RE: Noble Interview

[3rtt]

I was one of a few invited to test drive the Proto 1 M600 here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Cheers,
Ian.

[Waiter]

The Noble M14 debuted in 2004 by the way...



So, styling wise, it's taken 4 years to round off the nose a bit.

[JohnGoodridge]

I feel their goal is right - an 'analog', lightweight, british sportscar. And I'll give them credit for sourcing the yamaha/volvo lump over a big capacity American V8 (which seems to happen every other week). And given the comments about affordabilty I'd be surprised if they pushed it beyond six figures.

However they've got to deliver on the promise, haven't they? Hope it works out.

[Lippy]

british sports car = morgan


I don't care were the engine comes from

[abdulaziz]

williamp said:

dan12 said:

dont have one just a shame no british car companys left

...Aston Martin is British now.

Funded by investors in Dubai

[sprinter885]

..not Kuwait?

[Horse_Apple]

williamp said:

dan12 said:

dont have one just a shame no british car companys left

...Aston Martin is British now.

Slightly out of date. With the collapse of the Empire, we haven't owned much down in the Middle East for some time.

[abdulaziz]

sprinter885 said:

..not Kuwait?

Really? I heard Dubai, my mistake then probably

[tbops]

bristol?

[anonymous-user]

Quote:

"A car that rewards the driver without the use of invasive computer assistance, a British sports car that is focused on ‘real’ driving purity…’analogue not digital’."


Translation:

"we can't afford to design and develop the electronics to meet the robustness requirements for these safety crictical applications" !!!!

;-)

[NobleGuy]

dan12 said:

ive heard from a very good source the car is going to cost around 180k...

Yep.....dollars.

[NobleGuy]

juansolo said:

What happened to the M12/400 anyway? You hear nothing of it these days.

Rights sold to america - being released as the Rossion Q1 everywhere except the UK.

[NobleGuy]

GKP said:

RIP Noble Cars. It was fun while it lasted.

We'll see. Ascari and Ultima are still going strong years after LN left.

[sprinter885]

abdulaziz said:

sprinter885 said:

..not Kuwait?

Really? I heard Dubai, my mistake then probably

Just for the record-not points scoring you understand !! courtesy of Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin

Edited by sprinter885 on Thursday 15th May 11:17

[tricky 100]

Sadly its just a virtual car company now . How many new models now is it that never saw production after all the hype ?? such a great shame .
Hopefully Lee will now return to his roots and produce excellent track day cars at an everyday person price , just like the M12 the only car that ever done them any good .

[3rtt]

Waiter said:

The Noble M14 debuted in 2004 by the way...



So, styling wise, it's taken 4 years to round off the nose a bit.

There are considerable styling changes between the M14 and the Proto 1 M600 shown here other than just the nose. There are more detailed styling changes to come on Proto 2.

Cheers,
Ian.

[rhinochopig]

As an engineer, if I read the following about any of the projects I was involved in I would be looking for an exit strategy sharpish.

PH: Who’s in charge of development of the M600?
PB: Our ethos at Noble is very strongly team led. Everyone at Noble is incredibly talented and experienced and has a strong part to play in the development programme.



Complex engineering projects only work well when you have a clearly defined organisational structure with clear personal responsibilities/accountabilities. It may just be semantics, but that response fills me with dread.

[M400 NBL]

rhinochopig said:

As an engineer, if I read the following about any of the projects I was involved in I would be looking for an exit strategy sharpish.

PH: Who’s in charge of development of the M600?
PB: Our ethos at Noble is very strongly team led. Everyone at Noble is incredibly talented and experienced and has a strong part to play in the development programme.



Complex engineering projects only work well when you have a clearly defined organisational structure with clear personal responsibilities/accountabilities. It may just be semantics, but that response fills me with dread.

I read it as him wanting to give credit to everyone involved rather than one person, ie himself.

Assuming his team have been around long enough, they probably do all contribute to the development.

Noble doesn't have the level of staff that most manufacturers have, so tiers hirarchy will be a lot flatter than those with money to burn.

[abdulaziz]

sprinter885 said:

abdulaziz said:

sprinter885 said:

..not Kuwait?

Really? I heard Dubai, my mistake then probably

Just for the record-not points scoring you understand !! courtesy of Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin

Edited by sprinter885 on Thursday 15th May 11:17

Ah ha

[Tuna]

M400 NBL said:

rhinochopig said:

As an engineer, if I read the following about any of the projects I was involved in I would be looking for an exit strategy sharpish.

PH: Who’s in charge of development of the M600?
PB: Our ethos at Noble is very strongly team led. Everyone at Noble is incredibly talented and experienced and has a strong part to play in the development programme.



Complex engineering projects only work well when you have a clearly defined organisational structure with clear personal responsibilities/accountabilities. It may just be semantics, but that response fills me with dread.

I read it as him wanting to give credit to everyone involved rather than one person, ie himself..

I read it as him not being able to say 'Lee Noble', which might have been the expected answer but doesn't appear to be the case.