Had my name on the list for a new S-V8 when the brand was re-launched on the 2000's. Got to know many of the people behind the project quite well and attended the official 'launch' at Speke. Sadly the project went belly up long before my build number came up. Just goes to show how difficult it is to get a new car off the ground from scratch and build sufficient numbers to recover the huge design and development costs.
Andrew.