Brooke unveils new sports car
Traditional hand-built British two-seater
Brooke Cars is launching a new, Cosworth-powered sports car, the Double R, to be revealed at the Autosport International show next week. This lightweight two-seater has been designed "with a no compromise philosophy to excel on both road and track", according to company spokesman James Booker.
Built in Devon, the handcrafted Double R has been designed around a thoroughly modern, motorsport-inspired chassis and power plant. It uses a tubular steel spaceframe chassis bonded to a composite seating tub for stiffness and lightness -- it weighs under 550Kg, providing a better power to weight ratio than a Lamborghini Murcielago, according to Brooke.
The Double R is powered by a range of 2.0 or 2.3-litre, mid-mounted Cosworth Duratec engines ranging in power from 190bhp to 300bhp and connecting to a transaxle gearbox. This single-seater layout gives excellent weight distribution, handling and grip.
The company demonstrators have already been registered for road use, and are currently undergoing final pre-production testing.
Left and right hand drive versions will be available, and prices are expected to start from £23,995. Deliveries will start this Spring, with initial orders having been secured.
TheLemming said:
I'm getting an incredible sense of deja-vu here. Looks very very similar to the LCC Rocket Gordon Murray designed?
Not that similar, surely:
TheLemming said:Yes. I'm sure there was a side-by-side two seater open-wheel sold by Brooke Kensington about 5 or so years ago. Can't remember what it was called though.
I'm sure I've seen this one before under another name...
Edit: Unless, of course, the Brooke part of "Brooke Kensington" is one and the same (as is the car), and this car has actually been around for years and this is not news at all.
>> Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 4th January 13:46
barney jr said:
why isn't anyone bothered about the fact that even the silliest low speed roll will kill you?
Er, don't roll it? Not something that would ever cross my mind I'm afraid. Same as if there was a Macca F1 in the drive and a clear piece of Autobahn, I wouldn't be thinking, what if I had a blow out at 240mph?
Idiots mentality? Very possibly........
The Brooke was available some time ago both fully built and as a kit but has undergone a complete 2 year development program. Although similar in looks every single component is different and not a single part is interchangable with the previous car. The engine in the brand new demonstrator is a cosworth built 2.3 litre 260 bhp with up to 300 available.The car in the photograph has hidden hoops inside the head fairings.
dandarez said:I've always found the Dare Coupe DZ more appealing than the Roadster. But you know that, because we've had this conversation before, haven't we?
Brooke is 'old' - been driven in one, great... but driven one of these, supercharged version is out of this world!
I'm still one of the Dare faithful - after all, I was the first person to give them a web presence and the site is still there.
>> Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 4th January 21:26
The Brooke was SVA'd earlier this year so no problems with its legality and with that Cosworth engine it will be seriously quick.
Looking forward to my demo drive
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