Artega GT ready for sale
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Artega GT ready for sale
There’s been a definite resurgence in small and lightweight roadsters. Tiny road-going racers with punchy engines and the kind of handling owners of bigger and heavier sports cars can only dream of. Some of the cars that spring to mind include the KTM X-bow, MMI Avocet, and pretty much anything with a Lotus badge attached, but there’s one car that has all others licked when it comes to the style department and that’s the Fisker designed Artega GT.
The Artega GT is exactly the type of car we want to see manufacturers build. Its combination of speed, efficiency and low-weight ensures spirited driving, while its premium and relatively spacious interior will make you want to stay behind the wheel. Its €75,000 asking price is very reasonable, also, when you consider you’re getting an exclusive (only 500 will be built per year), coachbuilt GT with a 300hp powerplant.
The car is the creation of former Rolls Royce boss Klaus Dieter Frers and a team of auto-industry experts from Germany. It was first displayed as an empty shell at last year’s Geneva Motor Show and then as a fully working prototype at the following Frankfurt Motor Show. It’s now ready to make its final sales launch and is scheduled to appear at next month’s Geneva Motor Show.
Some of the car’s technical specifications include an aluminum spaceframe, a carbon-fiber reinforced body, a kerb weight of just 1,100kg, 300L of storage, a direct-injection 3.6L V6, and a six-speed DSG transmission. Expect to see a 0-100km/h time of less than five seconds and a top speed of 270km/h.
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That thing is hideous! It looks like it stole different parts from different cars and failed to make anything good with it. The front looks like a (bad) cross between a Carrera GT and a F430 Scuderia, the back looks like the front of that new Fisker concept car, and from the side, it looks like a mix of the Alfa 8C and an F430. Now, I didn't think it was possible to make something bad that resembled the 8C and the F430 from the side, but they found a way to make it hideous. Don't even get me started on how bad and horribly laid out the interior is....
Unless this thing is Korean or Chinese, I just don't see how anybody could bring this to market.
Unless this thing is Korean or Chinese, I just don't see how anybody could bring this to market.
I saw this at Geneva and trust me it looks fantastic....
Really this is the type of car Porsche should have released as the first Cayman. To give some ideas of scale that thing is about the same size as an Louts Exige.
The performance is not derived from the size of engine but the weight and engine size. It only ways a little more than a fiat panda.
Trust me if Porrsche is going to survive this is the way they are going to have to go. More efficient engines powering lighter cars. Otherwise the green academy will get them.
Really this is the type of car Porsche should have released as the first Cayman. To give some ideas of scale that thing is about the same size as an Louts Exige.
The performance is not derived from the size of engine but the weight and engine size. It only ways a little more than a fiat panda.
Trust me if Porrsche is going to survive this is the way they are going to have to go. More efficient engines powering lighter cars. Otherwise the green academy will get them.
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