Editing Austin Allegro (section)

{{short description|Car manufactured 1973-1982}}
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{{Infobox automobile
| sp = uk
| image = Austin Allegro Registration ca 1975.jpg
| name = Austin Allegro
| manufacturer = [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] ([[British Leyland]])
| assembly = United Kingdom: [[Longbridge plant|Longbridge]], [[Birmingham]]<br />Belgium: [[Seneffe]]<br />New Zealand: [[Petone]] ([[New Zealand Motor Corporation|NZMC]])<br />Italy: [[Lambrate, Milan]] ([[Innocenti]])
| production = 1973–1982
| class = [[Small family car]] ([[C-segment|C]])
| layout = [[FF layout]]
| body_style = 2-door [[Sedan (automobile)|saloon]]<br />3-door [[station wagon|estate]]<br />4-door [[Sedan (automobile)|saloon]]
| engine = 1.0&nbsp;L ''[[BMC A-Series engine|A-Series]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]<br />1.1&nbsp;L ''[[BMC A-Series engine|A-Series]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]<br />1.3&nbsp;L ''[[BMC A-Series engine|A-Series]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]<br />1.5&nbsp;L ''[[BMC E-Series engine|E-Series]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]<br />1.7&nbsp;L ''[[BMC E-Series engine|E-Series]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]
| length = {{convert|152|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} (saloon),  {{convert|157.2|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} (estate)
| width = {{convert|63|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| height = {{convert|55|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|96|in|mm|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| weight = {{convert|1915|lb|kg|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} (approx)
| predecessor = [[BMC ADO16|Austin 1100/1300]]
| successor = [[Austin Maestro]] (Hatchback)<br />[[Austin Montego]] (Saloon)
| designer = [[Harris Mann]]
| aka = {{Unbulleted list|Vanden Plas 1500 / 1.5 or 1.7 <ref name=vpoc>[http://www.vpoc.info/1500.html The Vanden Plas Owners Club] Retrieved on 18 February 2013</ref>|Innocenti Regent}}
}}
The '''Austin Allegro''' is a [[C-segment|small family car]] that was manufactured by the Austin-Morris division of [[British Leyland]] (BL) from 1973 until 1982. The same vehicle was built in Italy by [[Innocenti]] between 1974 and 1975 and sold as the '''Innocenti Regent'''. The Allegro<ref>Sales hopes pinned on new Austin Allegro. ''The Times'', Thursday, 17 May 1973; pg. 1; Issue 58784</ref> was designed as a replacement for the [[BMC ADO16|Austin 1100 and 1300 models]]. In total, 642,350 Austin Allegros were produced during its 10-year production life, most of which were sold on the home market, less than a third of 2.1 million 1100s and 1300s sold in the previous 11 years.

It was built and sold by British Leyland alongside the hatchback [[Austin Maxi]] (launched in 1969) and the 1971 rear-wheel-drive [[Morris Marina]]. All three were eventually replaced by the [[Austin Maestro]] in 1983.