The Hunter was a concept car created by International Automotive Design in the United Kingdom, presented around three-quarters of a year after the firm's earlier Impact concept, which it developed further. It took the form of a roofless two-seater with three doors, styled to work as a sports car, a fun car, and a utility vehicle in one package. The design was widely regarded as more visually convincing than the estate-bodied Impact.
Technically, the Hunter was based on the Ford Sierra XR4x4, using its 2792 cc V6 engine producing 150 PS at 5700 rpm and its four-wheel-drive system. The wheelbase carried over unchanged from the donor car, while short, angled overhangs and 27 cm of minimum ground clearance, combined with BF Goodrich T/A L60x15 M/S off-road tyres, gave it genuine off-road ability, effectively making it a form of off-road pick-up. Dimensions were a wheelbase of 261 cm, track widths of 152.5 cm and 159 cm, length/width/height of 414/191/173 cm, and a weight of 1275 kg.
Its bodywork had no windows at all, leaving the two occupants exposed to the airflow, with half-doors set ahead of roll-over protection hoops. Twin headlights sat individually recessed under glass covers in a raised upper section of the front bodywork. The cockpit featured a computer keyboard and screen linked to a Philips Carin navigation system, a Philips car telephone, and an audio system with a removable DAT/radio/cassette unit and six speakers. Seats and interior surfaces were trimmed in weatherproof Sorboskin, with unpadded areas coated in a rubber-like finish. A covered load area offered 0.57 cubic metres of capacity, plus 0.14 cubic metres in an underfloor compartment with electrically operated flaps doubling as running boards, which also housed the spare wheel. The rear tailgate opened in two sections, and a rechargeable halogen handheld spotlight with a Morse signalling function was included. The Hunter was fully drivable.
