Lee Noble to launch 515 bhp/tonne Exile track car.

[vincegail]

As in title:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/lee-no...

[Mezzanine]

Also launches the Bug:R...

Um...

[F.C.]

its a looker though I think the contrasting paint isn't doing it justice.
If he can keep to the £90K price tag OTR. it may have a fighting chance of a following.

[sundance002]

I like the look from the rear, the front, I'm really not sure about🤔 It's a + that it's a targa top. Ii would be great to get a test drive, when it's launched.
And 90k places it in a good position in the market. Maybe it
Needs to be seen and driven to be appreciated maybe?

[AMG Merc]

Lee seems to have gone on a course about applying replaceable parts. Interesting though.

[PurpleAki]

The wheels don't sit right in the wheel arches. Spoils the whole thing.

[Jarcy]

I guess its got to look sufficiently different to the M14 so as not to cause any confusion over the rights that were sold to create the M600.
But I bet if you peel back the modernized (interchangable???) body panels, have you got a developed M15 under there?
Isn't this what we've all been asking for? A developed M14/M15 for under £100k, longitude engine, and an "affordable" alternative to the M600?

Exile = odd name.

[robinessex]

Not pretty is it? Like the Ultima. Who designed that then?

[Olivera]

[sundance002]

Is it me, or does it look a little like the De Tomaso Pantera, from the rear and side.

[Blu3R]

sundance002 said:

Is it me, or does it look a little like the De Tomaso Pantera, from the rear and side.

I think it's you
The DeT Pants is a great looking car!

[sundance002]

Is it me, or does it look a little like the De Tomaso Pantera, from the rear and side.

[F.C.]

robinessex said:

Not pretty is it? Like the Ultima. Who designed that then?

Yup, but the Ultima is an Homage to LM Group C, so in effect the whole shape was evolved through necessity, Lee just took the "styling" from there.

[sundance002]

Blu3R said:

I think it's you
The DeT Pants is a great looking car!

I'll go put my bins back on then , maybe the mince pies ain't as good as they used to be
Still think from the side and rear they could be 2nd cousins

[tonyvan]

I saw this car at the national kit car show at stoneleigh. From the side it looked ok.from the front it looked so wrong to me and I walked away. Before I did, I looked inside and was surprised to see nice carbon seats but using clocks straight out of a noble!!!. All that effort and they raided the obsolete parts bins.👎

[AMG Merc]

tonyvan said:

I saw this car at the national kit car show at stoneleigh. From the side it looked ok.from the front it looked so wrong to me and I walked away. Before I did, I looked inside and was surprised to see nice carbon seats but using clocks straight out of a noble!!!. All that effort and they raided the obsolete parts bins.??

Hi Tony Were they Noble logo-ed clocks do you recall? Thought they were long gone and (is it Carundum or something?) could only supply no logo-ed in one offs.

[sundance002]

[quote=tonyvan]I saw this car at the national kit car show at stoneleigh. From the side it looked ok.from the front it looked so wrong to me and I walked away. Before I did, I looked inside and was surprised to see nice carbon seats but using clocks straight out of a noble!!!. All that effort and they raided the obsolete parts bins.?? [

I suspect that in trying to keep under the 100k price, they have had to compromise in some areas, and of course this may not be the finished car design

[andygtt]

PurpleAki said:

The wheels don't sit right in the wheel arches. Spoils the whole thing.

Seen it in person and this was a real issue to my eyes causing it to look more like a kit car rather than a production machine, not easily fixed either.... also the windows don't open but instead are on hinges (door shape means they will never go down).

Long long way before it becomes a rival to the M12 let alone a £90k car.... It might be dynamically great, but then so is a radical, Juno etc etc so currency I see those cars as its rivals.
I did wonder what the Aero is like, given the complex shapes id hope its been designed in CAD and been in a wind tunnel, otherwise it might be a real handful over 150mph.

[andygtt]

tonyvan said:

I saw this car at the national kit car show at stoneleigh. From the side it looked ok.from the front it looked so wrong to me and I walked away. Before I did, I looked inside and was surprised to see nice carbon seats but using clocks straight out of a noble!!!. All that effort and they raided the obsolete parts bins.??

The from wishbones looked Noble M12 to me, couldn't get a proper look though so left wondering if it was all M12 suspension underneath!

[Hoofy]

The way the things above the wheels stick out is awful. I dislike it on the likes of the GTR and it's taken to the next level on this car.