Monday 8th August 2011

Video: Arrinera, The Polish Supercar

No, it's not Modena, but Warsaw is now the official home to a supercar maker

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This is the Arrinera, an all-new supercar from, of all the unexpected places, Poland.

Yes, it looks like a Lamborghini and yes, it is powered by that favourite engine of makers of my-first-supercars, the supercharged 6.2-litre LS9 GM V8. But this is one fledgling supercar that you can perhaps take more seriously than many a rendered start-up - because this one's actually real.

The rendering you see on this page has been hanging around for a while now, but if we published a story on every speculative supercar start-up, we wouldn't have time to write all that hard-hitting up-to-the-minute news that you love so much on PH (That really doesn't sound like us, Riggers. What website have you been reading? - Ed).

Now we've seen this video, however, we can at least say that a prototype exists. As for how much? Er... we don't know, but we do know that you will get carbon fibre (and other) composite bodywork clothing a tubular steel chassis, ceramic brakes, and even a thermal imaging camera (so drivers can check out the local 'hotties', presumably - sorry).

As for when you'll be able to get it, looks like sometime in 2012 is Arrinera's target date to start selling cars.

 

 

[dirtbiker]

Why, oh why, did they leave the wind and road noise in that clip when you can't hear the V8?!

Looks promising though, despite the slightly odd curves in the rear end...

[thewheelman]

It does look like a cheap copy of a Lambo.

[Roberty]

Back end styling needs some more work IMO

[typezerora]

Why oh why do all new super cars look just like every other super car (Lambo's to be precise)?

[jimbo2728]

Looks like they have carved a Murci up.

Poor.

[Bahnstormer]

loving the bent rear number plate 'styling' !

[British Beef]

Coming from Poland, this should be nice and cheap, right?

With a none existent brand name and a run of the mill GM motor, it should be double cheap (for a "super car")?

I would suggest £60-70k would be reasonable for this package. Ultima GTR / Corvette Z06 sort of money.

[anonymous-user]

I like the way this is heading - a lot of eastern European countries have a strong history of engineering before the communists came in and turned everything to st, let's hope it can be recovered.

[robinessex]

Er! Carbon body on a tubular chassis? Why? If it's got a tubular chassis, then the body isn't structural, and you can make it out of the lightest material you can find. Aluminium! And the Poles are good at bashing out ali bodies, they do Cobra ones amongst others.

[kambites]

I think the automotive industry has come to think of CF far more as a fashion accessory than a useful construction material these days.

[ktm301p]

British Beef said:

Coming from Poland, this should be nice and cheap, right?

With a none existent brand name and a run of the mill GM motor, it should be double cheap (for a "super car")?

I would suggest £60-70k would be reasonable for this package. Ultima GTR / Corvette Z06 sort of money.

Agreed. Seeing as though this is a lambo in a cheap disguise, with a boring block engine. There is no way this would rival other cars over the 70k bracket

Poor effort imo

[stephen300o]

thewheelman said:

It does look like a cheap copy of a Lambo.

But then again so does the Aventador.

[RJDM3]

You cant 'Polish' a turd

[joe_90]

its looks like a 406 with a lambo body kit on.

[louismchuge]

Looks like a lambo

Gets smoked by an old 3 series on the motorway

[anonymous-user]

looks like a crappy kit car!

[nouze]

They are brave - why buy something that is based on corvette for corvette money when you can get the real thing and it's going to be better than most of the overengineered eurosupercrap.

[evenflow]

You can hear it in Maranello now...

"For-a goodness sake-a, coming over here and a-stealin' our jobs-a"

[TVRWannabee]

Ah, this must be this week's new supercar then.

[vrooom]

Look at how smooth the road is...