I would have thought it would be obvious if trying to pull away in 3rd? It's not an overly torquey engine.
I thought that the guy driving during the test drive was “luggingâ€the car a bit. “They come like this from the factoryâ€.
I've never driven, or even sat in, a Merak before. However, I stalled 3 Times trying to get out of the garage forecourt! After a couple of miles I turned around and managed to get the car back to the dealer with quite a lots of clutch smoke involved.