Mystery sports car in picture from the 1960s that 'didn't fit' had everyone confused for years

This photograph, taken in London in the 1960s, has been circulating online for years, and people kept asking what the mystery sports car in the picture was.

Partly because it looked unusual, but also people thought it almost didn’t ‘fit’, like it had been somehow ‘photoshopped’ there.

Various theories have surfaced, and a lot of wishful thinking was involved as well.

Then, thanks to a Supercar Blondie reader, we finally solved the mystery.

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The mystery sports car might be a Saab

Many believe car design peaked in the 1950s and 1960s, which is also when this photograph was taken in London.

This photo has been circulating for years, and people have gone wild with various theories.

Then, the owner of a virtually identical car contacted Supercar Blondie and told us that he knew what the blue car in the picture was.

Having owned one for years, our reader had no doubt the car in the picture was a Saab Sonett II.

Saab produced the Sonett – pictured below – across three decades and three generations between the mid-1950s and the early 1970s.

The first model was unveiled as a coupe or a roadster, but for the second-gen car, Saab decided to ditch the roadster version and focus on the coupe.

The model in the picture – if he’s correct – is a three-cylinder model.

There’s also another theory

Many people suggested this might be a Ferrari 250, one of the rarest and most sought-after classic cars in the world today.

Even abandoned examples covered in rust go for millions.

But that wasn’t always the case.

Back when the car was new, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason bought one for the equivalent price of a Honda Civic today.

So it hasn’t always been as scarce as it is today.

More to the point, it hasn’t always been as wildly expensive and valuable as it is today.