- — 12 months warranty
- — SMS notification
- — Return and exchange
- — Different payment methods
- — Best price
The Turbo R was launched in 1985 as a successor to the Mulsanne Turbo. (We found a mint, low-mileage 1984-reg with full service history, previously owned by a rock star, advertised for just £9995.) Alas, it was a bit of a pudding: quick but too soft. The R – it stands for roadholding – fixed that by adopting the Mulsanne’s optional suspension pack and much stiffer anti-roll bars, and wearing low-profile tyres.
And so was born the most comfortable but brutish conveyance this side of the Flying Scotsman. Key events include the adoption of antilock brakes and fuel injection in late 1986, and the move to a four-speed GM auto gearbox from the same company’s long-running three-speed 400 in late 1991. A facelifted version with a new fuel injection system was launched in 1995, and after 1996, it was available in only long-wheelbase form. Find a good one and, fingers crossed, it won’t be as expensive to run as perhaps you first imagined.