The Vauxhall SRV (Styling Research Vehicle) is a 1970

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and Chris Field for

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. Never intended for production, the car was an attempt to raise Vauxhall's profile and image while providing a research platform for novel design concepts. The car's exterior design was inspired by the short-nosed, long-tailed

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racers of the time, but was able to seat four adults in comfort, despite being just high. Unusually, the design featured fixed front seats but with all of the driver controls adjustable for position, angle, and reach. The car has been displayed more recently, such as at the ''London Classic Car Show'' in March 2017. The car featured four doors, with the rear doors being handle-less and largely disguised, a feature that would take more than thirty years to be incorporated into real production cars. The car could change its aerodynamic profile using an adjustable aerofoil, which was located in the nose section. The SRV also had electrically adjusted suspension levelling at the rear, and the car could redistribute fuel to different tanks to adjust the centre of gravity. The instruments were fixed to a pod which was hinged to the driver's door. The engine is a 2.3-litre, transversely mid-mounted Slant-Four, featuring

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. The engine fitted to the SRV was actually a mock up; the car was unable to run under its own power and the necessary transverse transmission was never developed.

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