Thanks. The SP250 was nearly a good car - an excellent engine, lightweight fibreglass body, rest of it decently engineered. Was intended to be a big seller in US, but never hit buttons properly. Not "the ugliest sports car ever made", but no great beauty either - compare the Sunbeam Alpine - launched at same time, with similar ambitions of cracking the US market and similar styling themes but translated with cleaner lines without the Daimler's eccentric affectations. Result - a sales success in US and elsewhere. Moral of the story - make pretty cars, and they'll usually sell even if the oily bits come from a Hillman Husky.