And what a dogs dinner it was. My dad had one and It rusted within 12 months. When bought it had no under seal, that was something you'd pay extra for at a later date.

No heated rear winscreen. It's hydragas suspension which was revolutionary would leak and would require pumping up like air in a tyre. The clutch had 2 new cables in 6 months and all the car doors would sometimes wouldnt lock. One day they didn't lock and the car got nicked cus they were so easy to steal.

It was built to replace the MINI but how bad the mini was the metro I felt was worst so they continued with the MINI. it could have been a world beater but was let down by cr8p build quality like most of the British car industry

It was Better than the Allegro though, whose rear window would sometimes drop out on a hot day due to expansion.. Did anyone else have one of these Metros or even perhaps another one of those hapless British cars from the 70s/80s?