« Reply #40 on: 22 June 2018, 16:17 »
There’s no getting away from what a compelling package the GTD was until Diesel went out of favour overnight
Before the world suddenly decided Diesel was evil again the GTD pretty much had it all.
Looks
Handling
Real world performance
Satisfying power delivery
Economy
Well equipped
Great resale values making them affordable to acquire and run for both private and company car drivers
From an enthusiast perspective you also had the S&S pack and an incredibly easy engine to tune.
A lot of car ‘enthusiasts’ get sniffy about Diesels because some curly haired TV presenter loves to preach his views as gospel but I’ve been in some damned quick Diesel cars in my time and have a big soft spot for them.
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