Don't think I've ever seen a car before with the number of gallons marked on the fuel gauge rather than 1/4, 1/2 etc.
Early Dedras' had lots of extra features and were generally high spec'd, have a look at the tool kit in the spare wheel clever piece of packaging with Jack, wheel nut spanner, screwdriver, all in one package.
Many of these features disappeared soon after with the tools in a plastic bag, note also the folding boot carpet that is attached to board that gave a strong surface over the spare wheel.unlike later cars.
My first Dedra a 2.0iese had lots of bells and whistle, including oil temperature gauge as well as oil pressure, electronic controlled suspension, electronic heating controls, there were many misconceptions that UK top spec Dedra had climate control, but this was never fitted to UK cars.
For a 1.6 it's has a good spec and much more capable than you might think for a 1600, John Brain ran one as a courtesy car and the last time I drove it it had 230,000 miles on the clock, it was fairly neglected, but had never had a major problem and went like stink!.
I wasn't a fan of the cloth upholstery in the 1600 as it tended to shred and I much preferred the Alcantara which wore very well.
Brian
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