FIGARO PROJECT PART 9 THE FINISHING TOUCHES

As we come to the end of our Figaro project, there are still a few jobs to be done and a couple of those are being shown here. However, on a car that is nearly 30 years old there will always be some additional fettling and repairs to be done, so it is never truly finished. The pictures show the last few tasks in our ownership, but this is probably an opportune moment to also share with you a few thoughts on what the car has been like to own and run.

I’ll start with stating the obvious – a Figaro is first and foremost about style. There are any number of sensible hatchbacks on the market and if you just want a shopping trolley then you should go and buy one of those instead, because at any stage in the Figaro’s evolution process where the designers had to choose between