Selling rag tops to the Yanks is akin to flogging refrigerators to Eskimos, as Austin discovered in the 1950s with Tucker-like Atlantic, reports DAVID BURRELL.
Everyone knows the Ford Model T, but spare a thought for its British counterpart the Austin 7 which is celebrating its 100th birthday, says DAVID BURRELL.
Tried as they might BMC Australia could not entice punters to part with their hard-earned money for the Austin Freeway and three years later it was gone, reports DAVID BURRELL.