The Diva Demon was manufactured in 1965. It was one of the lesser known cars in the list of Imp powered machines. The car was exhibited for the first time at the Racing Car Show in January 1965. The engine was turned around to lie amidships. The prototype version had aluminium panels, but proposed production examples were to be fitted with a glass fibre body.
The manufacturers of this machine were named Diva Cars ltd. of 94 Camberwell Road, South London.
They had two cars there, one brand new, the other well known. The new one was the Diva Demon, a development of the Diva G.T., which had been very successful in previous seasons. The Demon uses a forward facing Hillman Imp engine, driving the rear wheels, in a semi-monocoque chassis with glassfibre bodywork. The price is £1,550 in road trim and with a stage 2 converted engine.
The stand also had displays of NGK sparking plugs and tuning equipment. Tunex Conversions Ltd., 94 Camberwell Road, London, S.E.5. (Rodney 7914)
Diva Valkyr[]
The Valkyr was shown at the same show. It was a coupé version of the Demon, and even rumored to be the same car. It also had the engine mid-mounted in a space-frame chassis. Despite it's appearance, it was intended for road use. Rootes seemed interested in producing, but Diva decided not to use the Imp engine after all. Another source states nothing came of it, the Valkyr remained just a prototype.
Another Valkyr was shown at the 1967 Racing Car Show with a 180 mph, 2.7 liter Coventry Climax engine.