Car makers often invest vast sums of money into new models only to pull the plug at the last minute - here are some famous cars that never saw the factory lights
In January 2009, General Motors informed its Pontiac dealers they wouldn’t receive the G8 ST. The car-based pickup was billed as a modern-daywith an added dose of performance. Pontiac had already decided to use a 6.0-liter V8 with. The G8 ST would have come from Holden’s Australian factories and executives predicted they could sell about 5000 units annually.and phase out all of its models at the end of the following year.In 2008 diesel power was on the crest of a wave.
In 2015, Autocar reported Jaguar briefly considered rebooting the C-X75 project to mark its 80th anniversary. The project never got off the ground though Jaguar made seven examples of the car for the 2015 James Bond moviesaid that the cancellation of the project was one of the biggest regrets of his time at the company.Morgan unveiled the EvaGT during the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The four-seater luxury grand tourer looked considerably less anachronistic than the brand’s other cars.
A production-ready 9-5 estate was unveiled at the 2011 Geneva motor show, but with the company teetering on the brink of bankruptcy series full production was never achieved, with aroundwere produced in right-hand drive, one of which was held in purgatory for a long period at GM’s Millbrook testing facility north of London.We spotted prototypes testing and Toyota even unveiled an open-topped GT86 concept at the 2013 Geneva motor show , so a convertible seemed like a.
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