How about these - not an exhaustive list b ut off top off head:
First British mass-produced sports car with front disc brakes (TR3)
First British mass-produced car with 16 valve engine (Dolly Sprint)
Yes, I know the Ford Escort was a year earlier but this was to special
order only and the Dolly was a production car from the outset.
First British manufacturer to offer fuel injection
First British manufacturer to offer opening sunroof on a saloon as
standard (Herald 12/50)
First British manufacturer whose whole car product range had
independent suspension on all 4 wheels by the mid sixties
First British manufacturer to offer a car with a forward hinging front
end (Ferguson tractor got there 10 years or more earlier)
First British manufacturer to pioneer multi-position driving seat
allied to multi-adjustable steering (tilt and telescope) on 1300 front
wheel drive
First British manufacturer to offer multi-cluster warning lights in
one binnacle
First British manufacturer to offer switchgear graphics in place of
words (even if no-one could understand them - Herald)
First British manufacturer to offer overdrive as an option across the
whole product range - Herald, TR, Vanguard
First British manufacturer to offer a small saloon with a fuel tank
range in excess of 500 miles without re-fuelling (1300 again)
First British manufacturer to offer a car in which a heather, hub caps
and passengers wiper blade as optional extras (Standard 8)
First British manufacturer to offer a car that was wetter on the
inside than on the outside in a downpour (Herald)
Jonmac
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