Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)

[JimmyJam]

Spanglepants said:

Oh yeah
One of my lottery win cars ( really) Check this site out, dread to think how much they are though
http://www.grandwagoneer.com

JimmyJam said:

The super cool Wagoneer, spotted in wealthy Surrey tennis club car park. Looked fantastic against the usual suspects.

Oh yes!! What a mammoth website!

[Blown2CV]

JimmyJam said:

Spanglepants said:

Oh yeah
One of my lottery win cars ( really) Check this site out, dread to think how much they are though
http://www.grandwagoneer.com

JimmyJam said:

The super cool Wagoneer, spotted in wealthy Surrey tennis club car park. Looked fantastic against the usual suspects.

Oh yes!! What a mammoth website!

hilariously fundamental misunderstanding of how websites work, link allergy!

[DickyC]

Last evening at Reading Services. It went down so well on the Trivial Thread last night I thought I'd share it on here. I followed it for a while on the M4 and the driver was the epitome of moderate and considerate driving. Which meant I had the windows down in vain in anticipation of hearing the noise. Foo.

As a Trivial Thread regular responded to the pictures with "what the fking fk is that?" I should perhaps explain that it's a Marcos Mantis; a throw back to the sixties brought up to date with a bit of a bang. I think the original ones were intended to race at Le Mans in the sixties but I'm not sure if they did. The later ones did, 1995 IIRC.

[michael243]

DickyC said:

As a Trivial Thread regular responded to the pictures with "what the fking fk is that?"

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[autofocus]

DickyC said:

Last evening at Reading Services. It went down so well on the Trivial Thread last night I thought I'd share it on here. I followed it for a while on the M4 and the driver was the epitome of moderate and considerate driving. Which meant I had the windows down in vain in anticipation of hearing the noise. Foo.

As a Trivial Thread regular responded to the pictures with "what the fking fk is that?" I should perhaps explain that it's a Marcos Mantis; a throw back to the sixties brought up to date with a bit of a bang. I think the original ones were intended to race at Le Mans in the sixties but I'm not sure if they did. The later ones did, 1995 IIRC.

Hi there,

Its not just a Mantis its a super rare Mantis GT. For the GT they took the 4.6 V8 Mustang engine and popped on a Vortex Supercharger.

I worked for Mantis back in the early 2000's at the London Motor Show when this car was launched. Epic !!!

Having driven a few Mantis in my time I can only say it was not the sort of car you would think of bolting a supercharger on. It was pretty quick without.

In terms of Le Mans the Mantis never raced, the race car was based on the LM road car which was essentially a forerunner of the Mantis. The #71 Le Mans car was at the NEC Classic Car Show last weekend making a rare appearance.



Regards

Tim

Edited by autofocus on Wednesday 18th November 21:38

[DickyC]

autofocus said:

Hi there,

Its not just a Mantis its a super rare Mantis GT. For the GT they took the 4.6 V8 Mustang engine and popped on a Vortex Supercharger.

I worked for Mantis back in the early 2000's at the London Motor Show when this car was launched. Epic !!!

Having driven a few Mantis in my time I can only say it was not the sort of car you would think of bolting a supercharger on. It was pretty quick without.

Regards

Tim

Brilliant! Thanks for that. I had just driven from Colchester, underwater most of the way, contemplating the sort of car which would be ideal in the conditions. In the services in Reading I saw the Mantis, the absolute antithesis of everything I had been thinking.

I couldn't get over how quiet it was. He wasn't giving it beans but still it sounded very restrained.

[stain]

0a said:

I UNDERSTAND

Lovely:

Is that at SGH?

[Nickyboy]

DickyC said:

Last evening at Reading Services. It went down so well on the Trivial Thread last night I thought I'd share it on here. I followed it for a while on the M4 and the driver was the epitome of moderate and considerate driving. Which meant I had the windows down in vain in anticipation of hearing the noise. Foo.

As a Trivial Thread regular responded to the pictures with "what the fking fk is that?" I should perhaps explain that it's a Marcos Mantis; a throw back to the sixties brought up to date with a bit of a bang. I think the original ones were intended to race at Le Mans in the sixties but I'm not sure if they did. The later ones did, 1995 IIRC.

Same one i spotted a couple of years back

[DickyC]

Top bloke for using it regularly.

[DannyScene]

2 Marcos' I came across on my travels which haven't been used quite as regularly, both on the same property, such a shame to see how they once looked compared to now

DSC_0383 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr

DSC_0354 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr


DSC_0367 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr

DSC_0374 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr

[Scooby P1]

Didn't get a chance to photograph but just seen a DB7 Zagato volante, with roof down, on the back of a breakdown truck just now on the Euston road!

Didn't even know they came in drop top.

[will_]

Scooby P1 said:

Didn't get a chance to photograph but just seen a DB7 Zagato volante, with roof down, on the back of a breakdown truck just now on the Euston road!

Didn't even know they came in drop top.

They weren't sold over here - the AR1 was LHD only (and I think only available in the US).

[NomduJour]

will_ said:

Scooby P1 said:

Didn't get a chance to photograph but just seen a DB7 Zagato volante, with roof down, on the back of a breakdown truck just now on the Euston road!

Didn't even know they came in drop top.

They weren't sold over here - the AR1 was LHD only (and I think only available in the US).

Think there was one production RHD AR1 (and AM have another). They came with no roof at all.

[smithyithy]

I'm sure I saw a Golf R400 today on the M6. Either that or someone had done up their Golf R to look like one..



It looked just like that.

[dub16v]

This was parked near work a while ago. Looked insane.

KTM X-Bow:

[JimmyJam]

stain said:

0a said:

I UNDERSTAND

Lovely:

Is that at SGH?

That's impressive spotting if you worked it out from my picture! It looked great amongst the usual stuff in the car park.

[BrabusMog]

Not a supercar but even though I see a lot of American cars, I haven't seen one of these here before, so I'm posting it up for rarity value.

El Camino.

[RoadRunner220]

dub16v said:

This was parked near work a while ago. Looked insane.

KTM X-Bow:

That windscreen looks awful.

[DickyC]

DannyScene said:

2 Marcos' I came across on my travels which haven't been used quite as regularly, both on the same property, such a shame to see how they once looked compared to now

DSC_0383 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr

DSC_0354 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr


DSC_0367 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr

DSC_0374 by Danny Marsland, on Flickr

Have you posted these in the "Classics left to die/rotting pics" thread in Classic Cars and Yesterdays Heroes? Much hand wringing would ensue.

[9six4]

Evo II? Something didn't look quite right...