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[AJ]
2,923 posts
67 months
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Yeast Lord said: I've been dreaming about this car. How much will it cost when it's finally released? With vette mechanicals it can't be that much can it. The last report was $600k, which converts to £387k at todays rate. It will have to be damn good to command that kind of price, no matter how good it looks. If it really is as quick as they say it is, then it could end up being relatively good value compared to the competition.
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Polarbert
16,884 posts
100 months
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I'd be more inclined to like this car if I hadn't read so much about the t  t ripping off Viper owners for upgrades, and then completing denying it and cowering when confronted with the fact.
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rpla102
205 posts
90 months
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Video: Venom GT On The Road
Hennessey's 'hot-rodded' Lotus struts its stuff at Silvertone
Silvertone?
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BoRED S2upid
9,456 posts
109 months
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What a stunning piece of kit. Is there an options list? I want the optional parachute on mine.
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Fresh_Clip
197 posts
63 months
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 This chassis was designed for a transverse 4 cylinder engine of 130 to 200 Hp. Now are you seriously going to tell me that its all OK for 700Hp?? The only thing I know for sure is Hennessey won't be the bloke driving it at the limit when it lets go. Good luck prospective owners, you're going to need it!
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sprinter1050
10,132 posts
96 months
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Looks like he should have been reminded we drive on the left in UK.....
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Dakkon
6,243 posts
122 months
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Not sure about the price, but it is a grown up Elise with a proper V8 soundtrack, what is not to like?
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soad
15,919 posts
45 months
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BoRED S2upid said: What a stunning piece of kit. Is there an options list? I want the optional parachute on mine. Don't know about the parachute but it does look sweet.
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k-ink
4,626 posts
48 months
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OT: I'd like to see an elise sans body, for an ultra light basic toy. Just the bare alloy tub with a small fly catcher aero screen 
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vintageracer01
855 posts
44 months
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Viper said: spinning the wheels, speeding expect a knock on the door soon.. I hope, YOU are not from the fun police, aren't you? A great car, however. I like it a lot.
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custardtart
1,421 posts
122 months
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My version of this would be slightly different and more in keeping with how I believe Colin Chapman would approach development.  Same lotus chassis. Lightweight body, ie. plexiglass windows, thinner fibreglass body. 2.8 litre Hartley V8 (the 550bhp version) Quaife sequential box. All up weight of 550KG. Power to weight - circa 1000bhp per ton. Just gotta build it now 
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ThatPhilBrettGuy
11,528 posts
109 months
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Hhhmm from some angles it does look like a stretched limo Exige though  Doesn't make a great deal of noise generally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NBlHc5SBaQ&fea...They didn't like getting out dragged on the Brunters main straight by 2 fat blokes fully grown men in my Noble. Nice to see someone building their dream. It isn't mine though....
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bennyb24
48 posts
37 months
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everything that needs to be said about this car has probably been mentioned over the various adverts.
But I just simply cannot imagine how it is possible to ever contemplate paying such a price for this ? Taking existing cheap parts and "engineering" them into something new
Lotus exige 30k - V8 20k - bit of chassis tinkering and gearbox lets go crazy and say 50K.... where does the other 250k go ? (obv. I know feck all about building cars - but I could have plenty cheaper that at least build their own engines ?)
If anyone does buy this , please let me know because I have some venom branded magic beans I can sell you at a very reasonable price !
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k-ink
4,626 posts
48 months
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bennyb24 said: Lotus exige 30k - V8 20k - bit of chassis tinkering and gearbox lets go crazy and say 50K.... where does the other 250k go ? £10k advertising on PH and £240k profit in the bank 
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Dagnut
2,972 posts
62 months
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custardtart said: My version of this would be slightly different and more in keeping with how I believe Colin Chapman would approach development. Same lotus chassis. Lightweight body, ie. plexiglass windows, thinner fibreglass body. 2.8 litre Hartley V8 (the 550bhp version) Quaife sequential box. All up weight of 550KG. Power to weight - circa 1000bhp per ton. Just gotta build it now Capro T1?
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TankRizzo
2,190 posts
62 months
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It's a great conversion, but there's no way I would buy a car from John Hennessey given some of the horror stories about him and his company.
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Sols
27 posts
39 months
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I think that could beat a speed camera!
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MrTappets
737 posts
60 months
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Very nice, but so much money. Ultima makes more sense to me.
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Nathe
54 posts
61 months
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Looks great but the panel gaps on the pics from the last time this was on here don't match up with the hypercar price tag.
Also looks like they've not bothered to finish the section around the exhaust and just left a huge hole.
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DonkeyApple
12,026 posts
38 months
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bennyb24 said: everything that needs to be said about this car has probably been mentioned over the various adverts.
But I just simply cannot imagine how it is possible to ever contemplate paying such a price for this ? Taking existing cheap parts and "engineering" them into something new
Lotus exige 30k - V8 20k - bit of chassis tinkering and gearbox lets go crazy and say 50K.... where does the other 250k go ? (obv. I know feck all about building cars - but I could have plenty cheaper that at least build their own engines ?)
If anyone does buy this , please let me know because I have some venom branded magic beans I can sell you at a very reasonable price ! Non UK manufacturers tend to try and make a profit, so will factor in projected unit sales against tooling, marketing, labour, tax, property costs etc. A Ford Mondeo would cost several million if you planned to sell 50 a year and turn a profit.
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