AUSTIN MAXI VS FORD CORTINA
Matt Bell on 24th April 2020
The Ford Cortina and the Austin Maxi were radically different creations but both would have been on the same shopping list in the mid-1970s. Which has survived the years as the better classic?
Austin Maxi
ANNIVERSARY MARKED AT BMC AND LEYLAND SHOW
Matt Bell on 4th June 2019
Key milestones are to be marked at the seventh annual BMC and Leyland Show, which will take place at the British Motor Museum on Sunday July 7.
PUFF THE MAGIC WAGON
Matt Bell on 4th April 2019
Classic car fans will most likely already know all about a very early 1969 Austin Maxi called Puff the Magic Wagon and its remarkable story. But for those who don’t, two of the all-female rally crew that started the gruelling 1970 London to Mexico World Cup in the car are planning to drive it to Mexico City in 2020.
PUFF THE MAGIC WAGON HAS SIGHTS SET ON MEXICO IN 2020
Glenn Rowswell on 10th August 2018
Puff The Magic Wagon, the Austin Maxi driven on the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally by an all-female team of Bronwyn Burrell, Tish Ozanne and Tina Kerridge, has been back on the rally trail with the two surviving members of that team since being bought by Bron in 2016...
MARKETING TRENDS – BRITISH LEYLAND AUSTINS
Glenn Rowswell on 5th February 2018
Once derided, never forgotten: the Austins associated with British Leyland have finally been afforded recognition in the market place...
RETRO ADS – AUSTIN MAXI
Glenn Rowswell on 19th June 2017
Published in September 1972, this 12-page brochure was designed to promote the latest Austin Maxi line-up, a three-car range that comprised the 1500, 1750 and 1750HL.
MAGIC MAXI RUNS AGAIN
Glenn Rowswell on 15th March 2017
An Austin Maxi rally car which took part in the 1970 World Cup Rally is to compete again with two of its original crew. Former ‘Miss Castrol’ Bronwen Burrell, got back behind the wheel during a January demonstration at the…