Fiat Stilo held in Italy from 2002 to 2005. The car was revealed in November 2001, at the Bologna Motor Show. It was derived from the Stilo 1.8 16v version, with the engine power increased from to , and from the 2003 season to . A similar competition was held in the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2005, called the Fiat Stilo Rally Cup. In September 2004, a junior team backed up by Fiat UK competed in the Wales Rally GB of the World Rally Championship with group A cars, and the following year two other cars took part in the rally.
The Home Made Car of another car which Eric was restoring at the time, a rare 1916 Perry, was used to replicate the Morris during restoration. The featured sports car, registration VWK 929, is a white late '50s Austin-Healey 100-6 with red interior. Production of the film was sponsored by the British Petroleum company (BP), and the Bucks Horn Oak scenes were based at a petrol filling station. BP continues to distribute the film. The music was by Ron Grainer and it includes a pastiche of the theme from "Steptoe and Son" when an old rag and bone man tries to steal the front