RE: 800hp Spanish Supercar

RE: 800hp Spanish Supercar

Friday 4th April 2008

800hp Spanish Supercar

Ceramic brakes and Pontiac V10 for '09 supercar



It seems that it’s not just the Brits who like to tempt us with supercar concepts that seem ever so slightly over-ambitious.

This time it is the turn of the Spanish, in particular GTA Motor, who have unveiled plans for a brand new supercar.

This 800hp monster will be completely handbuilt and the company is planning to sell 98 units this year.

As the car won’t hit the showrooms until 2009, we’re guessing this means GTA Motor want to secure that many orders this year.

It is powered by a Pontiac V10 and the company estimates it will be good for 211mph.

It will have a six-speed gearbox and ceramic brakes and this year GTA hopes to produce a 1:1 finished prototype.

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akier

Original Poster:

3 posts

219 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Pontiac V10? As far as I know, Pontiac doesn't produce a V10. Does the author mean the Dodge V10 as sourced from the Viper?

dean_ratpac

1,582 posts

278 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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a little styling thievery from the veyron?

shadowninja

76,341 posts

282 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Looks a bit narrow. A bit Smart Roadster.

MarkoTVR

1,139 posts

234 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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KZ1 / Veyron lovechild......looks quite good!

Fetchez la vache

5,572 posts

214 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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dean_ratpac said:
a little styling thievery from the veyron?
a little?

Stig

11,817 posts

284 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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I predict the following:

It will suffer huge delays
The company will go into liquidation once the current team run out of dosh
Some other idiot will fund it to fulfil a 'dream'
A test mule will be built and then touted as 'nearing production' (basically by repainting it every time a journo is allowed to see it)
It will appear at motorshows in a shell scheme with a couple of dodgy looking 'models' sporting cellulite, dodgy skin and lycra in equal measure
It will finally end up with a low emissions V6
They will price it as 300k Euro
They will then realise no-one want to pay that, so it will drop to 150k euro
Still no-one will buy it
The project will collapse and the investor will cry into his empty bank account
Someone will then try and revive it and create another 3D render
PH and most of the motoring press will cover it as there's not alot of news on and it's been 3 days since a 'supercar' launch

Repeat

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Baffled Spoon

5,250 posts

194 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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dean_ratpac said:
a little styling thievery from the veyron?
yes The front also has hints of Ferrari f430 about it too.

Road_Terrorist

5,591 posts

242 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Stig said:
I predict the following:

It will suffer huge delays
The company will go into liquidation once the current team run out of dosh
Some other idiot will fund it to fulfil a 'dream'
A test mule will be built and then touted as 'nearing production' (basically by repainting it every time a journo is allowed to see it)
It will appear at motorshows in a shell scheme with a couple of dodgy looking 'models' sporting cellulite, dodgy skin and lycra in equal measure
It will finally end up with a low emissions V6
They will price it as 300k Euro
They will then realise no-one want to pay that, so it will drop to 150k euro
Still no-one will buy it
The project will collapse and the investor will cry into his empty bank account
Someone will then try and revive it and create another 3D render
PH and most of the motoring press will cover it as there's not alot of news on and it's been 3 days since a 'supercar' launch

Repeat

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It's funny because it's true biggrin

Bizzle

544 posts

201 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Each car comes with a free empty bottle of tequila sealed inside the 1/4 pannel and crushed cans of amstel for chassis spacers.

tomTVR

6,909 posts

241 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Just a generic supercar shape sleep a bit of veyron, f430, ascari and a splash of saleen s7 towards the back.

Arj

557 posts

211 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Stig said:
I predict the following:

It will suffer huge delays
The company will go into liquidation once the current team run out of dosh
Some other idiot will fund it to fulfil a 'dream'
A test mule will be built and then touted as 'nearing production' (basically by repainting it every time a journo is allowed to see it)
It will appear at motorshows in a shell scheme with a couple of dodgy looking 'models' sporting cellulite, dodgy skin and lycra in equal measure
It will finally end up with a low emissions V6
They will price it as 300k Euro
They will then realise no-one want to pay that, so it will drop to 150k euro
Still no-one will buy it
The project will collapse and the investor will cry into his empty bank account
Someone will then try and revive it and create another 3D render
PH and most of the motoring press will cover it as there's not alot of news on and it's been 3 days since a 'supercar' launch

Repeat

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A bit like this template for press releases I found on the Sniff Petrol site...
biglaugh

Wolfsbait

464 posts

210 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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rolleyes

Agree with all of the above...a dull vanity project that has as much chance of turning a wheel as Max Mosley has holding onto his job...

Edited by Wolfsbait on Friday 4th April 11:45

E38

723 posts

213 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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F430 front vents, ascari bonnet/front, veyron rear third with a nsx spolier...

Perhaps this is why all new cars are so ugly, all the good designs have been done, so now you either be original and get a ghastly result, or use the less original designs, create a not bad looking supercar, but get blasted for being a mish-mash.

Trenchtown

147 posts

219 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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MarkoTVR said:
KZ1 / Veyron lovechild......looks quite good!
My thoughts exactly!


And some Gumpert inlets...

Edited by Trenchtown on Friday 4th April 11:59

qube_TA

8,402 posts

245 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Didn't think Pontiac made engines any more never mind an uber V10 one.

Looks well though.


Bobdenero

187 posts

195 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Another pipe dream that will not see the light of day!

timewatch

881 posts

194 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Ah Pontiac again ! Car looks fantastic "Coche Hermoso" hope it's a reality in 2009.

But Don't mention this to MK4 Slowride or Big_Rob_Sidney Please !

Ha Ha.. hope your both well ??

Cheers TW>>>biggrin

Edited by timewatch on Friday 4th April 12:30

E36GUY

5,906 posts

218 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Will it come loaded with a 'tantrum' function for everytime it gets beaten by a more talented car and hence not hold unequivocable number 1 status?

papaulaborgne

39 posts

195 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Guys I am sorry to disagree with you but I do believe that this car is going to be produced and will comply with the specs. This chaps have the support of the "Comunitat Valenciana" (the autonomic goverment) and as you may know they are wiling to enhance everything related to sports cars competition (look at the F1 GP), furthermore the team GTA MOTOR is fairly well known in Spain (ok I know it is not the UK wink)but they are doing a good job. So, despite what many of you may think it is not going to be the case of Arj forecasts...

wab172uk

2,005 posts

227 months

Friday 4th April 2008
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Stig said:
I predict the following:

It will suffer huge delays
The company will go into liquidation once the current team run out of dosh
Some other idiot will fund it to fulfil a 'dream'
A test mule will be built and then touted as 'nearing production' (basically by repainting it every time a journo is allowed to see it)
It will appear at motorshows in a shell scheme with a couple of dodgy looking 'models' sporting cellulite, dodgy skin and lycra in equal measure
It will finally end up with a low emissions V6
They will price it as 300k Euro
They will then realise no-one want to pay that, so it will drop to 150k euro
Still no-one will buy it
The project will collapse and the investor will cry into his empty bank account
Someone will then try and revive it and create another 3D render
PH and most of the motoring press will cover it as there's not alot of news on and it's been 3 days since a 'supercar' launch

Repeat

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hehehehe

You said what I was thinking