New small and family cars

[coppice]

True - but it is probably faster than a Cooper S , GT6 , TR4 , and possibly Sunbeam Tiger or MGC , grips better and uses a third the fuel. Like yourself , unless you have actually driven the awful garbage of back in the day it's difficult to comprehend how ghastly they were . Had to smile at a recent Pistonheads thread where perfectly fit for purpose cars like Astras were described as appallingly bad, dangerously slow and plagued by huge understeer - try an Austin Cambridge Estate with a tired B series and running on remoulds and I will show you bad my friend .....