Failed british concept cars

The situation looks chaotic in this mid-Eighties dash for the Channel – but there are plenty of vehicles to keep classic car-spotters occupied

ALLONBY, CUMBERLAND

Few cars have run counter to their maker’s reputation as starkly as the Jowett Jupiter, a model that transformed the image of the Yorkshire minnow when it was launched in 1950. High-tech, engineered c

Volkswagen’s diesel-powered plug-in hybrid took a decade to develop and cost the firm £1 billion. Weighing just 795kg and fitted with a super-frugal 800cc engine and tiny electric motor, the XL1 could

DUNSTABLE DOWNS, BEDFORDSHIRE

In a parallel universe, this book might have been called MG Maestro 6R4. As John Davenport, the former Director of Motorsport for British Leyland, mentions in his foreword, the Maestro was a more prom