Last Scimitar for sale
If you’re in the market for a concours quality Middlebridge Scimitar GTE, and have money to burn, then you’ll be pleased to hear that the final production car has come to market – priced at a whopping £40,000.
Kept in storage for 23 years, the car has covered just 17 miles since rolling off the production line at Beeston in Nottingham in 1989. Chassis number MB77 was originally manufactured for Middlebridge CEO, Kohji Nakauchi and is finished in pearlescent metallic green, and trimmed with grey leather including Recaro front seats. Complete with all the original paperwork including the pre – registration certificate, the new owner will more than likely have to re-commission this pricey Scimitar before taking it back onto the road.
Only around 70 cars were ever built by Middlebridge, and this example has never having been started or driven since the last factory test mile was covered, although oils and fluids have never been changed. According to the seller, there’s also a small degree of osmosis or micro blistering has affected small areas of paintwork, a then common problem on glassfibre bodywork.
Powered by a 2.9 litre V6 fuel injected Ford engine sourced from the Scorpio, mated in this instance to a five speed automatic gearbox the 150bhp unit was capable of propelling the Scimitar GTE to a top speed in excess of 140mph whilst the Middlebridge refinements included a stainless steel exhaust, improved handling courtesy of uprated suspension and springs plus the fitment anti – roll bars and 15” alloy rims and 195/65R15 Avon Turbospeed GR28 tyres on which this GTE still sits.