I'm sure for our regular readers who spotted my byline here, this isn't really a difficult question. Yes, under that 1980 Austin Allegro body beats the air-cooled heart of an old Volkswagen Beetle.

If you're an American and you remember the Austin Allegro at all, it's probably because Jeremy Clarkson once famously decreed that it was marginally better than the Morris Marina. That's despite the ...

Millions were spent on the Austin Allegro's development and the resulting car offered a wide choice of engines, a smooth ride, safe handling and ease of servicing. Credit: Photo: ALAMY "It's a car ...

Its name may have been a moniker for “fast, cheerful and lively,” but the award is not as exciting. It has been declared “Britain’s Worst Car” in an online poll conducted bythe digital motoring ...

Was there ever a car more reviled than the Austin Allegro? Perhaps its contemporary, the Marina, was just as unloved, but if there’s one machine that you’re guaranteed to see in any list of crap cars, ...

Its bloated looks, poor build quality and reputation for unreliability saw the Austin Allegro nicknamed the 'flying pig' and the 'all agro'. But as far as Isobel Billingsley is concerned, there is no ...

Compile a list of 10 British motoring icons, and Sir Stirling Moss would undoubtedly top it - but nestling somewhere in the middle among the Aston Martins, Jaguars and F1 drivers, you would probably ...