Spotted in Reading Services

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Hiya

Hope this is in the right place


I have lurked for a while but spotted something yesterday worthy of posting.

No decals or identifying badges
The Driver of the truck would not tell me anything other that it was going to be crash tested in the next few days.

It all looked very nice with a carbon fibre floor and nicely machined alloy bits.

Any ideas?

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It was much bigger/wider that a Smart, it had a 4 cyl enging and an ally chassis tub.

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I'm sure it wasn't a Smart.
and dispite whats on the side of the truck I'm sure its not a TVR.

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Bonefish Blues said:

750turbo said:

CatherineJ said:

Didn't someone in the UK buy the rights to the smart roadster with a view to re-developing it and re-launching it.

I'm going back about 3 years ago now.

Project Kimber from memory.

Having had a quick search it does look like some of the images for this.

No It doesn't

All the inages on google for project kimber look exactly like a smart with perhaps a gril at the front.



This was wider that than a Smart and had a 4 cylinder engine.
Smart has 3 iirc.

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Bonefish Blues said:

Auditor said:

Bonefish Blues said:

750turbo said:

CatherineJ said:

Didn't someone in the UK buy the rights to the smart roadster with a view to re-developing it and re-launching it.

I'm going back about 3 years ago now.

Project Kimber from memory.

Having had a quick search it does look like some of the images for this.

No It doesn't

All the inages on google for project kimber look exactly like a smart with perhaps a gril at the front.



This was wider that than a Smart and had a 4 cylinder engine.
Smart has 3 iirc.

Try this one?
http://www.adrianflux.co.uk/blog/uploaded_images/a...
P Kimber's first rendering of the AC Ace Roadster.

Barwea was right!

Thanks

I did a bit of searching and found this
http://www.mastrettasportscars.com/

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I had a good conversation with the guy importing the Mastretta today

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Monkeylegend said:

Auditor said:

I had a good conversation with the guy importing the Mastretta today

And............................?

Seems like a very genuine, nice bloke.

There are still a lot of final details to iron out in terms of spec and pricing, but he has some clear thoughts on where it should be to be competitive.

He doesn't want it to be seen as a competitor to Lotus as he sees it as being far less " Hard Core" than an Elise/Exige with more toys etc as standard.
eg. even the car to be tested and impacted has A/C as will all cars.

It is a whole lot easier to enter and exit than a Lotus, too.

They are hoping for less that 900kgs and 250(ish) ps from a Turbo charged Ford engine.

Launch will be dependant on how quickly the car can pass complete EU Approval.

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Fully speced he is aiming for mid £30s butthe exchange rate is on its arse at the moment.