Classic british Cars - Made In Coventry

[CooperD]

Just a heads up. There's a programme on BBC4 tomorrow night at 9pm about cars that were made in Coventry. It's presented by Mark Evans and includes marques such as Riley, Triumph and Jaguar.

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CooperD said:

Just a heads up. There's a programme on BBC4 tomorrow night at 9pm about cars that were made in Coventry. It's presented by Mark Evans and includes marques such as Riley, Triumph and Jaguar.

Thx I'll take a look.

[moffspeed]

I thought it was pretty good but a bit haphazard with constant jumping between the various marques. I like Mark Evans as a presenter, not in-your-face like so many others.

One observation - when works Rootes driver Rosemary Smith was featured she started and finished a rally stage in her familiar Imp, but mid-stage she appeared to be driving a Renault 8 Gordini - odd that.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed that.

[mbwoy84]

moffspeed said:

I thought it was pretty good but a bit haphazard with constant jumping between the various marques. I like Mark Evans as a presenter, not in-your-face like so many others.

One observation - when works Rootes driver Rosemary Smith was featured she started and finished a rally stage in her familiar Imp, but mid-stage she appeared to be driving a Renault 8 Gordini - odd that.

I did spot that the one aerial shot was showing a Renault

[NMNeil]

There's loads of original films available from British Pathe, such as;
https://www.youtube.com/c/britishpathe/search?quer...
My favourites are the engineering ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieF3d_YBUh4

[williamp]

Yes I enjoyed it. Its amazing how much Coventry did to the UK car industry. And they still build the Taxis there, so manufacturing continues.