It was at the 1988 British Motor Show in Birmingham, appropriately, that the sensational Jaguar XJ220 concept prototype was first revealed to the public and, as expected, orders and the required £50,000 deposits flooded in from all corners of the world.

The original concept was for a V12-engined car with a six-speed gearbox and four-wheel drive priced at just under £300,000.

However, some four years later when production commenced, the XJ220 had become a two-wheel drive, twin-turbo V6 with a five-speed gearbox on offer at £470,000.

Predictably many of the 1,500 option holders tried to cancel their purchase blaming the massive change in specification but the collapse in values of collectable supercars at the time was probably more of a factor.

Eventually, the car found 275 buyers and the others don't know what they missed.

Producing an impressive 549bhp at 7,000rpm and 473lb/ft at 4,500rpm and now slightly shorter by some ten inches courtesy of the smaller dimensions of the V6 eng...