I told you so:

Sorry I haven't replied sooner, been living it large in London (I wish, a building site in Hackney :( )

Yep, it's a VX220. Or at least it was as i've been told it's now written off. Sadly his dad died when he was really young so the inheritance and insurance money have been sat in an account steadily increasing over the last fifteen years or so, so that's what paid for the car and insurance. The car was insured in his mams partners name and he was a named driver.

Not sure what he is getting next.