Vauxhall XVR.
Seen belting around a test track is this shapely 2 seater sports car from Vauxhall.
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The only note that comes with this photo is shown in the picture above:
"XVR, Vauxhall's experimental two-seater coupe, seen here showing its paces, has been undergoing track development at the company's Research and Test centre since its first appearance at Geneva earlier this year. Vauxhall Motors Ltd. Issued October 1966."
What a shame that this swoopy coupe didn't get produced - for a company that was building sober-suited cars like the HA Viva and Victor, this would have been a real departure. Interestingly it has a split windscreen, perhaps the only way to glaze such a wrap-around style of coachwork, as it wraps right around down the side of the car. The 'clap hand' wiper arrangement would also have been an unusual thing to see on a late 60s car. Where is HXD 929D now? did it get cut up, as happens to so many prototype cars, or did it escape the chop to survive in a collection of old Vauxhalls somewhere? I remember reading something about the XVR quite recently, so I think it is still around. If anyone has more photos of this amazing old Vauxhall, I'd be interested to see them.
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