Best supercar today? Noble M600

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With all the amazing £1m ++ hyper cars with hybrid this and that coming from all the big players in the market place were taking supercar ownership out of the reach even for most week in week out Lotto winners.


So where else should they look for incredible performance mean looks back to basics fool old school style.
I give you the c£200k Nobile M600 a BRITISH supercar/Hyper car.


It will be exclusive too - would be interesting to see total production numbers v its competitors or the real "limited editions" available.


Big engine two big turbos no ABS very low COG 220mph+ potential in a road car -- which out of the box you could have a huge amount of fun with on the track.



Best £200k you could spend on a car?
Discuss.

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IanMorewood said:

It's a stunning car but then it needs to be to hold up against the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche and McLaren.

Don't disagree - and its certainly not a supercar for all infact its much more the petrol heads supercar IMHO. A raw experiance and pace which is what Ahead of an Enzo ie a bargain relatively speaking.

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pablo said:

I'd take an Exige S over the Noble M600 any day.... Exige has the benefit of more usable power and will be just as entertaining on a track. It looks nicer too.

Good shout I really like them - though for me the utterly savage relentless acceleration the 220+mph the looks just make it a winner. Also the exige s isn't that more of a sports car than a super car /comparable to an Enzo?

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pablo said:

Yes the Exige possibly is more of a sports car than a super car but in the real world, 200mph savagery is pointless, the noble wouldn't reach that speed on any UK track and I'd imagine the Exige would run rings round it on a track. It's a brave guy who drops 200k on the Noble and not a 911 GT3 or a 456 though.

The M600 is 509 bhp/tonne
458 is 378 bhp/tonne
911 GT3 (latest) 329bhp/tonne

Enzo 477bhp/tonne
Zonda F Clubsport 521bhp/tonne
911 GT1 524 bhp/tonne
LaFerrari 706bhp/tonne

The M400 is within the second group its vastly quicker than a 458 similar price but with the pace of cars a few leagues ahead.

Incredible - didn't realise it was that brutal

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pablo said:

Which kind of backs up my point, you can use a lot more of the potential performance in the 458 or 911 compared to the M600... It's not vastly quicker at all, on paper it simply has a higher bhp/ton figure, you need to be a skilled driver to do anything with that power though, otherwise you at as well just have a 200 bhp Clio....

Edited by pablo on Saturday 28th February 22:13

But the point is clearly that sort of individual is catered for by the other mainstream cars which is perfectly good - however for those who crave 911 GT1/Enzo/Zonda F etc levels of performance in a back to basics car where there are no gizmos stopping you from getting it wrong you are properly connected to the road.


Also it has 3 modes
400/450 Road use
550 track use
650 race use

So you can select the map you wish - build up gradually as you learn the car and your own ability.
I'm sure you could have plenty of fun in it at road setting but its nice to go to 911 GT1 levels of performance if you wish.


On a you tube vid - I think a Chris Harris one, an x LeMans driver who used to race group C cars in the late 70's took this car for a proper drive on track and said pretty frankly if this had of existed back then he could have turned up to LeMans and been right at the front of the race from a factory road M600. Incredible.