I'll have some of what he's been smoking! Still, he got the second half of the headline bang on.
No part of that car was great. It was a bean counting exercise of using up things from the parts bin.
The A series engine was way too gutless for the car, the B series suitable only for agricultural use. The O series was just about acceptable but only went in the last few Marinas and the shItal.
The transmission and final drive were woefully inadequate even for the gutless engines in use. The suspension from the Minor was only just post-war in design and, in a car much heavier that originally intended, performed exactly as would be expected.
Styling wise, they tried to complete with the Cortina, Escort and Capri in a single model which failed to hit the spot on all counts, hence why the former have become sought after classics and the Marina has found its true vocation in life in being used to protect the ground from falling pianos.