Leyland Princess Advert: Dont be a Sheep

Leyland Princess Advert: Dont be a Sheep

[@AntonHu]

To be fair, the Princess suspension really soaked up the bumps. Didn't handle badly for a big car of its time either.

[@georgefiddler1742]

the man who got his ruler out and made them lines was a genius!

[@unfinishedtelevision8080]

All the other cars go off road at the end too thus showing that it was the driver's presence of mind not the car itself that gave him the advantage.

[@kirbyyasha]

As proven by James May, this car is one of the most reliable British Leyland cars made. Also, it looks amazing, I wish I could get one here in the states.

[@johnb.9806]

John Cleese tried that in an Austin 1100 and had to be pulled out of the mud by a tractor.

[@bcfairlie1]

An underrated car. Fun to drive

[@greatbritannialine]

Anyone who wants the awesome 70s music, its called Ergon by Brian Bennet cool advert, always loved the Princess

[@hermanmunster3358]

I'll pass, thanks.

[@greatbritannialine]

@@hermanmunster3358 Ouch

[@cambs0181]

The rich man's marina, or the poor man's rover!

[@Plews]

German advert, British registered Princess, but left hand drive! Weird

[@GreatBarrWolf]

That Moustache is brutal @ 0.04.

[@ahassen1236]

BL stills thanks to this day the guy that left the gate open at the other end to making possible this commercial

[@Haffschlappe]

The Quality of BL cars were as good as Peugeot, Fiat, Renault and even BMW of the 70s....

[@hermanmunster3358]

True enough, however the original drawings seldom made it to the production models, due to the interference of bean counters. So what were initially, exciting cutting edge designs, often turned out to become lumbering loppy dogs, manufactured with sub standard materials. We should have been better, MUCH better!

[@mustsilm]

This commercial is very ironic.

[@trenomanis]

Ένα εξαιρετικό αυτοκίνητο...

[@MasterBattle2000]

@mikeluscher159 yeah that sort of charm they may be badly built but they have their moments when their perfect

[@matt8787fat]

I want a Princess.

[@mrmoralman1]

Careful you fool! That grass could have cut through the chassis

[@ChromeDrifter71]

Bet the front suspension & steering rack needed replacing after that little jaunt...

[@bored1980]

@MasterBattle2000 Absolutely correct on both accounts!

[@maurycys1234]

what soundtrack in 0.22 to 0.50

[@TomoyukiWatanabe]

hahaha!! How what do to do??．．．

[@mikeluscher159]

@MasterBattle2000 this is true

[@MrAdrianflood]

think iv only seen one princess on the road today i wander how the fuck the owner got the parts after all bl are long gone im just glad i haven seen a morris marina or a allegro

[@gravydavy4188]

@@TomAlter1000 He's another sheep, he's glad he's never seen a Marina or Allegro, he knows to slag them off though he knows nothing about them.

[@L_U-K_E]

😳

[@m00nshine2004]

They cut the end...'ist ein bag of schise'

[@mtpylkka11]

BL cars were absolutely terrible, all of them. I'm glad it's over.

[@keithmartin1328]

Which German car buyer (West German at the time) would walk past the VW, Opel, BMW and Mercedes showrooms?

[@Harrylechat01]

Ah yes, the famous Austin Princess off-roader. Actually though a friend's dad had one as a company car and we were pretty jealous at the time.

[@lauribricker9439]

Leyland (Morris) Marina, everybody's favorite company car. Usually company cars are bare-bones versions of four-door sedans because of lower costs. Especially company cars that are issued to public sector employees for business purposes only, through their fleet management departments (with fleet management policy manuals, paperwork and audits to go along with them).

[@garydunn3037]

We used to sell these back in the 1970's and although we never had any complaints about reliability and so on. I just did not like the styling, it may have been called a Princess, but it certainly wasn't beautiful. Back then, not many BL and Austin/Morris cars were very good in the styling department. Come to think of it, the cars from Ford and Vauxhall were not much better.

[@SteveInScotland]

Someone in our village got one through work, I’m sure it was maroon or dark green. It drew a crowd, it just looked so different back then. Few jokes about it being a wedge or a tyre chock for Concorde, lol

[@Londonfogey]

I bet the farmer wasn't too happy. Or was it EU 'set aside' land he was driving over?

[@Channel205UK]

Nice they went in to the detail of actually using left hand drive cars for the international advert, even on UK plates:-)

[@soylentgreennewdealtimeshare]

Don't be a sheep. Buy a factory-fresh heap.

[@JBofBrisbane]

"The Leyland Princess - WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!"

[@Glenn1967ful]

They came good later on but early Princesses had bad issues with driveshafts and gearboxes and the workforce was often on strike. I doubt many middle management Germans traded in their Audi 100s, Opel Rekords and BMW 5 series for a Princess.

[@DeLorean4]

I wish my car were able to overtake a tractor like the Austin Princess does.

[@MasterBattle2000]

BL car were always terrible but they had some charm to them that modern cars just don't and never will.

[@hermanmunster3358]

Ah the pungent aroma of vinyl seats on a hot summer day, with no air con to cool your temper in the many traffic jams that we would invariably encounter on our journey to our holiday destination. I remember dad having to cover the seats with blankets, to stop yourself getting third degree burns from the almost melting seats. Ah yes, the charm of 70's motoring!

[@EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME]

if you did that nowadays you would be sued by the landowner

[@arcanum3010]

Thanks for the music info,I think it was once used in The Sweeney

[@mikeluscher159]

@MasterBattle2000 u mean the same charm as an alpha romeo right?

[@Coolswag2763]

"After ford cortina end in 1982" Leyland:Time to put princess efec

[@youfube-]

Shortly after the Princess stalled and the entire convoy was forced to stop completely.

[@newforestroadwarrior]

Oddly the DVLA says that registration was on an Alfa Romeo, untaxed since 1984.

[@hermanmunster3358]

They dropped a Princess shell on top of an Alfasud, as they had to get the ad made to generate interest before putting it into production.

[@ChromeDrifter71]

@marklandynut I stand corrected...

[@simonf8902]

Love the BL ads

[@jarama64]

Moggy!!!!!

[@jarama64]

Morrie!!!

[@TheDarkPhoenix23]

Ironically, that car would have probably self destructed once it hit the field. I should know, I have a BL era Jaguar!

[@GrotrianSeiler]

How is it possible that such an ugly car ever got made?

[@markrl75]

It wasn't quite as ugly as the Allegro. I think the designer Harris Mann was secretly working for Volkswagen.

[@jamie7056]

markrl75 Harris Mann couldn’t design a paper bag.He was responsible for the Triumph TR7 as well.Shocking really.

[@MarquisRex]

No way! My E21 323i was super quality compared to BL stuff!