Beneath that sharp-edged, futuristic fibreglass skin sat a plywood monocoque chassis with steel subframes, classic Marcos thinking, brilliantly unconventional and ruthlessly weight conscious. And then there was the engine. Initially, the XP was fitted with a 3 liter Repco Brabham Formula 1 V8, a proper Grand Prix motor, capable of well north of 300 horsepower in race trim. Power went through a Hewland five speed manual gearbox, straight out of the racing parts bin, because anything less simply wouldn’t do.
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