3. Lister Storm
The Lister Company made their name as a racing outfit and for preparing racing cars for many mainstream manufacturers like Jaguar, Maserati and Chevrolet. But in the mid-90’s, Lister decided to make their own supercar using a highly tuned Jaguar V12 engine. The idea behind the supercar was to introduce a brutally fast four-seater Gran Turismo coupe capable of breaking speed records and transporting its passengers in comfort.
They named their new model the Storm and it came with a V12 engine with 550 HP. The engine displaced 7.0-liters and came from a Le Mans racer. Lister made their own body that featured a wider track to accommodate wider tires. It also had lots of scoops and spoilers for better cooling and aerodynamics. At the same time, Lister offered the Storm as a passenger car at almost $450,000 and as a racing version for private teams.
However, despite having brutal power, acceleration times of 4.0 seconds to 60 mph and over 210 mph, only four customers ordered it. The reasons were simple. The car was aggressive-looking, or ugly as some people said. And despite being a four-seater, it didn’t have a lot of space. As expected, they never homologated the Storm for the U.S. market since Lister realized there wasn’t any potential for significant sales results.