This is the first ever Corgi toy. They hung on to this casting though for too long I remember. When I was a kid I really wanted a toy Ford Consul, as I thought they were a really splendid car - but this was the old one. In 1957 it was replaced with a Yankee style beauty that shared a body shell with the uber-glamorous Zephyr and Zodiac. I was offered one of these old Consuls more than once and turned it down! I really like it now.

The 1956 release as No.200 was in plain colour without the flywheel motor. The colours were; cream, dark, bright or pale green, tan, blue or grey/brown. The two-tone cars were 1959 re-releases and the flywheel motor cars are number 200M. This is an historic die-cast and will always get a good price. There is no real price variation down to colour.