In the early 1990s Lotus was in a bad financial way just like Lamborghini. ... When you're in an Austin Allegro that'll be lucky to get to 100 miles an hour? ... "This is my steering wheel.

Needless to say, there is a vast number of Austin Allegro fans out there who will swear by the vinyl interior, pointing out that the “Quartic” steering wheel was indeed kinder to one’s knees ...

And then there’s that Quartic steering wheel, which many people assume was fitted throughout Allegro production. In reality it lasted just 18 months before it was replaced by a more conventional ...

It came as no surprise the Austin Allegro has been voted world's worst car. They were banned from the Blackwall tunnel as dangerous to tow, because their shells would bend and back windscreens pop ...