Monday 10th March 2003

Laraki Fulgura

600bhp coupe debuts in Geneva

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	The Geneva show also saw the Laraki Fulgura displayed in its full glory. Sounding more like a tropical disease, the Laraki Fulgura is in fact a super coupe very much in the mould of the Ferrari 360. A supercharged German V8 sits midships generating almost 600bhp. That's coupled to a sequential gearbox allowing the dash to sixty to be completed in just 3.8 seconds. The chassis is constructed from aluminium and the body is made entirely of carbon fibre, ensuring exceptional rigidity and light weight. Unusually, suspension is of the inboard variety as used on single seaters. Also at the show was the silver Borac, another Ferrari clone, this time seeking inspiration (or is it the whole design) from the 456 Coupe. www.laraki-automobiles.com

[craigw]

cross between a 360 and a Gallardo

[danger mouse]

I thought it was a Ferrari until I read the article.

It sort of looks like my Scalextric Diablo did after I left it on a radiator over night...

...not quite right

So who excactly is actually going to buy this car?

I'd go for a 360 with the engine to match the, er... looks.

Seems like Germany is the new America when it comes to supplying brutish bent eights to the worlds low production independants though, which can't be bad.

Mouse

[p_green_soup]

isn't the borac more of a 550 clone not 456 clone??

anyway you should read the website - its english leaves something to be desired!! its like a string of words that in no possible way form a sentance.

having said that my spelling is usually a bit wide of the mark!!

[rob.ellis]

i was at geneva yesterday and had a good look at this. it looks pretty ugly in fact close up. The blonde on the stand, however.. was my personal star of the show (second place was the gallardo!)

[DanH]

I'm stunned at the wholesale design theft. Is there mission statement to :

'Steal Ferrari's designs but butcher them'

[harley]

It looks nice--price it right and sell it!

[andyrixon]

Anyone know what Ferrari think of this?

The lights especially look like they've just been nicked from a 360... Although they're not exactly the same, isn't that illegal?

>> Edited by andyrixon on Monday 10th March 20:05

[alunr]

rob.ellis said: i was at geneva yesterday and had a good look at this. it looks pretty ugly in fact close up. The blonde on the stand, however.. was my personal star of the show (second place was the gallardo!)

Any photos of this ted... ?

[Paul]

not sure if I dislike this or that Orca thingy from the other day more.
Crappy Derivative POS design...

[RCA]

Blatently re-badged ferrari's!!!!!

[Captain Muppet]

At last we know what Chassis did with his Punto project...

[v8thunder]

Looks like the Mondial to the Modena's 328 - ie a bloated 'user friendly' version. Not ugly, or for that matter fugly, but very, very derivative.

[marki]

Vulgarian