In 1937, Mrs Dyane Postlethwaite, a widow, was pushing her twin babies in a Silver Cross pram. At the top of a steep hill, she lost her grip on the handle, and the pram, laden with babies, careered down the hill. In a scene not unlike the famous “Grand Central Staircase” scene in The Untouchables, Mr Albert Citrin, an unemployed motor car designer, chased after the pram, snatching the two babies to safety just before it crashed at the bottom of the hill.
As Mr Citrin handed the babies back to Dyane, he looked at the bashed, upturned pram lying at the roadside, and got inspiration for a new car design.
Mr Citrin and Dyane later married, and had several children, who they named Berlingo, Picasso, Saxo and BX.