Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

I don't like the belittling tone of the Pirelli guy. Pond's record might have been on slicks, but it was unbeaten for 21 years and done with a car which was, frankly, crap.

It took something as sophisticated as a Subaru WRX STI to beat it.

I agree, my dad had the rover for a few hours after the original record was set and will confirm that it truly was a pig of the highest order.
To get it round the course at 80 would have been an achievement but over 100, mad skillz.