This retro photo gallery is sure to bring back many happy memories for drivers who owned these vehicles during the 70s - and perhaps a few less pleasant ones for owners of a certain ‘lemon’ which had an unfavourable reputation despite selling in the hundreds of thousands.
The Morris Marina, Mini and Vauxhall Viva are among the models pictured, some of which remain popular with classic car lovers today.
Some of the vehicles are shown with the stars of the day driving or posing beside them, including a young Noel Edmonds leaning against his Ford Capri, footballer Jimmy Greaves with his Ford Escort, and the actress Hildegarde Neil on the bonnet of an Austin Allegro.
Two of these cars were million-plus sellers during the 1970s, according to figures compiled by the breakdown provider Start Rescue based on vehicle registrations between 1970 and 1979. For more details on the breakdown cover, visit startrescue.co.uk.
Pictured below are the nine best-selling cars of the 1970s in the UK, in reverse order.
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9. Ford Cortina
The Ford Cortina was the best-selling car of the 1970s, with 1,412,102 registered, according to startrescue.co.uk. The Mark III Cortina, produced between 1970 and 1976, was the first to sport the in vogue 'coke bottle' design stylistic. The model's name was reportedly taken from the Italian ski resort Cortina d'Ampezzo, which hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. Pictured here is a Ford Cortina Mark II on the street in August 1973. | Evening Standard/Getty Images Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images