It was pretty much the very end of May 2001 when it went official I think. I started at MGR at the end of April 2001 and one of my very first jobs was to go to Millbrook and take the rear seats there for a seat strength and seat belt anchorage test in the first few weeks of May.
It was really close as the first few bodyshells were due to hit the real production line assembly literally 15 mintues after the end of the test so they were desperate to make sure that the seats passed their strength test..... which they did.
The first ones were registered early in 2001 I believe as these were pre production development cars with very early development cars the year before I believe. An early July 2001 car will be fantastic with regards parts quality and will not have gone through the project DRIVE fiasco.
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