Tuesday 7th July 2015

BAC Mono 2016MY details

Larger engine, more power and a very fast time up the Goodwood hill for the latest BAC Mono [new vid added]

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With Nurburgring lap records probably off for the immediate future, is the Goodwood hill time to become the fast car track test? There were 75 comments on the supercar shootout story, crashes trying to achieve a fast time and now BAC has posted an 'unofficial' record.

How does 533hp per tonne grab you?

Alright, the world's supercar makes aren't likely to descend on Sussex anytime soon. But BAC's claim of a 47.9-second time in the new Mono is still remarkable, over three seconds quicker than the Noble M600 this year and 1.3 seconds faster than last year's fastest time in the GT-R NISMO. The video gives you some idea of what that looks like -fast, in a word - without actually covering start to finish.

So how has it been done? The biggest change for the 2016 BAC is a new engine, a 2.5-litre four-cylinder from Mountune replacing the old 2.3. Power is up from 284hp to 309hp and presumably there's a little more torque too - that figure hasn't yet been released. Power to weight is claimed at 533hp per tonne thanks to a 580kg kerbweight.

New for this model year also are a drive-by-wire throttle and "bespoke driver fitment" including a unique steering wheel and and seat tailor-made for the owner.

See the video for more!

But the the latest Mono is more significant than just a model update, with BAC now operating from a new factory now capable of producing a car a month. This is part of a wider drive to export the Mono and give BAC greater exposure in European and Asian markets. Oh, and it also now has access to Liverpool Airport for shakedown testing...

BAC has also stated that a double-digit amount of orders were taken at Goodwood, which certainly bodes well for the future. There aren't yet any details on price for the new model, but we would expect a slight rise over the £74,950 (plus VAT) previously charged. More details, and hopefully a first drive from Liverpool Airport, to follow as soon as possible!

Watch the video here.

Oli Webb onboard here.

[PorscheGT4]

"£74,950 "

£110k I thought

[PorscheGT4]

WCZ said:

+ VAT as stated in the article

mm they have added + vat since I posted, but that is still only £90k

I am sure they were £110k

[PorscheGT4]

PunterCam said:

Why would anyone buy anything else?

If I was going to spend under £100k on a car, I would have one these in a heartbeat - it's unbeatable in pretty much every area. Sense of occasion, properly exotic materials, so lovely to look at, so rare, the perfect auto box, the perfect engine (I love a good n/a 4 cylinder - it's so anti-snobbish!), handling that will be more fun on the road than pretty much everything else on sale... Sure, an atom or a caterham will be pretty much as fun, but there is still a hint of the kit car (certainly in the caterham, very very slightly in the atom), so having one of them plus, for example, an m3 for day to day wouldn't interest me. I'd have two cars, neither of which is the best.

I would literally have one of these and a 20 year old diesel polo. £100k garage, done.

but it's £115k :-)