Rover Scarab

The Rover Scarab was a convertible four seater intended to sell for 85 pounds, with a rear mounted V-twin engine of only 839 cc. Despite the engine position it had a conventional but dummy radiator grille at the front, whereas some other rear engined cars of the 1930s, among them the Porsche Type 12 prototype, the Mercedes-Benz 120 test car, the Tatra V570 prototype and the KdF-Wagen that became the Volkswagen Beetle, had a down curved grille-less front. Only a few Scarabs were built, and examples were shown at the London Olympia Motor Show and the Scottish Motor Show, both in 1931.