V8 was fitted into a specially-designed square-tube steel spaceframe chassis, with independent front suspension and all-round disc brakes.

[1] The complete chassis was then taken to Turin, Italy, where Bertone built a body made of steel panels,[1] designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.

At that time problems with component deliveries had delayed construction of the prototype, which had accordingly been built at breakneck speed by Gruppo Bertone in precisely 27 days.

300 hp (224 kW; 304 PS)[2] Chevrolet V8 engine and a change from steel to a glass fibre body initially made by Williams & Pritchard Limited and later in-house.

[5] Problems with suppliers occurred, and before many cars were made the money ran out and the original Gordon-Keeble Automobile Company Ltd went into liquidation.