Distinguished mainly by a wire-mesh grille radiator instead of vertical slats, the Eight also had somewhat less equipment than the similar Mulsanne on which it was based.

This brought the introductory price to under the psychologically important £50,000 mark at the time of introduction, £6,000 less than the Mulsanne.

[4] A firmer suspension offered slight handling improvements.

The Eight was so popular that sales expanded from the original UK market to Europe and the United States.

In Britain, catalytic converters became optional in 1990 – although they had been available long before in markets where such were required.