S1.5 and 2 Differences
Discussion
You're probably right.
We pretend that there were discrete models with a few variations, but I think the reality is there was a steady stream of cars produced over the years with varying specs, some similar, some not, and the model numbers we use just group together the cars that seem kinda similar.
We pretend that there were discrete models with a few variations, but I think the reality is there was a steady stream of cars produced over the years with varying specs, some similar, some not, and the model numbers we use just group together the cars that seem kinda similar.
I think that's pretty much the case.
The S2 was the successor to the S1, with whatever bits they had lying around the factory being used on units produced during the transition between versions.
This is why there's a bit of a mixed bag of parts fitted to the late F / early G plated cars.
The S2 was the successor to the S1, with whatever bits they had lying around the factory being used on units produced during the transition between versions.
This is why there's a bit of a mixed bag of parts fitted to the late F / early G plated cars.
There is no S1.5. It's just something someone came up with to try and describe a car built around 1989. There was no clean break between S1 and S2, so quite a few cars have a mix of bits. Mine, for example, looks like an S2 and has S2 geometry on the rear suspension, only it has wind-up windows and a 2.8 V6. You also find 2.9 cars with S1 wheels and so on.
I'd say if you've got a 2.8, it's an S1. If it's 2.9, it's S2. If we're having little variations on a theme, we'd need to have some for S2.5 models too, where you've got the longer doors but the earlier bonnet, and crap wing mirrors.
I'd say if you've got a 2.8, it's an S1. If it's 2.9, it's S2. If we're having little variations on a theme, we'd need to have some for S2.5 models too, where you've got the longer doors but the earlier bonnet, and crap wing mirrors.
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