Cars you didn't know existed...

[bristolracer]

Matt Cup said:

Connaught Type -D GT

Welsh car with a supercharged 2.0 V10



https://drivetribe.com/p/the-connaught-20-litre-su...

I like that.
A bit over ambitious with the in house V10 engine, but a good looking car.

Maybe some batteries and an electric motor instead?

[AAGR]

Matt Cup said:

Connaught Type -D GT

Welsh car with a supercharged 2.0 V10



https://drivetribe.com/p/the-connaught-20-litre-su...

Fascinating ! Please tell us about the V10 engine ? Who designed it ? Did it ever run ? How many bhp ? What became of it ?

[DanielSan]

AAGR said:

Fascinating ! Please tell us about the V10 engine ? Who designed it ? Did it ever run ? How many bhp ? What became of it ?

300bhp according to that article. Given you can achieve that power easily with 6 cylinders less you do have to sort of wonder why bother?

[Matt Cup]

DanielSan said:

300bhp according to that article. Given you can achieve that power easily with 6 cylinders less you do have to sort of wonder why bother?

I’d love to hear what it sounds like though. I bet it’s glorious!

[Doofus]

Matt Cup said:

I’d love to hear what it sounds like though. I bet it’s glorious!

Well, through the wonder of the internet, and the effort of bothering to click the link posted, you can!

[Matt Cup]

Doofus said:

Matt Cup said:

I’d love to hear what it sounds like though. I bet it’s glorious!

Well, through the wonder of the internet, and the effort of bothering to click the link posted, you can!

I’m referring to proper videos (not filmed on a potato) of it at full chat, not a stty bench test or little rev classed as a “shakedown”.

[Doofus]

Matt Cup said:

Doofus said:

Matt Cup said:

I’d love to hear what it sounds like though. I bet it’s glorious!

Well, through the wonder of the internet, and the effort of bothering to click the link posted, you can!

I’m referring to proper videos (not filmed on a potato) of it at full chat, not a stty bench test or little rev classed as a “shakedown”.

How was I supposed to know?

Bear in mind I had an order in for one, and I never heard the bloody engine either.

[McGee_22]

Doofus said:

In my defence, the B5 used to be a B10, back when the 3 series was a B6 (and a C1), the 6 series was a B7 and the 7 series was a B11.

The 6 Series was available as a B2, B6, B7, B7S, B8, B9, B10 and B11

[simonrockman]

Doofus said:

How was I supposed to know?

Bear in mind I had an order in for one, and I never heard the bloody engine either.

What was the expected price?

[Fast Bug]

Hunkt Canticle

[Doofus]

simonrockman said:

Doofus said:

How was I supposed to know?

Bear in mind I had an order in for one, and I never heard the bloody engine either.

What was the expected price?

It was a long time ago, but I seem to recall it started at 60 odd, then became £108,000 which morphed into £180,000.

[Blown2CV]

Fast Bug said:

Hunkt Canticle

haha

[StescoG66]

bd love child of a Range Rover and Audi

[thebigmacmoomin]

Chinese knock off Range Rover?

[Fast Bug]

Yup knock off RR, I wonder if it's more reliable?

[Red Devil]

thebigmacmoomin said:

Now, I knew the original Tommykaira ZZ existed from Gran Turismo. The company stopped existing in 2000.

However, back in 2014 they were alive again with help from Green Lord Motors (who??) with the new ZZ-EV. An new electric version & the only EV at the moment I would consider owning. 305bhp, 75 mile range & 0-60mph in under 4 sec. Needs a longer range but that would mean more batteries, and more weight.

A real shame that the demise of the company meant that the ZZII never made it to production.
Tuned RB26DDETT pumping out 542bhp. 0-60 3.3 seconds. Claimed to speed 210mph.

[thebigmacmoomin]

Red Devil said:

A real shame that the demise of the company meant that the ZZII never made it to production.
Tuned RB26DDETT pumping out 542bhp. 0-60 3.3 seconds. Claimed to speed 210mph.

I feel the same. The ZZII is beautiful car with the performance to match.

[Matt Cup]

Lamborghini Muira Barchetta Tour Auto

[Seek]

Mazda MX5 Speedster concept car from SEMA 2015

[saaby93]

Fast Bug said:

Yup knock off RR, I wonder if it's more reliable?

could it be less?