Above shows an early design sketch for the steering wheel on the original car. Right shows a line up at Plymouth in 1989 at the launch.

Right shows G469WAC at the rear on Dartmoor in 1989 following a similar car. Press and dealers were driving the cars about to get the feel of the new product. The cars were taken at the end of each day to Plymouth bus garage where a mini production line cleaned and repaired the cars for the following days press to enjoy.

The new 200 Tdi engine (Gemini) proved to be the most popular drive and most of the Tdi cars came in very striking new metallic paint finishes such as Arken Grey, Marseilles Blue and Foxfire Red amongst others. Some cars had electric packs, twin sunroofs, seven seats and air conditioning whilst others were basic specification. Extras such as bull bars, driving lamps and side steps were also fitted to some cars to demonstrate some early options available. No alloy wheels had been developed yet for the model but these soon followed in January 1990.