ADO88 and LC8: engineering drawings
A fascinating find uncovered recently on the AR forums - engineering drawings of the ADO88 and LC8 projects...
The differences between the original car and the pre-launch facelift are clear to see - and the fact that these drawings of the ADO88 were produced at all clearly shows just how close to production it was...
Oh, and if you have images like this lurking in your collection and would like to share them, please get in touch...
ADO88 technical drawings
The design concept as it makes its way to customer clinic testing
The ADO88 so nearly made it into production - and would have been BL's bargain basement supermini campaigner. Until a last minute change of heart... As can be seen from these images, the engineering drawings were so detailed that it must have been weeks away from having the tooling built up.
We've seen plenty of images of the ADO88 elsewhere, and wonder who it would have fared against the opposition - would it have been more, or less, of a success than the LC8 Metro?
LC8 technical drawings
The facelifted ADO88, which emerged as the Metro, looks a much more substantial car for its revamp, but as can be seen from the images below (and above) although lots of sheet metal changes were required for the metamorphosis, the underpinnings were left pretty much untouched.
Was the Metro a better car? Let us know and have your say.
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