Tuesday 17th February 2009

Minotaur Mk2

Handbuilt British supercar ready to roll

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British company Vision Sportscars has unveiled a new £65,000 sports car. The firm was running under license from the now-defunct Pilgrim Cars, and the Minotaur is the first model from the company under Pilgrim's ex-helmsman, Tony Holmes.

The Mk2 Minotaur (pronounced 'Min-o-tour') is handmade in a factory in Sussex, but its proportions were penned by a Greek designer named John Forakis. A 5.7-litre Chevrolet V8 sits behind the driver, churning out 350bhp, which should be enough to give this 1160kg sports car respectable performance.

Attached to it is a Renault 21 Turbo UN1 Transaxle, and a stainless-steel exhaust system that employs a bridging pipe to connect the twin pipes, apparently for purely aural reasons. The standard car also features an electrically adjustable moving pedal box, twin alloy foam filled petrol tanks and twin alloy radiators.

The cabin has received considerable attention, apparently designed to keep everything in reach, and employs a multifunctional screen, which can be a display for the reversing camera, a DVD player and a radio, with the option to add sat nav and a television.

Vision Sportscars boasts that service and parts bills should be no more than a standard family car, so we presume that there are some parts bin bits here. Recognise those headlights anyone...?

 

[tomTVR]

£65,000

[stuartcross]

pug 206 h/lights

[Frimley111R]

I don't know where to start with this one.....

[stuartcross]

Not the best looking from the rear

[BoRED S2upid]

Isn't 350bhp a bit low for a 5.7l V8?.

Looks awesome.

[Wadeski]

So its using an old C5 corvette LS1?

they could have at least bought LS3s....

[patmahe]

Looks very home-made. Right choice of colour and trim might make a lot of difference though. But this exact car doesn't do much for me.

[funkyol]

I think it looks horrid, the interior is st, wrong colour for a launch / showcase car, chavvy head and rear lights, who's going to buy it for £65k?

You can get a plethora of MUCH nicer slightly used / new exotica for that sort of money, I just can't see a market for it.

[cableguy]

That reminds me of the 90's Cosworth powered Panther Solo, albeit a slightly larger squashed version...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_Solo

C.

[Lordbenny]

Oh dear, I remember these being around about 15/20 years ago and they looked rubbish then and still do now, what a shame for the guys building the things. They should have put their money into something small and light. Remember Ferrari 360 Spyder's are going for less than £50k now!

[kilarney]

Another car with its destiny in failure. Awfull

[briancorish]

cableguy said:

That reminds me of the 90's Cosworth powered Panther Solo, albeit a slightly larger squashed version...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_Solo

C.

Yep I thought that too, and we all know what a fantastic success that was.....

[pistolp]

hahahaahahahahahahah - what a pile of bks, if they sell one to someone with no ties to the manufacturer I will be amazed!

absolutely hideous

[The Milfman]

I will be surprised if they sell any?!

[DanBMW]

Looks only a mother could love.


Maybe in black it will look better..

[cliffie]

Looks like a 206 I once saw at Max Power Live...albeit run over by a steam roller.

[mr2-turbo-gar]

65k for a pumped up pimped out 206 is a bit much really now is'nt it!!

[Ravell]

Looks like they built the interior from plywood from B&Q and the clad the whole car with what they could find in the halfords parts bin. A bit nasty if you ask me.

[_Neal_]

Is it just me, or is the gearknob actually a sock puppet?

[J4me5]

_Neal_ said:

Is it just me, or is the gearknob actually a sock puppet?

Hahaha!... seriously tho... what the F**K is that?! Id rather spend the money putting an ear on my forehead.