How simly appalling. Is that all that they're given these days, some tatty little grotbox?
BEagle - you've been gone too long! I think it was the mid 90's when Stn Cdr's cars were downgraded to Ford Escorts and Stn execs received Vauxhall Corsas.
However, depite the comments by 22 year career MT operators such as CH, these were merely used as stn runarounds and to the married patch and back. Anyone needing to travel serious distances were provided with a Montego level of car.
CH,
I suppose a Suzuki Hyabusa is out of the question?