 The car was unveiled at Kensington in September 1973 and was priced at £8,500 – more than twice the price of the car on which it was based.Eighty orders were taken, but the 1973 oil crisis resulted in most of the 80 orders being cancelled, and the project was shelved.In 1978, a Mr. Farid ordered a Sedanca for his son to use on the grounds of his Oxfordshire estate.