Whether BYD wants to confirm its existence or not, the Chinese carmaker has clearly been working on a smaller, more lifestyle-oriented dual-cab ute to sit under the Shark 6 plug-in hybrid (PHEV) ute.

Unfortunately, news of the road test leaked, making front page news in the Daily Mirror. The Ministry of Transport ordered an inquiry and 18 months later, on December 22 1965, a 70mph “temporary” ...