RE: Noble London to host new car over Easter Weekend
RE: Noble London to host new car over Easter Weekend
Wednesday 12th April 2006

See the Noble M15 in the flesh

Noble dealers host new model in next 10 days


Noble London, based in Barnet, North London will host the new M15 model over the Easter weekend and is keen for everyone to visit and see the car in the flesh.

Noble London's owner Giles Cooper is raving about the car and urges everyone to see it in the flesh - "It's awesome, it's got such presence" he told us today.

See it in the Flesh
See it in the Flesh

The car can be viewed from 10am-5pm on Saturday 15th and 11am-4pm on Sunday 16th.

Refreshments will be provided and if it's a nice day, the car will be located outside for all to see.

Enquiries to info@noblelondon.com or visit www.noblelondon.com

The car will also be on show at the following times/venues:

  • Sat 8th April: Peter Smith Sports Cars, Hatton, now Sunday too
  • Tuesday 11th April: Mole Valley, Chessington
  • Wed 12th: Kerridges, Ipswich
  • Thursday 13th April: n/a
  • Friday 14th: Christopher Neil, Northwich

 

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fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

295 months

Tuesday 4th April 2006
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I'm not sure about this new design update of the M14, but I will wait and see other images of this car before I judge it, but it's not looking good for the moment......

venom

1,864 posts

285 months

Tuesday 4th April 2006
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I'm not sure about it either, but then I wasn't sure about the car when I saw the earlier version at the motorshow a couple of years back. If they've improved on that bluff front end then I'd be happier - not convinced from the pictures I've seen of it that they've moved it on though.

purpleperil

1,225 posts

310 months

Tuesday 4th April 2006
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I believe its on show at Peter Smith Sports Cars (Derbyshire) this weekend?!

joust

14,622 posts

285 months

gbbird

5,197 posts

270 months

Wednesday 5th April 2006
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I must admit i really like this. Would even consider trading in the TVR!!

wab172uk

2,005 posts

253 months

Wednesday 5th April 2006
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Could have made it a bit prettier. Will only appeal to the hardcore owners IMO. Will never temp your average Porsche buyer to trade in. Ferrari owners will not even look at it.
It will be quick, yes. It will handle well, yes, but is it pretty enough to really WANT on? No.

V6GTO

11,579 posts

268 months

Wednesday 5th April 2006
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We've got two threads going to talk about the new car...Please stay on topic

Martin.

paulcundy

1,897 posts

291 months

Wednesday 5th April 2006
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sales said:
My apologies that we can't get the car to all the dealers next week. The car is due back to Lee on the Monday after Easter where it will go back into development for the next 6 weeks.

Stuart


And this is where Noble have trounced everyone. Well done Lee and all at Barwell; read above "it will go back into development for the next 6 weeks".

For this I read - we'll listen and learn and see what the punters think and make changes (probably to the back end). "Launching" the car before the final product is finalised is a brainwave. Hats of to Noble again.
Regards
PauL C

V6GTO

11,579 posts

268 months

Wednesday 5th April 2006
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Paul, if that's the case then it's inspirational thinking

Martin.

Harry Flashman

21,479 posts

268 months

Wednesday 12th April 2006
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I think that car looks fantastic.

pitcrew

15 posts

252 months

Wednesday 12th April 2006
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Big improvement!, Very nice!

member8888

188 posts

256 months

Wednesday 12th April 2006
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IMHO this car is STILL a BD (big Disaster) and should have been styled by a stylist not an engineer. It's all well and goog saying "the more I look at it the more I like it" It could, should have been great and it's far from that. Subjective or not, that GRP lump aint woth more than the sum of it's parts and certainly aint worth 75k. I hope I'm wrong but Noble on present form is a bit of a one hit wonder, not something to make Britain proud. A bit of a Right Said Fred or Milli Vanilli or whatever their called. No doubt some people, probably those with deposits and the infirm will say:

"What do you know, Lee Noble is a God"

But I can't help thinking that despite my 'subjective' views on this, I'll be proved to be correct when this poor effort flops.

hunttheshunt

1,093 posts

266 months

Wednesday 12th April 2006
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member8888 said:
"the more I look at it the more I like it"


That must be me then! I like it!

Noble from memory have had at least four hits, M12 2.5, GTO3, 3R and M400. I'm no expert on Right Said Fred, but I think they had two hit's actually. Milli Vanilli had about four off of one album and were either Dutch or German or something like that. Still 'Never let the facts get in the way of a good story'!!!

As to the "making Britain proud" and the "GRP lump" comments, I would re-read some of the artciles already published on the M12, M400 and the M15, you might find them useful.

ThatPhilBrettGuy

11,810 posts

266 months

Wednesday 12th April 2006
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hunttheshunt said:
Noble from memory have had at least four hits, M12 2.5, GTO3, 3R and M400.

Nope. One hit. The M12.

hunttheshunt

1,093 posts

266 months

Wednesday 12th April 2006
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ThatPhilBrettGuy said:
Nope. One hit. The M12.


Is that not stretching it a bit, like saying 'The 911' or 'A Maranello'??

ThatPhilBrettGuy

11,810 posts

266 months

Thursday 13th April 2006
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hunttheshunt said:
ThatPhilBrettGuy said:
Nope. One hit. The M12.


Is that not stretching it a bit, like saying 'The 911' or 'A Maranello'??

Not really. In the scheme of things the changes between the M12 variants are relatively minor. Yes things have been improved or just changed between the various models, but park them next to each other it's obvious they're all the same car.

joust

14,622 posts

285 months

Thursday 13th April 2006
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ThatPhilBrettGuy said:
Not really. In the scheme of things the changes between the M12 variants are relatively minor. Yes things have been improved or just changed between the various models, but park them next to each other it's obvious they're all the same car.
In looks - granted. In engineering terms, not even near. That's like saying the 996 and 997, the boxster and boxster 2, the boxster and cayman are the same car.

Changing the engine between the 2.5-3, then the massive dynamic changes between the 3 and 400 are all rather major changes I would have thought.

Personally I think all this fuss is great. It's generating huge interest (good and bad) in the car. The test will be will people that actually can afford a £75k car buy it?

Given the number of additional deposits Mole Valley took on-top of all the people that put money down on the M14 I have a feeling this might just be the most successful car Lee's ever built....

J

>> Edited by joust on Thursday 13th April 08:24

loomx

327 posts

251 months

Thursday 13th April 2006
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How can anyone say this car is ugly, it looks fantastic! a vast improvment over the M12 which looked like a kit car, this actually lookes like a supercar

AMG Merc

11,955 posts

279 months

Thursday 13th April 2006
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loomx said:
the M12 which looked like a kit car


You're not the first to say this - what particularly makes the M12 look like a kit car IYHO?

paulcundy

1,897 posts

291 months

Thursday 13th April 2006
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joust said:
That's like saying the 996 and 997, the boxster and boxster 2, the boxster and cayman are the same car.

>> Edited by joust on Thursday 13th April 08:24


Err, but justin don't the Cayman, Boxter, Boxter 2 and 996 all share the same front end? I thought that was part of the Stuttgart master plan?
Regards
PauL C