Litchfield Type -25.

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Well people,thanks to everyone who offered an opinion,I went for the Noble and I'm now the proud owner of a M400.And yes PeterPeter I'll be bringing it tommorrow.For anyone thats interested TOP555 have a 500 mile £48K spec Type-25 for 40 grand at the mo'

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Rhodie said:

SJC you really need to ask yourself what your needs are. A track based car is miles away from a motorway cruiser, where we are all being persecuted on the roads more and more. A Noble is formidable but essentially a track.

Have to disagree with that. The Noble was conceived as a road car, but it happens to be superb on track (for a road car) especially the M400. Unfortunately people then complain that they get expensive when tracked, which of course most "out of the box" road cars do.In a way in that respect it's a victim of its own competence. A 2005 model year car is surprisingly capable everyday, with better seats,driving position, turning circle and ground clearance etc.If I needed the fastest 4 seater in the real world nad some track work, it would have been the Litchfield, if I needed a bit more everyday comfort in would have been the RS4, but the Noble was the car that I always regretted selling when I had my 3R.The 3 cars are all truly special in their own way, but the Nobles pace grip and sense of occasion won through.

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[OcUK]Gibbo said:

HI there

I like both the Noble and Type 25. Not driven a Noble but have been in a new Type 25 and it is one awsome all rounder. The only problem with the Type 25 is you will loose a lot of money in depreciation. I saw a new Type 25 model sell on here not long ago for less than 30k, thats a huge amount of money to loose for 12 months driving.

The Noble is a proper drivers car and very quick, especially on a track. The Type 25 is still a good drivers car but its not in the same league as the Noble as in it takes nowhere near as much skill to drive it as quick. I'd say the Noble would make you grin more.

Let me throw you another option however:-
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/177491.htm






Yep its different but thats what makes it so good, plus its a far more reliable car and far more bullet proof over a Noble or any Scooby.
In a straight line the Noble nor Scooby will keep up due to not only 532BHP but vast amounts of torque (510lb-ft).

Edited by [OcUK]Gibbo on Friday 13th July 14:44

Without entering a pissing contestI suggest you do a bit of homework and look at the M400 acceleration times before you make statements like that! FWIW it does 0-100 in 8 secs flat (verified several times in mags), the Type -25 performance is very similar, and your car frankly, is nowhere near that quick. And as your comparing an out of the box Noble with a heavily modified 'Stang, we'll even the contest up a bit shall we? On youtube you'll find a couple of forum members with modified Noble "over" 500BHP, and not even the Carrera GT keeps up at V-max!
A really silly point made, unless it was an effort to sell your car, (which looks lovely) but my God that advert is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to long!