wouldnt be familiar with) starting at 04:30 is EXCELLENT!

[@moochincrawdad]

Of all the BL models I think the Princess was the best looking and ahead of its time stylistically

[@Duncan038]

Superstars theme tune as well , 70s tastic! Love this video!!

[@greatbritannialine]

Thank you! I've been looking for the name of that tune for ages!

[@cefnonn]

The kids in the back can "light their own cigars"... : - ()

[@0898007]

Well it was the 70's..

[@georgejacob3162]

4 kids plus a Labrador dog in the back in another Princess advert I've just seen!

[@chryslerelectronicleanburn1676]

Smoke if you got them:)

[@dannygroom3327]

That's ridiculous, kids don't smoke cigars they smoke cigarettes.

[@pzn197]

Thak you for this great video and greetings from Finland. Princesses were sold here too, but they were very expensive and rare. Marina and Allegro were more popular cars among Finnish drivers.

[@DavidSmith-yt7im]

Why am I watching an Austin cheese wedge being driven round with 70s porn soundtrack at midnight

[@69Phuket]

Ahhahaahaaaaaaaaa....!!! We're probably drunk old crap car fans. Algorithms...The rhythm method!

[@bcfairlie1]

Yeah baby

[@allisonjeancroton9284]

We got a Princess (Austin) after the Cortina Mk2 died!! Burgundy with black roof!! Tons of room, great ride!!! Then we got a Hillman Hunter; I loved this one especially driving to boarding in it over cattle grids and humpy bridges; you almost lost you're stomach. Happy days!!!

[@helioshaul3924]

We must not forget that this was from an age when we made mostly all that we consumed. I think we did quite well on balance. Typing this while waiting for my modern car to be repaired, progress ?

[@lewis72]

@Randian Winn ... and strikes.

[@bigrammy5276]

Thanks for the memories I bought a S reg Princess 2200 HLS form the Auction's back in 1985. I paid £50 for it and it was taxed and tested. I run the car for 1.1/2 years and it NEVER missed a beat now that's what I call cheap motoring. It was roomy very comfortable and reliable but best of all the ashtray was where it should be on the right hand side. Thank's BL

[@gravydavy4188]

The ashtray being on the right hand side was the only good thing about the Firebird I used to own!

[@seansands424]

I bought mine from an auction for £85 22000 HLS nice car I like it

[@augnkn93043]

OMG I want one! Brown velour, cigarette lighters in the back and a carpeted boot! Hopefully I will one day be able to afford one of these beautiful cars!

[@Mike8981]

No! I'm afraid you've missed the point! Cigars! And when you've turned the interior brown, no one would notice. I had a blue Princess 2200 and it broke down on the way to Wales.

[@jonnyc429]

@@Mike8981 depends where you lived, if you only lived in Gloucester or Hereford, maybe not great.

[@Haffschlappe]

I live in Germany I would love to own the 2200 version with inline 6 front drive--so unique--even citroen could not match that!

[@davemckiernan]

From a time when life was so much simpler and we didn't consume as much!

[@kevinroberts8441]

Yeah you didn't consume these shitty cars and bought Japanese brands

[@herrfister1477]

You stupid bastard

[@Haffschlappe]

I remember my father going up to 120 MPH with the hand shifted 2200 HLE on German Autobahn between cologne and Dusseldorf !

[@slennard]

I had one when I was about 19, I thought it was a great car! The suspension made it feel like a magic carpet ride, also the front seats folded flat with the back seat which made a great double bed. Sadly the car caught fire from under the bonnet when I was driving home from work one evening.

[@goldenmantis]

I really want to know what the music is at 1.00 - 2.50 does anyone know? It's AMAZING!

[@timpriddy349]

James May liked it too

[@matt8787fat]

If i could afford to find one of these and to have it exported here to america i would! I love this British car!

[@Seele2015au]

Matt CHEVYMAN If you're going to do that, just be as well go the whole hog and get the Vanden Plas version.

[@simonmeers5247]

@@Seele2015au There was no Vanden Plas version... at least until they launched the Austin Ambassador!

[@craig5127]

What’s the song they use at the end?

[@Alprazolam]

How's your battery voltage? The needle is between the red square and the other red square. Okay, what's the reading? 'Dunno there's just two red squares, mate.

[@willvaszocz2469]

Still looks better than a Toyota Prius!

[@youfube-]

Literally anything looks better than a Prius. Except maybe a 1998 Fiat Multipla.

[@MarineAqua45]

Will Vaszocz Its a shame, it never had the build quality of a Prius either! Only the car designers were cutting edge & they designed cars for idiots to build & manage.

[@andrewhaines8603]

Or a Nissan Juke!

[@leeenglandland2978]

I just loved the "don't give a shit" build quality that was standard on all BL cars !!

[@quentincrisp1902]

3 things spring to mind when I think about the Princess Concord, greyhound and sailboat

[@martinlote7863]

One of the best cars i have owned ,in its day , great car

[@bmw4875]

@Arthur No Sheds Jackson fiesta is city car not for high mileages.

[@matt8787fat]

I am a big fan of this car. I wonder how hard it is ti find one? I live in the state of Michigan.

[@Car_and_classic_lover]

Cool, I dont think there are any in America! Tbh they can be very difficult even over here in the UK. There are only about 4 Wolsesley Princesses left and not many more morris princesses left either. At the moment in the UK only 24 are taxed and insured on the road. That said the oldest surviving prototype recently sold at aution and come the summer time I'm sure more people will be selling them.👍

[@simonnelson7770]

I just took it for what it is, which is relaxing and nice to watch. I started off thinking what a terrible car and by the end I thought I'd probably buy one of them😂😂

[@bellinivernon]

Exelente ! ;gracias ,desde argentina.

[@davek12]

@C4atm Weren't you watching? Weather can't harm that car! It won't rust! Engineered for...I'm sorry. I can't keep going with that. At least you know that it will hold a good depth of water inside in case you ever needed to do that.

[@stylophobia]

One of my favourite cars, famous in Britain for being (usually) an object of comedy and mockery, exemplifying the BL crisis of the 1970s -almost invariably, by people who`ve never driven one.

[@oddjob7821]

Exactly. I always had BL cars . Never let me down. As for those going on about rust all cars in the 70s had this problem .

[@edwardtupper6374]

Out here in NZ, we've seen a resurgence of popularity amongst the boy racer set, the ubiquitous Japanese four door saloon from the eighties and nineties. An observation: I have never seen a Princess on 19"rims, with a boot lid spoiler and the addition of a turbocharger

[@JBofBrisbane]

British Leyland would not bail out Leyland Australia's P76 project, instead promising to send us cars like this. Funny, but the only thing we got after that were Dolomites, TR7s & Rover SD1s (badged as Rover 3500s). At least we missed out on the Allegro.

[@TheKamikazie1974]

My Grandad had one of those princess's, he also had an Allegro, it had vinyl seats, feckin murder on a hot summers day,lol

[@fordlandau]

Fabulous publicity clip for new Wolseley from 18/20 series. Last Wolseley ever made. let's see. It has seats. Mm. And an ashtray. Wow. Window winders and a door handle. Advanced kit includes a clock, and a spare tyre. No wonder this car conquered the Japanese. (not). Tragic really.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

No wonder 70s cars rusted - people kept driving them on the beach!

[@mrspivvy]

I owned a couple of these backin the days when people gave them away. one of the most comfortable cars I have ever driven, huge armchairs for seats, and no problems with reliability either.

[@TheRealTwigman]

Best bit was the huge pullout ashtray under the 2o'clock position of the steering wheel....no worries about your ash dropping on the floor :)

[@MyName-ez9lv]

From south yorkshire head towards the motorway just point it in the right direction and it will cruise all day, and the kids? no bother, thanks to the suspension they will go to sleep all the way to Blackpool.

[@herrfister1477]

Great video! So cheesy. Love the look of these cars. Thanks for posting!

[@Haffschlappe]

I would love to own my parents old 2200 HLE Princess just today, sadly we sold our nice car in the 80s! The hydragas suspension was as good as the citroen system!

[@philnewstead5388]

Haffschlappe In many ways it was better as it was less complex an easier to repair, I say this as an ex mechanic that has first hand experience of both.

[@paulmcwilliams8641]

It was the first car to have fibre optic lights in the dash. The gearbox and engine used the same oil, so the rear oil seal was the biggest problem for me during my ownership. I spent 7 hours replacing mine by myself and it leaked as bad as before.

[@martinparker6536]

actually my 1974 Citroen DS has a fibre optic for the igntion switch light

[@alexshepherd]

I’d love to see how this video ends... pity it finishes just a little short :)

[@pcno2832]

5:30 I don't know what that tune is, but it was used for years as the opening theme on some American sports presentation, Monday Night Football, or something like that.

[@nagisaian]

Who did the music top marks

[@leonthorogate3658]

GREAT!! Thanks to the Village Disco for turning me on to this link. Loving the almost porn guitar music.

[@johnmcluskey]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it :0)

[@firehawk400]

Starting at 9:35, is this part of a song or just something cooked up for this ad? Does it have a name?

[@georgefiddler1742]

makes me cry every time i watch this. my first car sorted

[@saggo1712]

A great looking car!

[@mrspivvy]

it was probably because the Ford motor had all the power sapping emissions junk on it which the Princess didnt. I reckon the princess ought to have had the australian 2.6 litre version of the E series, would have been pretty potent- I always felt the 2.2 wasnt pokey anough to justify its thirst.

[@splurjioaarmani3205]

Yea and they put the 2.6 in the marina in Australia big red was faster than a Torana and V6 Capri in a straight line just wouldn't go around corners mass understeer engine was too far forward still I would have one now in a coupe

[@Haffschlappe]

Never forget that this car had the worlds best suspension together with Citroens DS

[@Mike8981]

Haffschlappe And never forget the suspension leaked like hell lol

[@TheAllMightyGodofCod]

This is not even comparable to Citroën's hyfropneumatic suspension but you already knew that, didn't you?

[@eggy1962]

Mick no worse than the citroens (had a few blown pipes and engine covered in fluid on those. I do remember just having suspensions pumped up a bit on a maxi and several metros but not the 2 princess/ ambassadors i had.

[@paulph12002]

Even the top of the range Wolseley and the Princess 2200 HLS which followed it lacked such things as a rev counter and a 5 speed gearbox, even though both of these were available on other BL models at the time. Typical muddled BL thinking.

[@paianis]

The driver can use the rpm data either to obtain best performance or to reduce the burden on the engine when accelerating.

[@grahamariss2111]

Willie Eckerslike Because these things mattered in the company car bragging rights.

[@rovamota]

When you look at what the competition was doing for similar sized cars BL were no different. Power steering wasn't fitted to four cylinder cars because Ford didn't fit it to four cylinder Granada's, yet the all Princess models should have been fitted with it, not just six cylinder models. It did need a five speed gearbox but BL just couldn't afford to develop a new one and they thought the Maxi gearbox was not good enough.

[@edwardtupper6374]

@@grahamariss2111 straight away I get mental images of a black Sierra XR4i

[@grahamariss2111]

@@edwardtupper6374 In fairness the Princess was history when the XR4 came along, but we should ask why the Rover 16v engine from the 800 did not ring its way under the bonnet of the MG Maestro and Montego.

[@paulsutton5896]

I thought these were terrific cars (as I had also thought the ones they superseded were). I was not so keen on the vinyl roofs, however. But I never understood why the three models needed three different headlamp configurations.

[@billylewis2426]

i had a 1700HL in met Green leyland at its best lovely car, one tank of petrol, , London 2 paris and home again

[@andrewgardner9615]

Just watched hubnuts ambassador review published 7pm 9.10.19-check it out for the realistic 40 years later-ps Love the Superstars theme music(by Johnny Pearson at 4mins 30 seconds.)If you lived through the 70's you'll remember it.

[@Haffschlappe]

I want a red one 2200 HLS with black vinyl roof :-))))

[@DSGNflorian]

While the 1970s were an awful time for British industry for reasons known only too well, some of the cars that were created during that time surely deserved a better fate than they got. This is one of them. It's a remarkable styling and design exercise. It should't work, but it does. In spite of its hatchback-like basic lines, it comes off looking quite upscale. It's elegant, distinctive, rather handsome and has nice proportions and a good stance. The Wolseley interior trim is delicious with its acres of cozy, cuddly, rich-to-the-touch vulgalour. The front end of the Princess still looks great.

[@andrewgardner9615]

Watching this again-Is Matt Berry narrating?Surely he must have been about 1 or 2 when thus was made!

[@Vintangus]

3:36 Passengers in back can light their own cigars. lol

[@andrewgardner9615]

Hi to anyone that's been sent here by my comments on Hubnut ambassador vid.

[@69waveydavey]

Ultimate looks, reliability, luxury, comfort, style, passengers in the back can light their own cigars, carpeted boot, map light. a real shame they don't still make them. It would be a close call between one of these or BMW 3 series.

[@80sfordman]

Was the 1800/2000 designed to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada?

[@ionkor7663]

Austin would fill the glovebox with Fox's Glacier Mints every service.

[@rsdingoa]

My dad bought this instead of a Ford Mk1 Granada. I am still pissed at him 30 years on. Granada MK1. Awesome.

[@polentusmax6100]

I would be pissed too lol

[@ModMokkaMatti]

I'd like to use the mp3 of this as a ringtone, complete with the VO lines that would be nonsensical w/o the video.

[@RoadCone411]

@davek12 No kidding - I love the looped replays of the Princess coming over the hill. Combined with this music, it is outstanding!! To keep the MNF analogy going, that whole sequence looks as if it were done by NFL Films. It has that cheesy 1970s superstar/superhero quality about it, and yet I am talking about a car!

[@alfiewoodcock7429]

At least these cars had character. The boring eco shitboxes people drive nowadays are just so dreary.

[@Synthematix]

Shit has character, would you like to eat that too?

[@tz6414]

classic advert, it has a clock!

[@BobM925]

No rev counter?! No electric windows?! In a "luxury" car... They had no money, did they. Bless 'em

[@grahamariss2111]

When it was conceived it was expected that the Rep car market would size up again in the mid ups as it had done in 71, while each successive Cortina got bigger, its was an increase in quantity rather than quality. The objective with the Princess was a reliable car, of average performance with good comfort to appeal to fleet managers who wanted a more modern alternative to the Cortina. However the fuel crisis stopped the fleet market sizing up and so the Princess was left too big and expensive for the Rep car market, but as you noted lacking the trimmings to cut with the Granada. After that lack of cash as BL went from crisis to crisis and what money they had went on the SD1 development and new factory alomg with TR7 and SD1 warranty claims so there was no money to fix it.

[@mrspivvy]

yes. higher end cortinas/lower end granadas. BL's Granada 3.0 ghia competitior would have been the Rover 2200/3500 P6

[@rkvktmen]

It's amazing how far cars have come over the years: Noteworthy option 2018: A computer that can see you're drifting out of your lane and warn you. Noteworthy inclusion 1975: Carpet in the boot.

[@stephenreid7043]

I remember in the 60's and 70s people used to make fitted carpets for the boots with the leftovers from the living room

[@video99couk]

Stephen Reid Stephen Reid Yes! I still do that for my Hillman Avenger.

[@stephenreid7043]

A Hillman Avenger 1500 was my first car in 1981!

[@antman5474]

I don't get it, somebody goes into a BL showroom in the 1970's to by a car and they get to choose the colour, a nice colour, maybe black or that pretty cool gunmetal blue/grey. But what do they do? They choose poo brown. wtf

[@georgejacob3162]

Poo brown was 70's chic! As was beige!

[@andynixon2820]

You're right , in the 70s people bought cars in a variety of poo brown shades . But 40 + years on I'm now nostalgic for that brown , plus mustard yellows and pea soup green . Its the same for 1980s cars with all white body kits .

[@georgefiddler1742]

The Princess was a very reliable car... They would start first time on a cold morning... Unlike Fords etc.... Why are people so rude about BL! and marina's princess's etc.... And princess's wernt the worst for rust.... ALL Cars Rusted!

[@michaelphallus1854]

This is what I always say ; it is always British Leyland that gets the stick, when Fords were garbage ( that never started on a cold morning ), Fiats and Japanese cars rusted away before they got off the forecourt and the rest were not much better.

[@davemckiernan]

Michael Phallus You're right there. This happened to British Rail and now look what we've got instead.

[@MarineAqua45]

It's probably because of the industrial strikes affecting.British Leyland by Red Robbo at the time.

[@honeymonster5589]

George Fiddler I agree with you easy to work on too and a few blown transistor in a ECU will stop it from starting I had a marina 1800 and ital 1700 great cars

[@thrunsalmighty6863]

+MarineAqua45 Absolutely . The socialist trades unions destroyed our car industry, just as twenty years earlier, they destroyed our ship-building industry. Destroying our industries was the prelude to destroying capitalism, so that we could enjoy all the benefits of living under socialism - like in the USSR. And Now, like in Venezuela.

[@Pmjs]

There's still an Ambassador going around in 2017.

[@69Phuket]

Yeah...2019. But Hubnut lost the tapes! ;/ He's a clucks! (like me)

[@eggy1962]

I had both a princess and an ambassador, for me the princess looked better and was better built, the ambassador just had more user friendly items of hatchback and power steering, both required minimal toolset of screwdriver feeler gauge points and condenser in glovebox at all times, brakes were absolutely fine

[@cybermarsactual]

The time? I want a Tach!

[@grahamariss2111]

Problem with the Princess was that the market never happened for it. When it was conceived in the early 70s, they had just been put on the back foot when Ford sized the fleet car up with the Cortina mk3 leaving their offer the Marina pitched between the Escort and Cortina. So the Princess was conceived as a 1800 reskin to be sold as an Austin for the fleet market in the mid ups when they expected Ford to move the market up half size again. It would sell alongside a new mid sized rwd Morris that would replace the Marina. Being aimed at the fleet market, performance was secondary, focus was on comfort and quantity over quality, that is why despite its modern styling it lacks details like integrated bumpers, wrap around lights, moulded door cards that were starting to appear on cars at the time. It also explains why they retained a 4 speed gear box and accepted such marginal performance. However the the 74 fuel crisis and economic crisis happened and so the fleet market did not size up, the market centre of gravity did not move to 1800 until over a decade later, ironically when Austin were having to cover the market with the 1600 Montego. This meant the Princess was caught in the market between the Cortina and Granada, too big and expensive to be a rep car and too slow and soft (note they did not offer a rev counter) to appeal as a management car.

[@splurjioaarmani3205]

My dad had a 1800 till about 77 then he bought a mk3 Cortina 2lt Gigi's kept that for a couple of years then back traded it on a princess he just never got on with the Cortina ride was shit and floaty was all over the road in winter no interior room and after 2 years it had rust so not just BL cars had this problem

[@DolleHengst]

0:49 Back seat drivers??

[@kevanmccaffrey8513]

My dad had a "Y" reg Ambassador " 🤣 i kid u not.. always a problem with it and was replaced with an inca yellow 💛 1850HL Triumph Dolomite"🇬🇧 he really liked that car.. i passed my test in it first time.. British car industry. Tragic 😥

[@mrspivvy]

oh, and can't help wondering how a Princess would go with a KV6 engine from a rover 75 fitted

[@mrspivvy]

I had a few of those over the years. not the nicest looking car but very pleasant and comfy to drive, seats like armchairs

[@michaelsadler7332]

Somebody has commented that there weren't electric windows fitted as standard. Even Granadas and Daimlers didn't. Dad had both.

[@augnkn93043]

Brown velour, cigarette lighters built in, vinyl roof, wedge shape. What more could you want?

[@augnkn93043]

Arthur No Sheds Jackson And it’s not just a pretty face!

[@kevinmanns7170]

A car.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

It really was a different world back then.

[@davek12]

@RoadCone411 I figured I'd be the only one who recognized that music. I'll admit that it made me laugh a lot in this context.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

My dad bought a new 1978 2.2 HL. It was not great tbh. He traded it in 2 yrs later for a Rover Sdi.

[@dcanmore]

@4.45 ... the theme to Superstars lol!

[@throthelens]

I never felt in complete control of the Princess, the guy throwing one around the bends in the clip had some balls. I preferred the Morris 1800 (Special Tuning version did well in rally's)

[@mrspivvy]

It's a shame the fuel crisis pretty much did for the P76 (and that more people didn't buy them, of course) quite a handsome looking car,especially the coupe

[@simonf8902]

If only the car was as good as the film

[@richiew1971]

That is a extra special machine

[@sl3839]

AA/RAC man: "Have you got the time?" 😂

[@NEWCASTLE.UNITED.]

A rest for the left foot, someone should tell dodge about this feature as i drive a dodge 4x4 (wasnt cheap) and it has no footrest.

[@scabbycatcat4202]

It turned into quite a nice car when it became the Ambassador which was a hatchback. Who on earth agreed to those back lights ? They looked ridiculous . A friend of mine had one of these and after 3 years it had a hole in the floor !!

[@cableguy786]

Have you got the time😁😁

[@R5R1225]

Yes!

[@orange70383]

Oh yes she drives a Wolseley, what else.

[@mickeydodds1]

The epitome of the mid 1970s!

[@matt8787fat]

What engines were available in the Princess?

[@eggy1962]

1800 cc B series. 2200 cc 6 cylinder, then later models had 1700 cc and 2000cc O series ( shit oil drinkers).