The company might run out of cash, the market might change or the new model might be deemed too radical. Or it might simply be that too late in the day, the car maker realises that the sales aren't there to justify the expense of putting that new model into showrooms. The fabulous-looking Range Rover SV Coupe (pictured) was unveiled at the 2018 Geneva motor show – and promptly axed a year later. 

This is by far from the only example of a late stage cancellation. Here are the other famous cars that you should have been able to buy, but for one reason or another you were denied the chance: