WAGON WILES
If there’s one lesson that life teaches us time and time again, it’s that playing the long game is the route to success. Go into something half-cocked and things can blow up in your face, but taking your time will always pay dividends.
This unhurried approach is woven right through the essence of the Sierra estate you see here: its very beginnings were an exercise in casual meandering, being built in 1984 but not road-registered until December 1985. And since we’re talking ‘unhurried’, that first owner would have found themselves suffering a glacial 0-60 mph run of 19 seconds, thanks to the naturally-aspirated 2.3 derv’s laissez-faire 67 bhp.
It’s packing quite a lot more urgency now, however. With a
