Even today, after 36 years since production started, they are still pretty good by modern standards, well in as much as comparing them to entry level hatchbacks for example.
Things like drivers seat height adjustment, adjustable steering wheel for rake and reach (how many cars can boast that even today), multi-function warning light system, twin reversing lights, inertia reel seat belts, heated rear window, cigar ligther etc.
While some of these features may not seem much today, in the early 70s they were the sign of a very well equipped car.
When the Dolomite 1850 first arrived on the scene they were quite a bargain really, that was until prices started to rise sharply upwards in 1975/76.
When I bought my first Dolomite, a 1500 HL in 1988, I was amazed at the equipment level this car had for a 1976 car.
Even my friends at the time, who had much more modern machinery than my Dolomite, were flabbergasted when they realised mine had fully adjustable steering column and theirs didn't.
Steve
