Wednesday 22nd January 2003
Kamala
Graham Bell drives the Sci-Fi sports car.
Discussion
There seem to be a lot of enthusiastic and knowledgeable people around, who can design (relatively) affordable cars with amazing performance and handling characteristics. Most of them are pure fun or track day things, which is not a bad thing.
BUT - are there no equally gifted stylists in this country? Why do they all look so pig ugly? There's the Seven style, which I'm not a big fan of (not much of a traditionalist, me...), then you get the LeMans/CanAm style (SR3), which in my opinion doesn't work on small cars, and finally the no-style-whatsoever random assembly of body panels (Kamala, FBS etc.)
Now there's an uninhabited niche in a niche market: An affordable track day performance thingy with LOOKS!!
>> Edited by Qualia on Wednesday 22 January 16:47
BUT - are there no equally gifted stylists in this country? Why do they all look so pig ugly? There's the Seven style, which I'm not a big fan of (not much of a traditionalist, me...), then you get the LeMans/CanAm style (SR3), which in my opinion doesn't work on small cars, and finally the no-style-whatsoever random assembly of body panels (Kamala, FBS etc.)
Now there's an uninhabited niche in a niche market: An affordable track day performance thingy with LOOKS!!
>> Edited by Qualia on Wednesday 22 January 16:47
FatBut Read the article
>> Edited by dontlift on Wednesday 22 January 17:22
The brainchild of former Ford engineer Peter Walker and originally made by Dax until they sold the project in late 2001, this amazing machine is now made by Kamala Cars run by Mark and Tony Keen, whose previous automotive experience includes classic car restoration on the likes of ACs and Ferraris.
>> Edited by dontlift on Wednesday 22 January 17:22
dontlift said: FatBut Read the article
The brainchild of former Ford engineer Peter Walker and originally made by Dax until they sold the project in late 2001, this amazing machine is now made by Kamala Cars run by Mark and Tony Keen, whose previous automotive experience includes classic car restoration on the likes of ACs and Ferraris.
Aha. Then I'm right then
>> Edited by dontlift on Wednesday 22 January 17:22
I did seriously consider building one when it was still with Dax, but after the total 'real-world' costs was calculated (a LOT more that 15k), I decided against it. Even the doors were optional extras!.
Price structure may be better under Kamala though, I may take another look when the Libra is finished.
Chris.
Price structure may be better under Kamala though, I may take another look when the Libra is finished.
Chris.
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