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 ...

Do you think some of the nonsensical and gnat IQ business moves American automakers have made in the last 25 years hurt your brain? Well, we hope you have some aspirin handy. Why? Because the British ...

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, ...