Styled with little more than a ruler and a tea break, the brutalist aluminium-panelled SUV was the result of an aborted - and wholly incongruous- military vehicle project.

The Italian firm threw together a rear-engined Chrysler V8-powered off-roader, with a view to flogging it to the US military. Only it was rubbish. The Americans promptly destroyed all the test mules and poured money into Hummer's coffers instead.