This is excellent from 1984

[Jeff Turbo]

Shamelessly knabbed of AROnLine
Montego heaven on Top Gear 1984

http://www.aronline.co.uk/montegotopgearf.htm

[G51 NAV]

Very nice, what I saw of it. I can't get it to stream past 8 minutes or so.
How times have changed eh?
Bit nit-picky though to complain about the seat catch! It's not exactly difficult to pull the catch with one hand and push the back of the seat with the other.
How long did they fit the spare wheel strap for? Did it remain to the end of production or was it quietly culled at some point to save a few pence?

[Jonathan]

For the next person to complain about random spurious warnings from a voice equipped car:

Reporter: "What about reliability? I've experienced a fault on the voice synthesizer saying something was wrong when it wasn't on a car today."

Musgrove: "I would be delighted if the information system told the driver to check something, but then we found there was nothing wrong. The driver had the benefit of being advised that possibly something could've gone wrong."

[Austin-Rover]

How long did they fit the spare wheel strap for? Did it remain to the end of production or was it quietly culled at some point to save a few pence?

For the production life of the car from what I have seen. When set up correctly, it really is as easy as demonstrated in that clip.

[BIGDAVE]

a very interesting programm i wish top gear returned to the same format as yesteryear.instead of the circus which is broadcast today with the three clowns

[The Professor]

How long did they fit the spare wheel strap for? Did it remain to the end of production or was it quietly culled at some point to save a few pence?

I may be wrong but i assumed it remained throughout the full production run.
I thought the Maestro would have had one as well?
My Sterling has the same system.

[G51 NAV]

I thought the Maestro would have had one as well?

No. Maestros didn't get several of the toys Montegos got, no matter which variant you bought.

[Guest]

My Vanden Plas had this and so did my MG Montego and im fairly sure our old 1.6L had this G238HOF