Once a common sight, the Austin Maestro came out of a troublesome era in British motor manufacturing.It was fairly popular, thanks to low running costs and competitive pricing although it never matched to Ford Escort or Vauxhall Astra in numbers.It aged quickly and most have been scrapped although some remain with their prefix car number plates. Amazingly,despite becoming more and more unpopular throughout the 80s,you could buy a new one in England as late as 1999.Eventually, tooling and production rights were bought by a Chinese company who eventually decided it’d be a great idea to graft the front end of a Montega onto a Maestro, resulting in the hideous FAW Lubao CA6410,or the ‘Monstro,’ as enthusiasts call it.
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