UK’s rarest cars: 1983 Austin Ambassador Vanden Plas, one of only two left on British roads

Doctor Martin Nancekievill is such a devotee of the British Leyland 18-22 family that he owns both a 1974 Wolseley-badged pre-production model – and the last Austin Ambassador to depart the production line. In the early 1980s the Vanden Plas flagship boasted a specification that would have been the envy of any middle-manager although a mere two examples now remain on the road.