Pedro_The_Swift
18th December 2009, 06:18 PM
REPORT: Climax Sports Racer alive, priced to compete with Ariel Atom
by Jeremy Korzeniewski (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jeremy-korzeniewski/) (RSS feed (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jeremy-korzeniewski/rss.xml)) on Dec 17th 2009 at 8:00PM
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/664.jpg (http://green.autoblog.com/photos/climax-cars-supercar/)
Climax Sports Racer - Click above for high-res image gallery
Says Climax Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/conceptclimax) of its Sports Racer, "We wanted to produce a radically different type of car that would be dramatically desirable as well as being an out-and-out enthusiast's car." Done and done. Consider us smitten. We love the classically British Jaguar-esque shape and will gladly park one in our Fantasy Garage in an appropriate shade of Racing Green.
This latest object of our desire (and we reserve the right to add to our lust list at any given time) packs up to 450 horsepower – courtesy of a supercharged 4.6-liter Ford Racing V8 – in a car that weighs just 1,999 pounds (907 kilograms). That's a power-to-weight ratio of... carry the one, move the decimal point... about 450 horsepower per ton! Acceleration, thy name is Climax Sports Racer.
Fully-adjustable double-wishbone suspension at all four corners, ceramic brakes and a six-speed sequential Graziano GT ME1 gearbox ought to ensure suitable track-day performance cred while the expected £92,000 (about $150,000) asking price undercuts the Ariel Atom (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/arielatom) V8 by £30,000 and the Caparo T1 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/caparot1) by over £60,000. Only 200 are planned and there's no word on if there will ever be U.S. availability. Looks like we're moving to Britain.
by Jeremy Korzeniewski (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jeremy-korzeniewski/) (RSS feed (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jeremy-korzeniewski/rss.xml)) on Dec 17th 2009 at 8:00PM
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/664.jpg (http://green.autoblog.com/photos/climax-cars-supercar/)
Climax Sports Racer - Click above for high-res image gallery
Says Climax Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/conceptclimax) of its Sports Racer, "We wanted to produce a radically different type of car that would be dramatically desirable as well as being an out-and-out enthusiast's car." Done and done. Consider us smitten. We love the classically British Jaguar-esque shape and will gladly park one in our Fantasy Garage in an appropriate shade of Racing Green.
This latest object of our desire (and we reserve the right to add to our lust list at any given time) packs up to 450 horsepower – courtesy of a supercharged 4.6-liter Ford Racing V8 – in a car that weighs just 1,999 pounds (907 kilograms). That's a power-to-weight ratio of... carry the one, move the decimal point... about 450 horsepower per ton! Acceleration, thy name is Climax Sports Racer.
Fully-adjustable double-wishbone suspension at all four corners, ceramic brakes and a six-speed sequential Graziano GT ME1 gearbox ought to ensure suitable track-day performance cred while the expected £92,000 (about $150,000) asking price undercuts the Ariel Atom (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/arielatom) V8 by £30,000 and the Caparo T1 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/caparot1) by over £60,000. Only 200 are planned and there's no word on if there will ever be U.S. availability. Looks like we're moving to Britain.