Rover P6BS

The Rover P6BS, also known as the Leyland Eight GE for Group Experimental, was a Rover prototype for a mid-engined sports car. Rover had a Buick V8 that was finished in 1967 and planned to go into the P5B and P6B, but the engineers wanted something sportier and had already begun a side project. The team led by David Bache created an advanced three seat coupe with the V8 mounted in the middle but offset to the right, so that the gearbox in front of the engine let the transaxle run beside it and the car sit lower. Most of the work was done at Alvis and it was speculated to be a new Alvis. Designed to be production ready, it even had a preliminary price of 5,000 US dollars in a US press release and test drivers loved it, but it never entered production and the project lived on as the unbuilt Rover P9.