More pictures have emerged from new sports car maker MB Roadcars (MBR), which is to show its new EOS for the first time at Autosport the weekend after next. Aiming at the high end of the sports car market, it describes the 500bhp V8-powered EOS as "a high-performance race-bred three-seater sports car left vacant by the McLaren F1 roadcar."
The 1,000Kg EOS is MBR’s first offering and it believes the car will establish its cutting-edge image. The designers are said to include experienced Formula 1 designers and the aim is to create "the ultimate road-going supercar using advanced design and manufacturing technologies".
The car's unique points include:
- Central driving position (three-seater layout)
- First class aerodynamics inspired by modern Formula 1 cars
- High-tech composite chassis monocoque
- Fine tuned suspension kinematics
EOS' streamlined bodywork is the product of many design iterations, with each design step validated using advanced simulation techniques, including computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis. The result "is an elegant and innovative shape, which demonstrates the company’s technical know-how and sets the car apart from its rivals in terms of style and performance."
MBR says that comparison with key competitors shows that EOS "exceeds the most renowned supercars’ aerodynamic characteristics". Its downforce is distributed between front and rear axles to deliver well-balanced behaviour at high speed to improve both performance and safety.
Aerospace grade composite materials will be used to manufacture the high-strength monocoque chassis and all body panels. Unequal length double wishbone suspension geometry with inboard spring/dampers at the front and rear end will, says MBR, "ensure breathtaking cornering abilities and unrivalled agility."
EOS will use a lightweight V8 engine with a maximum power output in excess of 500bhp. The extensive use of composite materials will keep total weight within 1,000Kg resulting in an "impressive" power to weight ratio.
The design of EOS started two years ago and MBR says it's now ready to show its first prototypes, using what the company describes as "the expertise of its qualified design staff ranging from aerodynamics, composite chassis design to suspension kinematics".
The company says it's currently signing-up technical partnerships and looking for investors to strengthen and complete the EOS development, and is to launch the EOS concept at the Autosport Show on 13 January 2005. It also plans to present a full-scale show car at the Frankfurt Motorshow in September 2005.
The first EOS prototype will hit the road at the end 2006 and the first customer cars will be produced early 2007.
MB Roadcars production plans are for just 20 cars per year. Every car will be assembled by hand and tailor-made to customer requirements. MB reckons the car's technology and materials justify a price tag above £300,000.
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