Originally Posted by Tee from China
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!
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you ain't making sense there mr
the dohc xr4i had blue stripes in the bumpers and side trim, that's all there was to differentiate it from the ghia other than the alloys
other wise it was all ghia inside including 4 leccy windows and aws in the centre console
same with the saphs and the estate, they were badged ghia's but had basicly the same top of the line set up as the xr's but without the names
the ghia 4x4's had ghia alloys and the xr 4x4's had the xr alloys up until a point, but there was never a 2.0 alloy and a 2.9 alloy, and when they went to the 92 spec cars, they all got the same 15 inch alloys across the range no matter the body style
also, there were 3 xr4x4 estates registered so they were inculded in the range
unles you are on about the early 2.8 ghia estate, which were much more plush than the xr's of that era