Just had a look at the new noble

Just had a look at the new noble

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Turn7

23,736 posts

223 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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That looks lovely

sjc

14,046 posts

272 months

Thursday 19th October 2023
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Master Bean said:
Soleith said:
Turn7 said:
Did the M600 sell in any numbers to talk about ?

That looked a great car
Nope:

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/noble_m600#t...
Somebody brought one to the Morgan Sunday Service.

That was the last one built,lovely spec.

DeejRC

5,871 posts

84 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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How many chaps commenting in this thread bought a Noble? So far sjc said he did, others?

Nobles have never sold in good numbers for the simple reason that Lee Noble was basically blind. He could engineer and set a car up just fine, but he had visual taste that only a mother could love. It retarded the sales of every car they made.

TP321

1,482 posts

200 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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How much will this be?

Spindoctor

787 posts

202 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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TP321 said:
How much will this be?
Not confirmed yet but expected to be ~£150k.

Fifty

8,647 posts

219 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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sjc said:
As someone who has owned Nobles for 18 years I so want this to succeed,but it has taken way too long to bring to market,the styling is all over the place and its a disjointed mess visually.And as it stands,the inability for the taller driver to get comfortable ( going by the drive of the prototype) is unforgivable. It’s a limited market for these as it is,let alone removing a portion of the potential owners because of their size.
Either way,this is a far better looking car to my eyes.
yum


Edited by Fifty on Friday 20th October 17:19

sjc

14,046 posts

272 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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DeejRC said:
How many chaps commenting in this thread bought a Noble? So far sjc said he did, others?

Nobles have never sold in good numbers for the simple reason that Lee Noble was basically blind. He could engineer and set a car up just fine, but he had visual taste that only a mother could love. It retarded the sales of every car they made.
The M10 styling was dreadful admittedly, the M12 in it's' last form of 3R and M400 was visually to my eyes fine,hence having owned both over an 18 year unbroken period.Against todays' absolute behemoths from Ferrari,Porsche and Aston, it's styling and size I think has stood up well.The M600 I loved the concept,but it looked a bit unbalanced and was very colour sensitive and hence looked dated quite quickly. Either way, Lee Noble wasn't involved with the styling of the M600, he'd long gone by then, and obviously nor with this car either, so you can only blame him for a couple of their cars !


Edited by sjc on Friday 20th October 16:41

Spindoctor

787 posts

202 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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DeejRC said:
How many chaps commenting in this thread bought a Noble? So far sjc said he did, others?

Nobles have never sold in good numbers for the simple reason that Lee Noble was basically blind. He could engineer and set a car up just fine, but he had visual taste that only a mother could love. It retarded the sales of every car they made.
I bought one, still got it 13 years later, still love it and still love the looks. And judging by the reactions and comments it gets, so do lots of other people. smile






Dr G

15,241 posts

244 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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geeks said:
Maybe but I just spotted this in the bottom right hand corner of the engine bay...

That's the gearbox; it's the Graziano unit produced for Audi and Lamborghini.

Mezzanine

9,274 posts

221 months

Saturday 21st October 2023
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That exterior styling is dreadful.

It’s like a Chinese knockoff version of about five different cars all food blended into one.


Jangos garage

79 posts

121 months

Sunday 22nd October 2023
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I have sat in the new m500, it was a little easier to get in and out than the m600 i own. Has for looks i like it but not has much has the m600. The m600 to me is the ultimate drivers car after driving all the other modern cars if you want the rewards from driving. Would i buy a m500 not sure maybe a back wards step on power. Still looking forward to a test drive