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PRINCESS 2 STYLING As the
engineering aspects of the Princess 2 were being developed, attention turned
to the styling of the Wedge. As panel changes were out of the question it was
left to Princess 2 senior stylist John Worker to come up with ways of
enhancing the Wedge styling. A vinyl
‘half roof’ at the rear with chrome window surrounds and a ‘highlight’ line around
the lower part of the windows accentuate the ‘glass house’ and give the car a
classy, more upmarket image. A
sportier look with black window surrounds and a bold black stripe immediately
beneath accentuates their depth and give a ‘Lamborghini Espada’ look. A bold
coachline below the ‘arrow line’ accentuates the ‘dart look,’ and alloy
wheels to enhance the sporty stance. A
further emphasis on the sporty dart look. Once again black window surrounds
but this time with a ‘compatible line’ running from the back windows to the
front wing. The OTT
look! Bright shaded diagonal striping on the sides, a black vinyl roof helps
lower the height, and vinyl trim continues around the C-post from the top of
the bootlid. Sadly, none of these
styling proposals made it into production and, as far as the styling goes,
the Princess 2 was launched with only new colours and minor detail changes
such as the rear badge arrangement. There was not to be a sporting Princess.
Though, a bolder stripe design made it into the November 1980 facelift of the
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