Drive it day at Cowley celebrating 40 years of the Montego

Tomorrow is national drive it day and Oxford petrol heads will be celebrating the 40 year anniversary of the Montego produced between 1984 and 1994.

The mini plant in Cowley where the Montego's were built will be opening it's doors to the visitor centre for car fans across the nation tomorrow.

Only about 500 roadworthy Montego's remain and Tanya Field is one of those proud owners, speaking about the event and the Montego Tanya said:

"A lot of people are quite rude about Montego's and will call them things like wont go's and the AA used to joke they'd renamed the hard shoulder Montego bay, but I love them.

"I've always liked cars built at Cowley since I was a child, I've always lived in Oxfordshire and it's our home plant."

"I'm really proud that we've been making cars for 111 years."

"It's a real sense of pride and it's worth celebrating our history and what we're doing currently."

For those interested in attending, Tanya hinted there may be some cake at 1 o'clock and glasses will be raised in celebration for the 570,000 Montego's built at Cowley over a decade.

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