M600 pictures.........

[wessexrfc]

Open day at South West Lotus Centre (and Noble). Main attraction......the new Noble M600. Thanks to Phil and family, had a great morning, even Mr Noble owner was there, seemed a nice chap. Just can't shake the feeling that this is a great car over priced, see what you think











The biggest turbo I have ever seen!!! and two of them!!!



Glad to see they haven't given up on J/clips and cable ties






First (slight) fault noticed, if you look closely, the heat reflective tape around the exhaust by-pass valve has come adrift. Not a biggy I know, but!!!!











And the cheapest looking sound system I think I have ever seen!!!











Nice doors though!!!



Would I buy one if I had the money??? Don't think I would, can't quite put my finger on why, but the quality isn't there IMO. Exposed screw/fixing heads in console, dated looking front, and rear for that matter. Look in the engine bay and XJ220 springs to mind, there is masses of empty space. Don't get me wrong this is a great car but is it great enough with a £200k mill stone price tag to contend with....time will tell.

[roi354]

wessexrfc said:

And the cheapest looking sound system I think I have ever seen!!!

I agree, the interior does nothing for me either. I will just say though that a Nakamichi might look cheap but if you heard one I think you'd be very pleasantly surprised!!

[wessexrfc]

roi354 said:

wessexrfc said:

And the cheapest looking sound system I think I have ever seen!!!

I agree, the interior does nothing for me either. I will just say though that a Nakamichi might look cheap but if you heard one I think you'd be very pleasantly surprised!!

agreed, but cheap looking all the same, does'nt blend and yes sounds great, but its about the looks.....first impressions and all that!!

[deevlash]

it still looks like a kit car design wise. The quality seems better but theres not a chance in hell I'd buy one over the new macca and the mclaren will be cheaper too.

[swlc]

We would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone that turned up, was a brilliant day and a great turn out. It was good to catch up with old friends and nice to meet new people too. Next time I will make sure we order a lot more stuff for the BBQ!!!

Many thanks again and already looking forward to next year

Kind regards

James and everyone at South West Lotus Centre Ltd

Edited by swlc on Monday 28th September 09:36

Edited by swlc on Monday 28th September 09:47

[paulcundy]

Water to oil cooler and a rear anti roll bar?

[GTO400]

Paul, The oil cooler that can be seen is for the Gearbox

[joust]

Am I the only one who thinks the rivits/screws down the side of the centre console look cheap and tacky? The way they deform the leather just looks cheap. That stereo is something else though!

The more shots I see of interior the more I'm not inspired I have to say.

J

[MrCredit]

joust said:

Am I the only one who thinks the rivits/screws down the side of the centre console look cheap and tacky? The way they deform the leather just looks cheap. That stereo is something else though!

The more shots I see of interior the more I'm not inspired I have to say.

J

Nope, that's probably one of the first thoughts I had when I saw the interior photos.
Can't be that hard to hide the fixings or use something else?

[hoyin]

Man the carbon dash centre console looks ugly!

They do know that carbon can be moulded into more curvacous shapes don't they?

One can only assume they didn't do any mockups and just reproduced what they had originally drawn in cad.

[Daisy Duke]

wessexrfc said:

Open day at South West Lotus Centre (and Noble). Main attraction......the new Noble M600. Thanks to Phil and family, had a great morning, even Mr Noble owner was there, seemed a nice chap. Just can't shake the feeling that this is a great car over priced, see what you think

I thought Peter Dyson was back in the States, or are you referring to Peter Boutwood?

wessexrfc said:

Would I buy one if I had the money??? Don't think I would, can't quite put my finger on why, but the quality isn't there IMO. Exposed screw/fixing heads in console, dated looking front, and rear for that matter. Look in the engine bay and XJ220 springs to mind, there is masses of empty space. Don't get me wrong this is a great car but is it great enough with a £200k mill stone price tag to contend with....time will tell.

I quite liked the fact that there was so much room in the engine bay as it should make it easier to work on. As for the price, I don't think you're unique as far as that is concerned.

[anonymous-user]

Doesn't look that much better than the Rossion Q1 interior and thats a 1/3 of the price...

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/12/30/...

[AMG Merc]

fatbutt said:

Doesn't look that much better than the Rossion Q1 interior and thats a 1/3 of the price...

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/12/30/...

Love that motor

[joolski]

joust said:

Am I the only one who thinks the rivits/screws down the side of the centre console look cheap and tacky? The way they deform the leather just looks cheap. That stereo is something else though!

The more shots I see of interior the more I'm not inspired I have to say.

J

Each time I see a picture of this car, I'm less and less inspired.

I agree, that interior looks horrible.

The whole thing just looks wrong, it's like a picture which hasn't been hung straight. It would just bug you for ever (yes, I'm very slightly OCD !).

--Jools

[wessexrfc]

Daisy Duke said:

wessexrfc said:

Open day at South West Lotus Centre (and Noble). Main attraction......the new Noble M600. Thanks to Phil and family, had a great morning, even Mr Noble owner was there, seemed a nice chap. Just can't shake the feeling that this is a great car over priced, see what you think

I thought Peter Dyson was back in the States, or are you referring to Peter Boutwood?

Was introduced to the guy sat down far right of the picture as the owner of the car. I assumed he was one the same. Didn't get a name.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

That's Peter Boutwood. He is a nice chap that's true.