The Middlebridge Company set up a small modern factory in Beeston, Nottingham.  The car was aimed at the high executive market.  They built one prototype car and then made a further 450 modifications to the production cars.  Some of these modifications included using Ford's latest engine, the 2.9 litre Scorpio engine with fuel injection, a revised interior, 15" Australian 'Performance Wheels' with lower profile tyres (Very early Middlebridges had the exposed wheel nuts which on later models a cover was placed over them), colour coded bumpers, colour coded electric mirrors, central locking, rear anti-roll bar and upgraded suspension by Harvey Bailey LTD (Suspension Specialists to the Motor and Motor Racing Industries), stainless steel exhausts and a galvanised chassis and a choice of 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmissions.  The car was simply called the Middlebridge Scimitar.  The Middlebridge Scimitar GTE was launched re-launched in 1988 at the Birmingham NEC Motor Show to rapturous applause at which time, one of the first car was delivered to the Princess Royal.

Sadly in 1990 the Middlebridge Company went into liquidation (due to a court battle over the "Number 1 Bentley", which they lost) and as a result, only 77 Middlebridge Scimitars were produced.

HRH Princess Anne still owns the 5th ever built Middlebridge Scimitar.