RE: Spied: Aspira F620 Supercar

[mrpink]

The Aspira is NOT an RCR / SLC kit car - The car is loosely based on a heavily modified version of a kit car made by US outfit Race Car Replicas and is IVA'd as a low volume production class.
For clarification NO form of kit as supplied by RCR are UK / Euro compliant and bear very lttle resemblence to the Aspira

Edited by mrpink on Monday 5th October 15:16

[pilbeam_mp62]

mrpink said:

The Aspira is NOT an RCR / SLC kit car - The car is loosely based on a heavily modified version of a kit car made by US outfit Race Car Replicas and is IVA'd as a low volume production class.
For clarification NO form of kit as supplied by RCR are UK / Euro compliant and bear very lttle resemblence to the Aspira

Edited by mrpink on Monday 5th October 15:16

Surely.....

It is either loosely based on a kit car made by US outfit Race Car Replicas.

OR

It is a heavily modified version of a kit car made by US outfit Race Car Replicas.

It can't be both "loosely based" AND a "heavily modified version"

Whatever.....it still hasn't passed it's IVA, has it ?

[LuS1fer]

So the water runs off the roof into the drain and out of the drainpipes at the back?

Looks nice and low although a bit 599 on the back lights.

[seve7]

mrpink said:

The Aspira is NOT an RCR / SLC kit car - The car is loosely based on a heavily modified version of a kit car made by US outfit Race Car Replicas and is IVA'd as a low volume production class.
For clarification NO form of kit as supplied by RCR are UK / Euro compliant and bear very lttle resemblence to the Aspira

does it use SLC hood, suspension, frame, roof, steering column, floor pan, slc supplied engine, slc supplied trans, slc fuel tank? you can call a catfish a cat, but its still a fish.

[foryorent]

I'll take an SLC over an Ultima any day. Seen both in person and it's not even close....

Nothing against the Ultima either, it's an awesome car too.

[NorWitch69]

AUDIHenry said:

Looks like Enzo and Koenigsegg's illegitimate, coke huffing son.

That just about sums this car up. Badass MotherFka

Looking at this and then the new Mclaren in the news dare i say it but the maclaren looks rather ermmm.............. soft.

but then again havnt seen the mclaren for real.

[cc8s]

Looks like an Ultima GTR without the spoiler. Still very cool!

[slaphappy]

I have read with interest all the threads on piston heads regarding this car (INDEED I WAS CONSIDERING BUYING AN SLC LAST YEAR) and i find it very odd the way the "new" aspira has been marketed so far. Slagging off the slc in such a manner as to put off potential european buyers was quite amazing, then to make a statement that the aspira is NOT an SLC...well i have seen 17 year olds with fancy exhausts, suspension mods, engine and huge bodykits on their corsas , but their still corsas... lol.
I would urge potential uk buyers NOT to be put off the slc, at the starting price its one hell of a kit... obviously not a starters first time kit, but there are many people in the uk who would carry out body mods, chassis mods etc etc...basically anything you like and it probably wont cost as much as you think.


well, the "aspira " or european slc.... website still isnt online and i notice no one has updated what happened with regards to the SVA ...many people have asked but no one has answered. Surely a simple yes or no to the question - has the car passed the sva test - isnt too difficult to answer?

[dom9]

I believe that Craig is currently over in Portugal and the car should be (could already be) ready any day now...

When he is back, I am sure he will post up his first 'road' experiences here.

I, for one, am very much looking forward to seeing this car on the road!

[slaphappy]

well, hopefully good news then, i do still like the slc and indeed what craig has done with the back end of his car.
Will be interesting to see exactly how many mods have been made to the original slc chassis and not just the cosmetics.

[elster]

dom9 said:

I believe that Craig is currently over in Portugal and the car should be (could already be) ready any day now...

When he is back, I am sure he will post up his first 'road' experiences here.

I, for one, am very much looking forward to seeing this car on the road!

So it has passed the IVA then.

It was made to sound a bit amateur that the headlights were still LHD and the immobiliser wasn't wired in.

[dom9]

elster said:

dom9 said:

I believe that Craig is currently over in Portugal and the car should be (could already be) ready any day now...

When he is back, I am sure he will post up his first 'road' experiences here.

I, for one, am very much looking forward to seeing this car on the road!

So it has passed the IVA then.

It was made to sound a bit amateur that the headlights were still LHD and the immobiliser wasn't wired in.

I don't want to speak out of turn as I only spoke to Craig a couple of weeks ago and he was out of the country. I believe, at that time, the tweaks had been done to the car and it was ready to be IVA'd with the expectation it would get through no problem. That may or may not have happened, I don't know yet.

The headlights etc were very, very frustrating, when you consider this car was meant to be SVA ready for the UK when Craig bought it!

[efnfast]

mrpink said:

The Aspira is NOT an RCR / SLC kit car - The car is loosely based on a heavily modified version of a kit car made by US outfit Race Car Replicas and is IVA'd as a low volume production class.
For clarification NO form of kit as supplied by RCR are UK / Euro compliant and bear very lttle resemblence to the Aspira

Edited by mrpink on Monday 5th October 15:16

A bit late to the party here, but how can you say it is not an rcr kit car?

A kit car is a pretty straightforward concept - here's the frame and body, now build and modify to your heart's content.

You got the frame. You got the body. You modified the body (rear) to your heart's content.

Is a kit/component car.....yes........

[Pothole]

northo said:

mrpink said:

peteO said:

B Oeuf said:

peteO said:

northo said:

Sorry to ruin the fun, but the cockpit, windscreen and roofline are all wrong. As is the price.

and thats why your a multi millionaire car designer right?

er, northo knows his stuff mate

who are you? his girlfried and/or PR manager?...

I just hate people who totally write off a car becaue it isnt to their taste. At least that company is attempting to do what people like you only dream of!

Could it be that Northo not happy that his company has not been involved with the car?

seriously though I really think the car needs to be seen in the flesh as photos do not do it justice - just my opinion.

Just my opinion - I don't remember writing the car off though. The car is being pitched into a very competitive market place where heritage and the brand, build quality, and residual values will have as much to do with the buying decision as looks and performance. I like the bottom of the car, however I don't like the roofline which looks way to high IMHO - it's rather like the Ascari Ecosse, which I would level the same criticism at. That's why I asked where the aero was done earlier in the thread, although there hasn't been an answer yet. As a ten units a year hand build the business plan will make someone money, provided people buy it, but there are plenty of powerful, good looking and unusual low production cars to choose from at that money. I'm no design expert, but I reckon I know what people want to buy - and there are some pretty extraordinary cars due over the next 18 months. Good luck to Aspira though - where would the British motor industry be without the niche sports car manufacturer?

Nothing to do with me, but I wonder how these guys are doing?

New British supercar

interesting figures quoted by keating:

Sequential fuel injection. Petrol, Bio
Eight cyl in V
Midships
7L 2000 BHP

[efnfast]

Pothole said:

interesting figures quoted by keating:

Sequential fuel injection. Petrol, Bio
Eight cyl in V
Midships
7L 2000 BHP

I like how their base model has 400hp, then their next model up has 2000, heh

[chrissimp]

I think that Craig was understandably very upset when his RCR SL-C was delivered as it was supposed to be roadworthy and capable of getting through SVA/IVA with no problems, which proved to be very much not the case when it arrived. However his public slagging off of SCR would appear to preclude any further dealings or cooperation with SCR - so who is going to make the chassis, body and all other bits for the Aspira. The chassis of the SL-C is all aluminium and a mixture of monocoque and space frame which RCR is geared up to make as all their cars are like that, but doing it for just 10 cars a year would be expensive to do in the UK IMO. The body, apart from the revised rear end is exactly the same as the SL-C so might there be accusations of plagiarism from RCR? Anyway, I wish the people at Aspira luck with the project - it is always nice to see a new super car on the market. However, for those who would want one of these cars, I would have thought that the best way to get one would be to get the basic SL-C kit from RCR and modify it yourself (or with expert help) to get it through the IVA test. I suspect that doing it that way wouldn't cost anything like £110,000.

[chrissimp]

chrissimp said:

I think that Craig was understandably very upset when his RCR SL-C was delivered as it was supposed to be roadworthy and capable of getting through SVA/IVA with no problems, which proved to be very much not the case when it arrived. However his public slagging off of SCR would appear to preclude any further dealings or cooperation with SCR - so who is going to make the chassis, body and all other bits for the Aspira. The chassis of the SL-C is all aluminium and a mixture of monocoque and space frame which RCR is geared up to make as all their cars are like that, but doing it for just 10 cars a year would be expensive to do in the UK IMO. The body, apart from the revised rear end is exactly the same as the SL-C so might there be accusations of plagiarism from RCR? Anyway, I wish the people at Aspira luck with the project - it is always nice to see a new super car on the market. However, for those who would want one of these cars, I would have thought that the best way to get one would be to get the basic SL-C kit from RCR and modify it yourself (or with expert help) to get it through the IVA test. I suspect that doing it that way wouldn't cost anything like £110,000.

Apologies, but where SCR is mentioned above, this should read RCR.

[Timja]

I drove past one of these on the A43 near Towcester this morning! Looked and sounded good!

[Stig]

Timja said:

I drove past the only one of these on the A43 near Towcester this morning! Looked and sounded good!

EFA

Edited by Stig on Thursday 7th April 14:41

[Timja]

A very rare spot then! Was on a 10 plate. It was heading in the direction of Silverstone, wonder if it was going on a track day?