Maybe i'm stupid, but I don't get what makes it UK specific.

David Arthur wrote (see)

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Are all our bikes not somehow UK specific then? Like paintjobs, kit etc. varies from country to country.

Hell, even which side the brake levers are on can make a bike UK specific, seems like marketing were struggling to find a selling point to me.

Last years model was called the 5.5 XT but as it is not all XT this year it can't be called that.

Are all our bikes not somehow UK specific then?

No. 

I still think the marketing department were just wanting to get out on the Christmas piss.

But then I hold Marketing folks just slightly above Estate Agents and just below Arthur Skargill in my world hierarchy.

Glad you substantiated that there Mike. Helps me loads.

Simple answer to a simple question

I'll elaborate, but it doesn't really add much. Unique-to-the-UK models are pretty rare from major manufacturers. At best you might get different ones for UK/Europe to the US or Asia. It doesn't usually get more specific than that.  

Oh, and what happened to X Commie? We don't see him around much any more.

;-)