Growing up in an early 2000s Britain it was very easy to become a petrol head. Why? Because every Formula 1 Grand Prix and the British Touring Car Championship was telecast on terrestrial TV, while detailed highlights of the WRC made up for more prime-time viewing. Nowadays, most of these events are buried away from such impressionable minds, locked behind satellite subscriptions and paywalls.

While F1 was the pinnacle, the BTCC rounds arguably were the most looked forward to, with an iron-clad guarantee that racers were going to knock lumps out of each other on track, and sometimes off it. This is why, when ad space started to be taken out for a new racing series simply called SCV8, things looked promising.

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The recipe sounded familiar. Spaceframe chassis’ clothed in the “silhouette” of a production car, all powered by a nice big V8 up front — a V8 designed from the Cosworth XB that powered Nigel Mansell to his Indycar Championship in 1993. The 3.2-liter Nicholson McLaren V8 produced a menacing 550 bhp and was coupled to a special Hewland sequential gearbox, while stopping power would be provided by a set of six/four-pot AP brakes.

It was a series that could have rivaled the BTCC, and even went as far as having a 20 race calendar announced. Not only that, four manufacturers were on board: Jaguar, Peugeot, Vauxhall, and Honda were all reported to be signed up, with MG and Ford rumored to be interested too. But sadly, after a postponement, and waning interest, it was not to be. The series died, and the world never knew what could have been.

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But, at least now we know what one of these machines would have looked like. Eighteen years after plans were announced, an SCV8 Jaguar X-Type built by four-time BTCC and touring champion Andy Rouse has emerged from the shadows, and is up for sale.

The X-Type was designed by Rouse, who was one of the leading proponents of the series. At the height of his success behind the wheel, he founded Andy Rouse engineering, the team responsible for building track dominating vehicles such as the ARE Toyota Carina and the infamous Sierra RS500.

The one-of-a-kind X-Type will be offered either as a rolling chassis or with a full-track-attack Lotus V8 engine that Rouse and his team also saw fit for the series and considered installing at the time. Included in the sale are the exclusive drawings and paperwork of the car, along with a small collection of spare parts stored away by Rouse himself.

Former Rouse Engineering employee and Touring Car Specialist Alan Strachan has listed the X-type for sale after nearly 15 years away from the eyes of the public, claiming that it is an exceptional build that also carries the significance of being the very last Rouse Hall car.

“It’s a fantastic car, superbly built and specified with the best parts,” says Strachan. “We can offer it as it is or ready to race. It would be eminently suitable for Thundersaloons and a host of other series as well as a special car for Jaguar collectors.”

Anyone interested in the unique SCV8 X-Type can contact Alan Strachan at info@cncmotorsport.com.