Back to Allegros, my old man had a 1750HL in that metallic blue. XRT801S.

Rapport Ritz! That’s it.

mercrocker wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 3:49 pm Wasn't that the Avon Acclaim? The arbiters of taste who brought us the XJ Series III estate car?

I think it was something like Rapport.

Wasn’t the Rio a Dolomite with leccy windows and a security gate for a grille? Someone did something equally as fun with an Accord I think. Even though the Accord already had electric everything

Thing is though, you could pull up next to a Ferrari 400i or a BMW 850csi (other cracking looking motors IMO) and hold your own. It is genuinely a lovely looking cruiser. I just think it needs more than a 3.0 six up front unless it was half a 512bb engine. I’m sure the sales volume would have paid t...

As are Sunny Estates.

Ok, I wasn’t there to Wobland Spottage this in person, but my Jag was. It lives next to the brown one in the chap’s Jay Leno style barn. Love these things - just wish they had a more exotic motor in them - they are just fancy pants Monzas and Royales at the end of the day aren’t they? 69ED6161-744D-...

I remember my first post University job car park well. The MD had a green Senator 3.0 CDX to waft around in. He was a fat fucker and filled it pretty comprehensively. He had a bit of an ego too and wanted an upgrade. The owners gave him a Merc E200 Classic - a financial upgrade. But it hardly moved ...

Sets itself very low standards and constantly fails to achieve them

Wow - it has 150bhp and 210 Nm. I bet that shifts - even with the roof mechanism, it can’t be that heavy.