Ford dont do a 150bhp engine thats mega tunable, can be bought for 200 quid, runs lamda and is tough as old boots that is a real competitor to the XE in my books, thats the only reason i would "vauxhalise" it as a daily runner, i dont particuarly like vuaxhall cars, just the XE engines really.
Be interesting to see what this replica goes for, it may still be mine yet if its cheap enough