Meet Britain’s one and only custom V8 roadster, the remarkable Melling Wildcat. It’s a new kind of sports car - fast enough in standard form to challenge the world’s greatest supercars, but tough and versatile enough to be specified to match whatever performance requirements its owner may have.

Built in exclusive numbers in Rochdale, England, the Wildcat uses high-tech materials to re-create for modern drivers the big-power driving challenge that made cars like the AC Cobra immortal 40 years ago. Best of all, it’s on sale right now. Slide into the seat of a Wildcat – and you’ll experience sports car performance as it was always supposed to be.

Al says: Some people might say launching my own car company is a pretty daft thing to do at a time like this, but I've done it because I believe there's a gap in the market for a simple, easily customised high performance British sports car, modern in design, but ageless in character