Another urban myth is that WRTL took over making the Alpha 8 when Thorn discontinued it and renamed it the MRL8. Does anybody know if this is true? We have a couple of relatively-recent (from about 2005) Alpha 8 casual replacements on the MRL6-lit A585, maintained by the HA. I wonder if these could be MRL8s? They look a bit more modern than the usual Alpha 8s.I am sceptical about the Alpha 8 being transferred over to WRTL. Why would WRTL have bothered selling the Alpha 8 at a time when the MRL6 was being sold alongside the Vectra and the Arc? Back in 2008 the Hong Kong Thorn online catalogue, or somewhere else abroad, displayed the Alpha 8, suggesting that Thorn was still making it. I never saw an MRL8 on the old WRTL-Online website either, although that website was pre-2004/5.
Proof of a WRTL MRL8 can only happen if somebody owns one or has pictures of a label or a catalogue entry.