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1980 in motoring deals with developments in the automotive industry that occurred in 1980, listed by country. The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells motor vehicles. ==United Kingdom== British Leyland introduced the Austin Metro, a compact three-door hatchback which was sold alongside the Mini and was powered by the 1.0 and 1.3 petrol engines that were familiar in other BL products. The Metro took five years and cost hundreds of millions of pounds to develop, and left BL without enough money for any more immediate all-new cars. So the nine-year-old Morris Marina was restyled to become the Morris Ital. The launch of the Metro saw cutbacks of BL's Mini and Allegro ranges. Ford's Escort was moved into front-wheel drive hatchback format after 13 years as a rear-wheel drive saloon. As before, there was also an estate version available. The engine line-up featured Fords new CVH Engine in 1.3 and 1.6 form. The 1.1 Valencia OHV Engine from the Fiesta was also available. A performance version of the car called XR3 with a twin choke version of the 1.6 CVH Engine was Fords challenger to the VW Golf GTi. The new Escort won the European Car of the Year award for 1981. At the beginning of 1980, Vauxhall began sales of its all-new Astra front-wheel drive hatchback and saloon, which was launched in the UK before the end of 1979 as the German-built Opel Kadett. It replaced the Viva. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1980 in motoring」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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