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That Opel is an Ascona. The grille, the unpainted mirrors and the orange indicator lenses say it should be 84 -86. Can't be an estate - they didn't make one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Ascona#Ascona_C_(1981%E2%80%931988)
It's just a Vauxhall Cavalier. Identical, but with a different badge. I had a Cavalier 1.6L and bloody loved it, but at the time it was common as muck, a repmobile. You couldn't break it, but I tried very hard, it being a company car. I saw 126 on the clock once. The police timed me at 110 and took miles and miles to catch me in their Jag. They were very cross and I got a ban. I also drove it a bit too quick on a canal bridge, took off and landed in a field. All it needed after that was a new sump.
Can we talk about judges' cars, or do they have their own thread?
Edit: I'm completely wrong, it's a diesel Opel Rekord E2, 82-86. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Rekord_Series_E
I need to go to bed.