 Models that were finished in the then fashionable brown colour were given an even ruder nickname.With the Allegro, the makers avoided the full extent of badge engineering that had defined the marketing of its predecessor, which was mostly sold as an Austin although it was sold under almost all of the brands which BMC/BL owned, but they nevertheless introduced in September 1974 an upmarket Allegro, branded as the Vanden Plas 1500/automatic.This featured a prominent grille at the front and an interior enhanced by a range of modifications designed to attract traditionally inclined customers, including