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The spirit of GRAN wHSI t_u R . 1 s lives on! ® part IV — coach building llglto Before the days of the motor car, the privately th* Altaic certainly not half worn (after 3,000 miles) and 20mpg > owned coach was very much a reflection of both inCGrsssiaa, meyapdnese oivivy can easi iy |, e attained with care. But what do a few ; the taste and wealth of the owner, as well as the German car s paint isnisn, nas equally small drops of petrol, more or less, matter to the proud owner ; skills of the builder. In fact, it’s worth noting that, S * i w,t " of a car like this? ... it moves with might and majesty < in 1762, George Ill’s State Coach cost /7,652, of BMW. Modern Motor, dune iHob along the King’s Highway at the slightest touch of ' which a staggering £2,500 was paid to the carver of until the 1900’s the technique of coach building the accelerator pedal . . .”) • ornamentation. was very much as it always had been — whether Today, when “. . . a few drops of petrol” do ; ——■ — — the vehicle was literally horse powered, or whether matter, owners of the Cressida GLX 2.8 i will be it was powered by an internal combustion engine, delighted to find a micro computer to maximise the principles remained the same — steel or ash engine performance and minimise fuel consumption JT j wood chassis with the body bolted to it. Then, in — by the flick of a switch on the automatic shift, yff. the first years of the twentieth century, the twin you can also select the operating mode of the rtrjl cylinder Lanchester car came along — here, for the transmission from Economy, Power or Normal. And \ I f’ rst t* lll6 ’ was a vehicle where body and mechanics now it is possible to move “with might and A were considered as a single entity; its frame was of majesty” without touching the accelerator pedal — -• pressed steel which provided all the strength the Cressida GLX 2.8 i features Cruise Control which, J required, with far less weight. if you wish it to, automatically holds the car at a FF I Fz Power to weight ratios have been an issue ever pre-set speed up hill and down dale. .. — , since and are just one of the factors which allow ......... t h e Cressida to perform as well as it does — the ‘t. . the Cressida can compete in terms of ride, ; Two hundred and twenty four years later, the all new designers of the Lanchester would have stared wide- comfort and performance With Cats IWfee its price, Cressida GLX 2.8 i continues the tradition, reflecting eyed at the Cressida streaking from 0-100km/h in and at least equal them in build quality, finish and , as it does, both the taste of the owner as well as the just under 11 seconds. And the inevitable look luxury appointments .. ” Modem Motor, May 1986. ; skills of the builder. Whilst the proud owner of the under the bonnet would have just about made their , h Thirties □ further milpcrnne in the new Cressida will not find any carved eyes pop out of their heads - electronic fuel histoo wL pLsed, wiS ‘ ornamentation (!) he will find unabashed luxury, injection, twin overhead cams and a computer to th/new Rin _ this rem-irknhk- front wheel both externally as well as internally - breathe long monitor, self diagnose and adjust engine dJive veh7cieX?gned by SXn Buehrfg iad the smell of real leather in those deeply cushioned performance constantly for top fuel efficiency and sweeping mudguards, retractable head lights, which buttoned seats and enjoy the unmistakable warm performance - impressive to say the least! coult f bc % oun S d in and out of thc wings by hand, springiness of cut pile, colour toned carpet. But,getting back to the Lanchester, it was still and no run ning board. The fascia panel had aircraft Again looking at the heritage of coach building, only a step or so away from the traditional t yp e instruments with indirect green lighting — the very first car bodies had to be beautifully built horsedrawn carriage — major steps forward in the extremely radical for the time but, in fact, they to withstand the stresses and strains from roads history of coach building came with the Golden were just that, aircraft instruments, bought in a job which, till then, had only to cope with people on Age of Gran Turismo. The Twenties and Thirties i o j ( O keep down the price of the par! foot, horses, and the occasional coach and four. were an era when the wealthy were able to indulge Tbe owner o f tbe new cressida GLX 2 8i will be By the turn of the Century, as engines became less themselves in a new type of vehicle — one delighted to hear that no such economies have been noisy, squeaks and sounds from bodywork became performance-bred on the race track, but with every made to his dash, featuring as it does a complete even more apparent. Sound proofing hadn’t really refinement of comfort and luxury befitting this new digital readout which graphically monitors and been considered then, and if you wanted a quieter breed of motorist. Money was of no consequence in displays the vehicle’s operating conditions. To his vehicle, the solution was to buy an electric car or developing the ultimate Gran Turismo car — some j eft the driver will a j so find contro i s for the aireven a “steamer”. models of Htspano-Suiza, for instance, had bodies conditioning as well as those for a very sophisticated Precision i„ coach building is very eviden, in .he Ifc mS.SSr' radi ° P w,,h Cressida and very necessary in a car capable of Grosvenor-bodied 30/98 Vauxhall E-tvoe of 1921 There's a lot more to tell you about the new speeds up to 185kmfo - performance and handling conventional fo polished Iluminium, but Cressida GLX 2.8 i and its proud Gran Turismo characteristics which Modern Motor magazine has . _ e ie e ant (An owner recalls “The tvres are heritage, but the very best person to tell you is your compared to that of the BMW 525 e. ,ust as e,e B ant - l An owner recalls •• 1 ne r y rcs are Cable-Price Toyota dealer - Call in and see him today. 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