 In 1974, a time when the UK starting price for the Austin Allegro was given as £1159 (£11,731.77 in 2018), BLMC were quoting, at launch, a list price of £1951 (£19,748.65 in 2018) for the Vanden Plas 1500.The Allegro name was not used on this version.Early Allegro models featured a "quartic" steering wheel, which was rectangular with rounded sides.