Excellent find.
I shall be interested to see if they swap the side that the rear door is on for the RHD cars. As they have even standardised the bonnet release for LHD I don't hold out very much hope
And here's what it could so easily have looked like (ignoring the, 6th-form-design-student, add ons just for a moment):
Very pretty. However, the compromises for production are very disappointing, for instance:
* Cantilevered doors (avoiding the need for a reverse hinged rear door), with no A pillar shut lines: GONE
* No B pillars: GONE
* Opening rear side windows: GONE
* Flared metal sills and wheel arches: GONE
* Good-proportion-retaining curved windscreen and long doors: GONE
* Curvaceous rear end: GONE
* Renault 16 inspired roof profile: KEPT
It's not all bad news; it could make a good and practical car derived van, but Vauxhall got there first:
Overall rating? Predictable, unimaginative and compromised. If this had been done by an aftermarket coach builders I could understand it, but by the original manufacturer? Why?
If they have the design talent (and, judging by the basic Traveller Concept Car, they have), why don't they put it to good use?