Did it have the talking dash?
Possibly the MG (yeah, right) Maestro? A school pal’s parents had a black MG Montego that was like a not so loquacious and less camp KITT from Knight Rider. You know the one... “Oh Michael, slow down, my wheels are getting all dusty.”
(This would be around the time I fused the snazzy electric windows on my mum and dad’s hour old Volvo estate by repeatedly doing all four at once for a few minutes.)