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Originally Posted by Sonic ZS
I realised the other day that when 'launch cars' are mentioned, we always talk about the Wedgewood blue V6's Connoisseurs with the Neptune interior & loaded with all the extras.
Now, not everyone will know this, but there was also a second, lower spec example to show perspective customers...
Working at a main dealer (Dales at Redruth) when the 75 was launched, I'd forgotten but most garages were also given a 1.8 Club in Atlantic blue with Sandstone cloth interior. I don't remember it having any extras so was a standard spec car, designed to show what you could get if your budget wouldn't stretch to a more premium version 
Do any of these examples still exist ? They would certainly be deemed less desirable than the full spec V6 launch cars, and possibly more will have been scrapped due to the common 4-cylinder head gasket failure.
They'd likely be on a T or V registration and could well have been initially registered to a dealer (as a demonstrator). Any remaining examples will certainly be low chassis numbers.
A very important piece of 75 history - do you own one....??? |
I know the spec you mean they are the forgotten launch car, they were 1.8 club models but fitted with front fog lights, headlamp washers, heated front seats, electric rear blind and volume alarm, these spec cars were all atlantic blue and most dealers taxed them as there demo due to being a lot cheaper, a friend of mine still has his 1.8 club launch car