It's very low on that side and very high. This was the first car in the world to obscure its wiper spindles under the bonnet.
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Most interesting car they ever made and most radical and most modern.īrown was a '70s colour. James, we're trying to prove that British Leyland occasionally made good cars. Your Dolly Sprint was the hot hatchback of its day. 'Cause these had central-locking electric windows.ĭidn't people used to get trapped in them and killed? Little known fact about the Rover SD1 is that it was longer on one side, because it was not very well made, than it was on the other. I talked Richard through the Rover's little foibles. So you've gone over? Because it's a classic! So how much did you pay of your own money? The only thing is they forgot to sand it. With no one behind the wheel, it must be Hammond.Īnd it's a Dolly Sprint! What do you think?įirst ever production car to have 16 valves, four per cylinder.Īnd the first British saloon car to have alloy wheels as standard. Uh, but as a result of these small, niggly little faults, I was able to get this bucket of magnificence for just 1,100 of my pounds. It's got cruise control that doesn't work, an electric sunshine roof that doesn't work. It's got a stereo radio/cassette that doesn't work. This particular model has the 3.5 litre V8 engine and inside, you will find plum-coloured vulgalour upholstery.
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It's a Rover SD1, styled to look like a Ferrari Daytona. We were told to meet up at the Warwick Services on the M40 and Jeremy was first to arrive. They gave us each £1,200 of our own money. There was a really big argument, which ended up with the people in the office saying to us, "If you think BL made a decent car, you go out and buy one." "and quite a lot of bits fell off," but, even so, we insisted that some of the designs were quite clever. We thought it would be a brilliant idea to celebrate this automotive milestone, but unfortunately the producers of Top Gear said there was nothing to celebrate because BL was a miserable disaster and everything they ever made was rubbish.Īnd we said, "Sure, the cars weren't terribly well built Meanwhile, next year sees the 40th anniversary of the formation of British Leyland. Tonight, in a well-balanced show, James gets egg on his face, Richard runs himself over, and I powerslide the new Aston Martin DBS.