The Austin Metro was introduced in October 1980 with the Vanden Plas being added to the range in April 1982.

Nicknamed Vernon, this is a great opportunity to acquire a lovely and well cared for Austin Metro Vanden Plas Auto with rare Duo Tone (Atlantic over Azure) paintwork.

It would appear this example has only covered a shade over 18,000 miles from new and appears to have been treasured from new given the healthy history file and overall condition.

Externally, the Vanden Plas benefits from bronze tinted glass, laminated windscreen, bright inserts to the front and rear screen rubbers, colour coded wrap around bumpers, bright finished front grille surround, bright finished door and tailgate handles, twin door mirrors, coachlines with 'VP' motifs on each rear wing, glass tilting / removeable sunroof (with storage bag in the boot), central locking and electric front windows.

This example also boasts the original Metric steel wheels with full VP embossed wheel trims (a spare set is al...