After only a handful of Ford-based cars had been built, Desande presented the Desande II Roadster in March 1980.<ref name="TAM82/83.1"></ref> The name change indicated a switch to using Canadian-built Chevrolet Caprice/Impala chassis, fitted with a General Motors 5.0-liter V8 mated to a three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic.