Few cars can divide opinion like a Bristol, and the Fighter is no exception. People tend to walk the other way before finding out anything about them, although most probably weren't considering one in the first place.
This is a pity because there's a lot to be said for the Fighter; the mighty V10 motor delivers 350lb ft of torque... at tick over. It's one inch shorter and three inches narrower than a 997 Porsche, and in 1,100hp twin-turbo 'T' guise it has around 10 percent more torque, 20 percent less weight, and 50 percent less aerodynamic drag than a Veyron.
It'll cover more ground than a Veyron as well, in that if you ran the Bugatti at its top speed it would run out of fuel within 20 minutes (so, technically, it can't actually do 254 miles in one hour...), whereas the non-T-spec' Fighter can maintain its 210mph maximum for over sixty minutes. Still, there are those who just can't get past the looks, which were apparently 14th on Bristol's list of desirable attributes when the idea was conceived.
This one (found at the bottom of the page)
is for sale by Bristol Cars themselves. It was first displayed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2006 and was also used as a development car by Bristol to test different dampers and brakes and so on, as well as for high-speed testing.
It's showing just over 16,000 miles and boasts a full Bristol maintenance record. The price is £159,000, which is a lot when you consider that you could get a 2010 Ferrari 599 Fiorano for that.
Some dangerously argumentative types may posit that few cars can get near the engineering integrity of the Bristol, but would that be enough to draw you away from the sex-factor of a car like the Ferrari?