MOT – Few production cars capture the optimism and sheer imagination of late-1980s American automotive design quite like the original Pontiac Trans Sport.

Even more than three decades after its introduction, it looks remarkably futuristic, with its vast steeply-raked windscreen, short bonnet, dramatic glasshouse and almost concept-car proportions.

Launched for the 1990 model year, the Trans Sport was General Motors’ radical answer to the increasingly popular minivan.

Rather than simply producing another conventional people carrier, Pontiac created something intended to look as though it had arrived directly from the future.

The result became one of the most instantly recognisable American vehicles of its generation.

This 1990 Trans Sport SE is finished in metallic grey and retains the characteristic styling details which made the model so distinctive.

The sharply pointed nose flows almost uninterrupted into the enormous windscreen, while the expansive side glazing, ribbed lower-b...