Bernie Rodger designed the 'Warwick GT' as an alloy-bodied GT car built on a tubular space frame with Triumph TR3 mechanics. John Gordon joined the project and said that it needed to be bigger and wider for the market, and these changes were made. One consequence of this was that Bernie Rodger was able to give the new Peerless a De Dion rear axle, making it superior to the TR3. Production started in 1958 with the car renamed 'Peerless GT', and the body moulded in fibreglass by James Whitson Ltd. A Peerless GT finished 16th in the 1958 Le Mans 24hour race. The Peerless was expensive to make and the quality deemed unsatisfactory and in 1959 a new Phase II model was launched. Wincanton Transport and Engineering Company were contracted to do the fibreglass body of the Phase II and managed to create an almost one-piece body which was stronger and lighter and of higher quality. Boardroom disputes led to walk outs and eventually component suppliers withdrew their support. But that wasn't the end of the story, and Bernie Rodger re-started production with a revised model now named 'Warwick' but only about 40 were sold. The tubular spaceframe went on to become the basis of the Gordon Keeble GK1 after Jim Keeble and John Gordon had given a Peerless GT a Buick V8 engine.