Originally Posted by topside
Did they say how they cleaned the engine ? A little rubbing compound, maybe laugh2 ?

Yeah, argued pretty much everywhere, and complicated by what's appealing and how it should look...
Best authority on what is correct is production line photos, for Day One.
The hundreds of new engines I saw back when these were new cars weren't very glossy.

I agree, every orange one I saw new back then wasn’t glossy, just dull. Now the blue ones were on the shiny side, (I was the new car pre-delivery guy).