The best car of the 1970s, notably famous TV personality Jeremy Clarkson being it's biggest fan. The Morris Marina, manufactured by British Leyland between 1971 and 1980 had a rather contraversial history, associated with poor build and drive quality, corrosion and 'interesting' worker relations, nontheless it was one of BLs most popular car's, surpassed only by the iconic mini and the slightly less iconic mini metro.