Cars that never made the light of day

[va1o]

Anyone else find it fascinating that some manufacturers have gone the full length to develop and build a car, yet it may never actually get to go on sale? Here's a few examples of production ready 'binned' models:

Rover R30

This would have been the 200/400 successor 10 years ago and have been built alongside the MINI, but it went when MG Rover collapsed, rumour has it BMW stole elements of the design for the E87 1-series

SEAT Tribu

SEATs finished version of the Audi Q3 and VW Tiguan, but scrapped at the last minute

Saab 9-5 Sportwagon

A handful of these actually got made, but it was too little too late and didn't quite reach the market

Be interested to hear of any others with similar fate

[E24man]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bmw+underground+garage+images

[TheHeretic]

E24man said:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bmw+underground+garage+images

I'm not sure you have understood the use of LMGTFY!

[Butter Face]

MG TF GT Coupe Concept.

Would have been cool.

[folos]

Would love to have this as a possible second hand bargain!

[anonymous-user]

Butter Face said:

MG TF GT Coupe Concept.

Would have been cool.

Especially with the 3.0 V6 planned for it

[s m]

On the subject of big V6 rwders, I would have liked to see the John Bull built Escort put into production. It was a way of using up all the old Escort Cosworth shells that never made it into production

[fjord]

va1o said:

Saab 9-5 Sportwagon

A handful of these actually got made, but it was too little too late and didn't quite reach the market

Crikey, thats beautiful!

Anyway, for me, Range Stormer:

I know it's a concept, but yeah, i like it.

[E24man]

Much as I love the E31 shape is it just me that looks at the M8 without it's pop-up headlights and then thinks of H R Giger's Alien...

[okie592]

fjord said:

Crikey, thats beautiful!

Anyway, for me, Range Stormer:

I know it's a concept, but yeah, i like it.

wasnt that the base for the sport, and now basicly the role of the 3 door evoque

[Getragdogleg]

I got sent this link to an Opel Concept car, I really think they should have built it.

http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/blog/friday-car-...

[dxg]

VW's bluesport prototype. That even got as far as a road test on fifth gear.

[CraigyMc]

Even today I cannot for the life of me see why Lotus didn't go ahead with the M250:

[TomN94]

The only car I ever wanted to see in production.

[Grenoble]

The Range Rover convertible. Full fat, not the sport. It was, I was told, built to concept and rolling test rig....?

[Number 5]

TomN94 said:

The only car I ever wanted to see in production.

That would have been a cult car

[Puddenchucker]

The BMC 1800 of 1967

[Puddenchucker]

And this, not the car but the engine:



The V16 that BMW developed for the Rolls Royce Phantom.

[FlauM]

TomN94 said:

The only car I ever wanted to see in production.

I just wee'd a little.

[quiraing]

Puddenchucker said:

The BMC 1800 of 1967

Any more info on this one? Haven't seen this before.

Looks like a cross between a Citroen CX and a Triumph 2000. But based on the Landcrab???!!! Michelotti??