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LEYLAND P76 1973-74
Unique Cars
|Issue 501
NO CAR in Australian automotive history was launched with such high expectations and disappeared in such ignominy.
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The P76 was almost a parody of the Great Australian Family Car. It was long and wide, with a huge boot. Notionally it would be powered by a traditional six-cylinder engine, but that engine was dwarfed by an under-bonnet area so cavernous it obliged people buying a P76 to more often than not choose a V8.
While that V8 was an outstanding power unit, it was strangled by a tiny two-barrel carburettor and single exhaust limiting performance, while doing nothing to improve fuel economy.
Three trim levels – Deluxe, Super and Executive – were initially offered and all were available with the 4.4-litre V8. All but the Executive could be optioned with the manual transmission, helping to liberate some of the bigger engine’s performance.
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