She stuffed it into the back of a brand new Audi TT in Barnard Castle while farting about with her phone I seem to remember. The guy that bought it was a Warrant Officer in the Army and he donated it to the squaddies to work on and fiddle with. I think she only did it so she could get the two litre V6 version. 
Had the saloon model, easy engine swap to all alloy favorit eng which took you from 46bhp to 67bhp, just inlet manifold ex and carb to change plus flywheel ring gear and remove one bell housing stud.
Never knew Richard stillgoe was into sodas.... ;-)
My employer took me to kirkistown co down here to watch a soda race in formula 3 i think, skoda lapped all the other cars, think it was a english man racing it, went like sh-t of a shovel.
IF I could get one of fhose on my classic policy I'd be all over it...
I’ve had 3 of them. Awesome in the snow and for a big lump they go and handle well in sports mode.
Yup the 850 is the 5 cylinder used in the mondeo st
To be Honest I'd have given it away free to get it out of the way at the timeI would have given you well over a £100 for it and taken a chance.
A real proper car.
