In 1997 the Rover 100 gave a poor performance in Euro NCAP crash tests, the only car tested at the time to receive a one star adult occupant rating, and facing a complete collapse of sales, BMW, owner of the Rover Group, withdrew the 100 from production. The Metro finally ceased production on 23 December 1997, and 2,078,218 Metros of all types were built over nearly 18 years. It was the end of the Metro, outlived by the Mini.
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Source Wikipedia: Austin MetroLead paragraph, Rover Grouptier 2Quote, Lead paragraph, Rover Group
produced from 1980 to 1997, first by British Leyland (BL) and later by its successor the Rover Group
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Longbridge was expanded in 1978 with a £200mn robotised body assembly line (known as the "New West Works") to enable it to produce the new model
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produced from 1980 to 1997, first by British Leyland (BL) and later by its successor the Rover Group
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1997, being outlived by three years by
Body style, hatchback: Rover 100 (Mk3; 1995)
The Metro is a supermini car, later a city car
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