RE: Jaw-dropping Kimera EVO37 Martini 7 for sale

[JJJ.]

Jon_S_Rally said:

JJJ. said:

Martini edition? Load of old cobbler's and looks crap. Paying a mil plus to advertise someone else's product, historic connection or not is ridiculous.
Less is more, just a simple paint job is all that's needed.

Just buy a "normal" EVO37 then?

Captain Obvious strikes again.

[Tycho]

ntiz said:

This one seems a bit mad price wise but the “normal” one at 400k actually seems quite reasonable in the world of some of these restomod type things.

From the description it doesn't look like it is a restomod but a new car from the ground up made to look like the original. You don't even get the heritage of the original either.

[TIGA84]

Tycho said:

MCBrowncoat said:

Tycho said:

That looks incredible but the price is bonkers. I'd rather spend the money on an F40 or F50.

Then you need to find more money down the back of the sofa....

If you can afford £1.1m then you'll probably be able to afford another £700k TBH.

About £2m more for an F50...............

[Every day a journey]

Wow. That's rather sexy!

[JJJ.]

Tycho said:

ntiz said:

This one seems a bit mad price wise but the “normal” one at 400k actually seems quite reasonable in the world of some of these restomod type things.

From the description it doesn't look like it is a restomod but a new car from the ground up made to look like the original. You don't even get the heritage of the original either.

I think in essence it's a new car. Thus, probably far more reliable and usable than an original. Then add in option of custom build specification which no doubt will appeal to buyers. Also there's direct manufacturers support with presumably easy access to spare parts too.
Personally, I'd much prefer an original but it just mightn't be too easy to live with from a practical aspect, may not drive as well as an EVO37 either

[S600BSB]

Fabulous

[Boom78]

My question is will this be any good as we’ve seen in the past these ‘reimagined’ cars (stratos, delta etc) being pretty crap in terms of handling, performance and build quality. Almost like they’ve made a car that performs worse than the original donor eg F430, 488 etc. unless the remodelled car is much better I don’t see the point. Does look great though.

[Roman Moroni]

Geoffcapes said:

As a rule, I don't like white cars.

That said, I'll happily make an exception for this. My word it's gorgeous!

Ditto!

In fact I'd have it over the red one shown above

[TikTak]

Love it. Looks fantastic and I still think the Martini colours probably look great on any car.

LotusOmega375D said:

Or you could have bought the real thing for $588k at auction earlier this year and saved yourself a fortune.

This is a bit nuts though. I would say I suspect the real ones would never be driven though, but that's probably the same for a million pound homage.

[BigChiefmuffinAgain]

I like the 037. My dad had one and I drove it quite a lot. It's a good car but not really a great one. Sort of an interim between the Stratos ( lovely but crude ) and the S4 ( which is great though a little complicated ).

This one looks like it's trying way too hard.... And the price is ridiculous.

[Justin-ow582]

Vee12V said:

The livery just isn't good enough to do Martini-tribute justice. Also the wheels are way too big.

The Integrale Matini 5 also had similarly understated stripes.

I personally didn't like the 037 works Martini livery much (or that on the S4) so I'm glad that they didn't replicate that on the Kimera.
I loved the works Integrale Evo Martini livery though.

[WPA]

Lovely

[Justin-ow582]

Boom78 said:

My question is will this be any good as we’ve seen in the past these ‘reimagined’ cars (stratos, delta etc) being pretty crap in terms of handling, performance and build quality. Almost like they’ve made a car that performs worse than the original donor eg F430, 488 etc. unless the remodelled car is much better I don’t see the point. Does look great though.

Top Gear may have ridiculed the Hawk Stratos (possibly for comedic entertainment value), however Steve Sutcliffe gave the Lister Bell STR his approval:
https://youtu.be/Xvs5jRi4h80?si=4XmyxRn_SLSiSMNt

[paul13]

Price look madness, not where my imaginary mega EuroMillions lotto win would be going.

[pheonix478]

Ignoring the comedy price I absolutely love that. That said, a genuinely stunning original 037 in red sold for less than $600k at Amelia last month...

Edited by pheonix478 on Thursday 2nd May 14:07

[Angelo1985]

Spectacular to look at!

Wait, something is missing….



Ah! Yes! The whining of people lamenting there are only 4 cylinders!

[wc98]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

Lovely as a modern interpretation, but, again with oversized hotwheels wheels. They're like oversized fake tits or the dude with a massive chest and skinny legs.

This^ it's stunning but needs less wheel, more tyre.

[pheonix478]

Angelo1985 said:

Spectacular to look at!

Wait, something is missing….



Ah! Yes! The whining of people lamenting there are only 4 cylinders!

I strongly suspect if the original had had a sonorous v8 and these guys were trying to sell a 4 cylinder interpretation for this kind of money it would have been mentioned more than once but the obvious fact that the original had the same block makes it a bit of a moot point no? It's part of thr character of the car.with the turbo and supercharger a nice nod to the S4

[s m]

pheonix478 said:

Ignoring the comedy price I absolutely love that. That said, a genuinely stunning original 037 in red sold for less than $600k at Amelia last month...

Edited by pheonix478 on Thursday 2nd May 14:07

To think they were only 15k in 1982

People rofl at RS1800 prices but it goes to show how values of other stuff is just as mad

Remember reading the road tests in Fast Lane, Car and the like
They were small horses in the road version

[pheonix478]

s m said:

...
They were small horses in the road version

Very much so. They look like they should have about 3 or 4 times the power they actually did!