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Old Sep 21st, 2016, 17:48   #43
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Originally Posted by Prufrock View Post
If you mean the same as in the sense of having similiar engines, rear wheel drive, a three box layout and four wheels then they are the same. But the 700 series was a completely new design which is why it drives like a more modern car (than the 200 series).

The first 700 concept was not quite the estate car that the 700 later became - I'll have to watch out now as the trolls will be stirring.

Jon
Yes, my point I suppose was that they are of the same concept. The 850, for example, is very different, as is the 300 series and the 400 series.
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