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Wimille Prototype No 3, 1950. A further prototype, also designed by Philippe Charbonneaux, based on the same principles as Prototype No 1, used a Ford 2.2 litre flathead V8 ahead of the rear wheels, as a suitable V6 was not available. However tragedy struck when Wimille, still an active racecar driver, fatally crashed his Simca-Gordini in Argentina in January 1949. The project was stillborn, though it was exhibited as a posthumous homage at the 1950 Paris Motor Show
Probe 15, 1968. Created by Marcos designers, Dennis and Peter Adams, an ultra-low (29 inches high) prototype based on the rear-engined Hillman Imp. Access was via the sliding roof panel. A second Probe 15 was modified with a VW Beetle floorpan and engine. It was succeeded by the marginally more practical Probe 16