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Lee Noble, the famed designer of British cars in the 1990s capable of taking on Ferrari and Lamborghini on the road, but doomed to suffer as a business over the years, did make some amazing production cars now coveted by automotive enthusiasts.

BMW engines have powered many different brands’ cars over the years and, oddly enough, most of them have been British. You’ve got BMW-powered MINIs, Land Rovers, Morgans and even a McLaren, maybe you’ve heard of it… However, one lesser known British sports car to use a BMW engine was the Escari Ecosse, which was a very limited-run sports car back in the ’90s. The Ecosse, like all Ascari vehicles, was built in extremely low volumes, making it extremely rare. Which is why this one that’s up for sale is quite intriguing. Back in the mid 1990s, Ascari Cars was founded and it built the...

The Ecosse was the production version of Ascari's funky 1995 FGT concept, which had similar looks but a Chevy V-8 mounted behind the cabin. The production BMW 4.4-liter V-8 was tuned by Hartge, and made 304 horsepower when new. It was powerful enough to propel the 2755-pound fiberglass-bodied car to 200 mph—no small feat, even for today's performance cars. This particular car is one of just 19 Ecosses built, and one of just two left-hand-drive examples. Though it was registered in the U.K. for most of its life, it spent the majority of its time at the Ascari Race Resort circuit in southern...