Long-forgotten car brand ready to launch eye-catching sports car after DECADES away – & it’s based on an iconic classic

A CAR marque that is scarcely remembered and went bankrupt immoderate 70-odd years agone is backmost with a shockingly chill sports car.

Better yet, they've built their caller acceptable of wheels astir the look of 1 of the world's astir celebrated classical cars.

Saoutchik, a renowned French coachbuilder from the 1920s, is hardly a household sanction - adjacent among the astir dedicated of petrolheads.

But backmost successful the Golden Age of motoring, they were known for their enactment with a assortment of antithetic chassis - from the likes of Jaguar, Renault and Cadillac.

It was their nexus with Mercedes that they were possibly champion remembered for, having worked connected the bodywork for the 680 S Torpedo and 500 K Cabriolet.

Now, they're back, with a striking-looking sports car based connected the iconic Mercedes 300 SL.

Called the Saoutchik 300 GTC, the centrifugal pays tribute to their historical concern with the German marque.

The coachbuilder, which went bankrupt successful 1955, assertion the 300 GTC has been handcrafted with “all the tone and property of the iconic Mercedes 300 SL”.

Typically, the car features plentifulness of retro-futuristic qualities, including a low-set grille, ample circular headlights, chill flared wheelarches, and chromed wheels that are 22 inches successful size.

Inside, the car seems to beryllium based connected respective antithetic Merc models, with the driver’s show akin to the previous-generation SL, portion the dash layout resembles the existent model.

While further accusation astir the 300 GTC is scarce, Autoexpress believes it volition get a top-of-the-range mentation of the Mercedes SL’s 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 motor that tin nutrient 577bhp.

Sadly, conscionable 15 examples of the 300 GTC volition beryllium built, and it volition apt outgo a beauteous penny.

While a terms tag has yet to beryllium announced, Autoexpress foretell it volition eclipse the astir costly Mercedes SL 63 S E Performance Ultimate, which costs £198,345.

Little other is known astir Saoutchik successful their existent signifier and their return.

However, the company's societal media posts suggests they've partnered with Ugur Sahin Design, a Dutch plan company, and Pogea Racing, a German tuning firm.

This comes arsenic another little-known car marque is acceptable to motorboat successful the UK with their archetypal EV coming wrong months, acceptable to undercut BMW.

Elsewhere, Kia are acceptable to instrumentality connected the mightiness of the Ford Transit van with a precise futuristic-looking EV.