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Pick-up a Morris Marina today - Will's Roadtransport Revival

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Here it is - quite possibly the world's worst pickup truck and a definite contender for the World's Crappest CV award - the Morris Marina.
I feel so sorry for the poor sod who had to write the spiel for this sales brochure. I mean how can you possibly make a Morris Marina sound sexy?
"We've put all the instruments in a single binnacle where they are easy to find and read"
"We've included knit-backed vinyl seats that you find in our saloon cars."
"The styling includes flush-fitting external door handles....that are not only attractive, but sensible and safe" - incredibly these were to survive well into the 1990s on the Land Rover Discovery.
Check out the list of standard features too, which make the Mazda B1800 sound like a palace in comparison: Driver's seat and floor mat, driver's sun visor, speedometer with distance recorder and chromium plated hubcaps.
However you have to hand it to BL for featuring this photograph in the sales literature - as it is definitely the Marina's best side.

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