Originally Posted by dojj
the dohc xr4i had a blue pin stripe in the bumpers to distingish it from everthign else, thats it, otherwise it was a ghia spec
with alloys
the spah and estate versions of the xr range were never called xr's, but ghia's
Sorry but the Sapphire and Estate 4x4s were never included in the XR programme and were just Ghia 4x4's and never had the different front seats or trim of the XR's. All Ghias had more chrome, different seats and the only thing shared with the V6 4x4 was the all round electric windows where the XR 4x4 2.0i was an option and the XR4i only got fronts like the GLS!
With the colour of the inserts for the body mouldings - certain colourways had a choice of black, blue or red and could be chosen at ordering time it was usually the alloys wheels that gave the clue to what engine was under the bonnet - but some used to pay the dealer to swap the alloys from the 2.0i for the V6 ones anyway so as you say difficult to say which 4x4 was the 'vee' or not!