Solved - NEH 2506: Miglia Speedster - 2013

[Carnut]

Identify this car correctly and from when it dates for 1 point:

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[Carnut]

Experts?

[dzima1985]

Sammio?

[Carnut]

Sammio?

No; that would be a re-post!

[dzima1985]

British?

[dzima1985]

This is a modern car?

[Carnut]

This is a modern car?

Yes!

[dzima1985]

British?

It is RHD, british?

[Carnut]

British?

Sorry, missed that.
It sure is!

[dzima1985]

Based on a British car?

[nicanary]

It's pretty much a pastiche of a Ferrari 375 Plus rear end and a 250 Testa Rossa nose. Is it MGB based?

[Carnut]

Based on a British car?

Yes...

Is it MGB based?

...and No.

[gilescooperuk]

Ford Sierra Base?

[dzima1985]

Miglia Speedster, MG-engined, Triumph Herald/Vitesse based.
Built in 2012?

[Carnut]

Yes, it's the Miglia Speedster, a kit which is designed to be built on a Triumph base as you say, with any Triumph engine including a V8.  I don't know about an MG engine, that wasn't mentioned on their website, but I do know that the car pictured doesn't have an engine at all!

Although this project has been launched and there is a website, it is subject to a considerable amount of controversy as the owner of the Sammio rights is threating to sue Miglia for such a blatant copy of their product if they so much as even think of marketing it!  The Miglia owners insist it's nothing like the Sammio of course....

1 point to you.

[nicanary]

Why on earth didn't I spot that "Triumph" camber on the back wheels? The Sammio is blatantly a copy of a Lancia D24, so I don't know what they're getting worked up about - the Miglia has an air of Ferrari about it IMO.