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Family Cars of the 1970s Paperback - 2012

by James Taylor

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The 1970s and 1980s were critical years for the British motor industry. A downward spiral in industrial relations led to crippling strikes; two major oil crises made thirsty older designs virtually unsaleable; and foreign manufacturers moved in with products that were affordable, reliable and available on demand.

Yet, by and large, British family motorists carried on buying British as long as they could. The average Briton was broadly content with what the domestic motor industry produced (though he might have grumbled a bit), and it certainly produced an array of cars which entered the public consciousness as symbols of their times. Names like Marina, Maestro, Montego, Cortina, Escort, Granada, Cavalier and, above all, Mini live on in popular memory. Looking back, we remember these humble workhorses with more fondness than we might expect.

James Taylor has been a motoring writer and historian for more than 30 years, and in this book he remembers this period with a mixture of affection and amusement, tempered with an honest appraisal of how good or bad these cars really were.

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  • Title Family Cars of the 1970s
  • Author James Taylor
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 64
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Shire Publications, London
  • Publication date 2012-10-23
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780747811497 / 0747811490
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.8 x 0.2 in (20.32 x 14.73 x 0.51 cm)
  • Category Automotive
  • Library of Congress subjects Automobiles - Great Britain - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012540420
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.222

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James Taylor is a world authority on the history of the old Rover company and the author or countless books on Rover, Land Rover and many other marques and models. He is currently the editor of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine. He has written The London Bus and Land Rover for Shire.

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