Is this the most desperate advert in the history of motoring

[Twincam16]

Basically "The FSO. It's worse than an Austin Maestro."

[kambites]

Is it not a fairly common advertising approach? To say "our product is half the price of this other one but only slightly inferior"?

[v8will]

Love it. thanks for posting

Would a Maestro 1.3 even do 97mph??

[benjfrst]

they look like cars from different decades

[Rawwr]

It has everything from head-restraints to full carpeting!

[Twincam16]

Rawwr said:

It has everything from head-restraints to full carpeting!

The 'lap of luxury', apparently.

[ambuletz]

'everything from head restraints to full carpeting'

It always makes me chuckle when i read old car brochures.

my fiesta mk3.5 was special in that it had intermittent wipers and a headlight warning noise for when you open the drivers door. :O

[MarJay]

I like the way it says "[The FSO] is Miles behind on price". If it is cheaper shouldn't that be miles ahead on price?

[Zod]

benjfrst said:

they look like cars from different decades

That's because in reality they were - 60s Fiat and 80s Austin.

[911motorsport]

Rawwr said:

It has everything from head-restraints to full carpeting!

AND a laminated windscreen!!!

[Twincam16]

kambites said:

Is it not a fairly common advertising approach? To say "our product is half the price of this other one but only slightly inferior"?

Usually they'll find at least one thing the car's better at though - like the Nissans that are faster than Porsches, the Rover that was more luxurious than the VW and Renault you could've had for the same price, the Maestro Turbo that was faster than the Golf GTI etc.

[911motorsport]

Twincam16 said:

Rawwr said:

It has everything from head-restraints to full carpeting!

The 'lap of luxury', apparently.

What an awful gear lever position

[Papa Hotel]

Brilliant advert, an odd approach indeed!

[PMKeates]

911motorsport said:

What an awful gear lever position

Honda used the FSO as inspiration for the EP3 Type-R. FACT.

[911motorsport]

FSO as inspiration = oxymoron

[Rawwr]

Twincam16 said:

The 'lap of luxury', apparently.

Ooh, and comes with free scale model of a Dalek.

[ClaphamGT3]

They would have been better advised to advertise them as

"FSO - they make a really good field-car for farmer's kids"

I used to think they were great; miles better than the MkIII Cortina's, Vauxhall Viva's, Mini's, Simca's & Skoda's that I also had

[SlimRick]

Awesome - I've printed the advert and sent in the form. Couldn't see an expiry date on the ad for the price either

[new_bloke]

Love it! Short answer: "yes, it is worth the extra"

FSO - it's a little bit better than syphilis...

[Lakeland9]

My in-laws had a Maestro in the days when I was courting the current Mrs L. When I reached son-in-law in waiting status I was allowed to borrow it. God, it was crap. Understeered into corners and oversteered out of 'em. Flat vinyl seats that were like a sweaty ice rink to sit on. Steering and gears were as bad as each other.

The thought that there were cars out there at the time that were actually inferior ( What!!) to that POS only makes me grateful that my in-laws were so profligate with the shekels that they spent the extra to buy a Maestro!!