Highlights

Proper Q car that has a 4.4-litre V8 with light tune said to be good for 340hp Other tasteful mods include MY11 front grill, 30mm suspension drop and 20mm spacers Four-wheel drive Low mileage and extensive service history Lovely condition inside and out

Overview Remember that Noble that we sold through PH auctions for over £200k? Well, if you couldn’t quite stretch to an M600 but have a hankering for a 4.4-litre Yamaha V8, then here is your chance to obtain one, wrapped up in a rather fetching Swedish executive saloon, predictably for a lot less money.

And this isn’t some back street garage concoction knocked up in a shed, either, but a bona-fide OEM product.

Rather obviously aimed at the US market and also sold in tiny numbers over here, it’s almost the very definition of a ‘Q’ car (albeit with a surprisingly raucous exhaust note, which aftermarket exhausts can uncork further), an automatic gearbox and four-wheel drive to keep things Volvo-steady.

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