, ▁exhaust ▁gas ▁rec ir cul ation , ▁and ▁secondary ▁air ▁injection . ▁A ▁ship ment ▁of ▁approximately ▁twenty ▁ 3 0 0 0 S s ▁arrived ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁and ▁were ▁marked ▁by ▁the ▁import ▁company ▁as ▁being ▁em issions ▁comp li ant ▁without ▁the ▁Ol son ▁Engineering ▁em issions ▁k it ▁actually ▁having ▁been ▁fitted . ▁De al ers ▁were ▁made ▁aware ▁of ▁this ▁fact , ▁but ▁were ▁each ▁apparently ▁co er ced ▁into ▁bu ying ▁at ▁least ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁non - comp li ant ▁cars ▁with ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁with hold ing ▁spare ▁parts ▁for ▁other ▁TV R ▁models . ▁One ▁deal er ▁explained ▁the ▁situation ▁to ▁a ▁customer ▁who ▁happened ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁US ▁government ▁in ▁an ▁em issions - reg ulation ▁capacity , ▁and ▁he ▁reported ▁the ▁viol ation ▁to ▁the ▁authorities . ▁The ▁cars ▁were ▁then ▁imp ounded . ▁During ▁the ▁long ▁period ▁of ▁time ▁during ▁which ▁Martin ▁L ille y ▁attempted ▁to ▁communicate ▁with ▁US ▁custom s ▁officials ▁to ▁resolve ▁the ▁situation , ▁the ▁cars ▁were ▁neglect ed ▁and ▁stored ▁outside , ▁where ▁they ▁d eter ior ated ▁and ▁were ▁v andal ized . ▁The ▁cars ▁were ▁eventually ▁re - export ed , ▁rep a ired , ▁and ▁sold ▁in ▁Germany , ▁but ▁the ▁short - term ▁financial ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁uns al able ▁cars ▁( worth ▁over ▁£ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁total ) ▁was ▁dam aging ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁M ▁Series