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This stunning car was unveiled by Vauxhall in 1966 at the Geneva Motor Show - the Geneva car had a steel body, painted british racing green (dark green) and after the show was road registered as HXD929D - sadly it was later destroyed. Two fibreglass bodied cars were built (but were mock ups) and one was discovered in the roof space of the Vauxhall Design Studio.
XVR stood for eXperimental Vauxhall Research Prototype - interesting that subsequently Vauxhall adopted the tag VXR for its cars.
From Supercars.net:
Wayne Cherry from GM was sent to Vauxhall in 1965. As Design Director he was responsible for producing the VXR showcar in just five months. David Jones was responsible for styling the car.
The result was a low-slung two-seater that took styling cues from the Corvette and was only 40 inches high. It had massive gullwing doors and a split wraparound front window that was integrated into the doors.
Cherry said “Three cars were built, one in steel and two in glassfibre. The metal car was the one built for Geneva. Its bodywork was shaped by Motor Panels in Coventry, working from a solid glassfibre model that we painted a dark gloss. The show car was finished in a very dark green, like a British Racing Green.”
Sorry I can't give you details of the engine, transmission and other running gear as I have not been able to find this out yet. Please add to the thread if you have more information.
The styling reminds me slightly of the "Cheetah" a Chevrolet powered Cobra rival produced in 1964 by Bill Thomas racing with the help of General Motors.