We do not hear a lot about Lister in the US, however the UK firm is alive and kicking. You will discover no scarcity of tuned Jaguars sporting the corporate’s inexperienced and yellow badge, however 32 years in the past, there was the Lister Storm. Powered by a meaty Jag V-12, the limited-production supercar rivaled Italy’s greatest exotics. Three many years later, a successor is within the works. However UK emission laws would possibly kill it earlier than it has an opportunity to dwell.

Taking to social media, Lister shared a press release relating to the approaching zero-emission mandate that’s at the moment set for 2035, however might swap to 2030. The problem is not a lot the mandate itself, however whether or not it can apply to area of interest, low-volume firms like Lister.

As talked about within the assertion:

“Up to now, small quantity British Automotive Producers, resembling ourselves, Morgan, Caterham, Ginetta, etceterea, have been exempt from emissions calls for, as a result of we produce lower than 1,000 automobiles every year beneath the IVA or SVA Sort Approval. Nonetheless, up to now, the UK Authorities has but to state if this exemption will proceed.”

In keeping with Lister, if the brand new necessities do apply to small firms, it can successfully finish plans for a brand new automobile. These plans are already on maintain, pending additional clarification from the federal government.

Particulars of the proposed automobile are unknown, except for it clearly not being an EV. Again in 2018, Lister CEO Lawrence Whittaker teased a radical supercar utilizing a Jaguar-derived 7.8-liter V-12. The airwaves have been silent since then, and with Jaguar’s impending all-electric future, a brand new Lister with the F-Tempo SVR’s supercharged V-8 might be a becoming sendoff. The tuning firm already has this engine tuned to 666 horsepower within the Lister Stealth, a tweaked SVR with a claimed high velocity of 195. Dropping that right into a smaller supercar might be epic.

All of it is dependent upon the place the UK lands relating to emissions. If the timeframe is bumped to 2030 and does not have exceptions for low-volume firms, this new Lister supercar might be lifeless on arrival.