Vauxhall does not build many cars like the Vauxhall XVR with 1975 cc Slant-four I4, built from 1966 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Its designer of record is David Jones (design director).
The background
The Vauxhall XVR is a concept car built in 1966 by Vauxhall. The name stands for eXperimental Vauxhall Research. It debuted at the March 1966 Geneva Motor Show, receiving favourable reviews from the press, but never went into production.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 1975 cc Slant-four I4. The gearbox is a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine sits behind the driver and ahead of the rear axle, which puts the mass in the middle of the car and is why mid-engined cars change direction the way they do. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Lamborghini Miura, the Toyota Corolla, the Alfa Romeo Spider. Its Vauxhall stablemates include the Vauxhall 10-4 and the Vauxhall 30/98.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Vauxhall XVR — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.