Tuesday 10th November 2009

The Onuk Sazan - A Sports Car From Turkey

Turkish sports car offers 500+ bhp - for a price

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A Turkish sports car?...

This is the Onuk Sazan and, should you have 300,000 euros (£270,000) to hand and the inclination to buy a Turkish sports car, this automotive curiosity could be yours.

It's been designed and built by a chap called Dr Onuk, and features a turbocharged VQ-series Nissan V6 with around 450bhp or, for the slightly more brave, an LS7 GM V8 with 512hp and 480lb ft of torque.

All that power is fed to the rear wheels and drives a car weighing 900kg (closer to 1000kg in the LS7 version, so should provide fairly spectacular performance (although we have no performance data).

...Yep - Turkey made one in the 1970s, too

All in all it seems (on paper at least) to be an impressive - if somewhat expensive - effort for a nation that to date has only produced one other sports car, the Datsun 240Z-esque, 1600cc Ford-powered Anadol STC-16 of the 1970s (pictured right).

There is one other rather touching side to the Sazan story - just as the 246 Dino was named after Enzo Ferrari's son, the Sazan is named after Dr Onuk's late son Kaan, who died in a car accident. Sazan is a nickname for Kaan.

 

[drewcole81]

Well that looks like a Delight..... A Turkish one....

[speedsix]

the thing looks like a rebodied ultima.
if it is it would be better disguised with other wheels.
at EUR 300' it's probably only for die-hard nationalists.

[JakeR]

lot of money to kofte up for a car

[JakeR]

I like the looks, but I think the designer has made a bit of a mezze of the rear window

[B Oeuf]

£270k?! humus be joking

[deckster]

"...designed and built..."

Really? All I see are a couple of computer-generated renderings.

I wish the guy well, but it's hardly the first time we've seen a couple of pretty pictures, some made-up power & weight figures and an eye-watering price tag.

[bencollins]

is it a kit or tur(n)key?
as said above, looks like the ultima has been used as a doner

[MarkM3Evoplus]

Shish! That's expensive!

[Collaudatore]

speedsix said:

the thing looks like a rebodied ultima.
if it is it would be better disguised with other wheels.
at EUR 300' it's probably only for die-hard nationalists.

It can be bosphorus little as €300?

Edited by Collaudatore on Tuesday 10th November 14:01

[CliveM]

With an LS7 it'll certainly have the go - just hope the ankara's up to scratch......

[VladD]

Collaudatore said:

speedsix said:

the thing looks like a rebodied ultima.
if it is it would be better disguised with other wheels.
at EUR 300' it's probably only for die-hard nationalists.

It can be bosphorus little as €300?

Edited by Collaudatore on Tuesday 10th November 14:01

Better put a deposit down before they're all gobbled up.

[LuS1fer]

Man, that's bazaar. Is it real or a fakir?

[VladD]

Sounds to me like someone has spent too much time in the sun and is now talking rubbish. I can safely say that I think "it's tan bull".

[LuS1fer]

Is it a kit car or is it tur(n)key?

[VladD]

Mate's just said....

I suppose it's an option if you "can't stand a Noble".

[LuS1fer]

VladD said:

Mate's just said....

I suppose it's an option if you "can't stand a Noble".

[EDLT]

Looks like the Barabus TKR, remember that?

[Demitris]

I think this is plain ugly!

[Dan_1981]

How long have PH been employing a Psychic?

And did you have to break the news of how his son will meet his untimely end in such an insensitive way ?

[SirClarke]

Dan_1981 said:

How long have PH been employing a Psychic?

And did you have to break the news of how his son will meet his untimely end in such an insensitive way ?

Damn you beat me to it

Other than that it sounds impressive and looks "ok" (though from those utterly useless graphic images it's hard to tell)