Keating SKR

[highflyer]

Yo guys, check this out it, looks a bit like a cross between a Lotus Elise S2 and an Ultima GTR, it was at the top gear live show, yesterday.

[San Diego GTR]

highflyer said:

Yo guys, check this out it, looks a bit like a cross between a Lotus Elise S2 and an Ultima GTR, it was at the top gear live show, yesterday.

Check what out?

[crafty]

Hmmm.....some bits work for me - other bits dont.


according to the story below they are planning 5-10 cars per year? There's no way a business will work with that few cars.

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/220584/britains_...

[V8OWNER]

I can see Zonda and F40 thrown in there too..
its not for me.

[highflyer]

Thanks crafty !

[LuckyP]

I see Ascari, Saleen amd Mosler........

[738 driver]

I think the transition from frontal curves to square cabin and blunt rear-end is a bit abrupt, its not bad looking though.

[GTRCLIVE]

I Kind of like the front but hate the rest... pity.

You can survive making low volume amounts but it would have to be a one or two man production team to keep costs down and near Zero rent for the buildings.....
Kind of like living on a large farm and building the cars at home..... but saying that
his costs will have just gone up due to the American Exchange Rate losing close to 25%...

Edited by GTRCLIVE on Sunday 16th November 15:51

[Wilder]

Not necessarily. If he bought dollars by a forward agreement (called hedging)they can buy over a 12 month period at a set rate pound to dollar which is unnafected by any change in rate during that period.
Past that 12 months through, who knows...

[ezakimak]

there is a new version of the JOSS due out next year. production version, posibly with a carbon tub. prototype was built on a Ultima chassie. will be interesting to se how that goes.

[San Diego GTR]

Thanks Crafty.

I respect Mr. Keating's efforts, but wonder why anyone would give his car more than a few minutes of consideration, if they are familiar with Ultima's offerings? As I see it, the only real advantage he could possibly offer would be to be to sell it for a significant savings over an Ultima. But this would need to be really significant in order to make sense.

Paul