carpmart
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 10:09 AM |
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New Atom
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22426
Impressive specs but the price is just ridiculous!
I like the sound of flat plane crank V8 engines such as TVR's AJP8 etc!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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Agriv8
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 10:19 AM |
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the heads look very Bike dont you think
Id have one if I had the money
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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nick205
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 10:43 AM |
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Very swank 
At that kind of kerb weight I guess the engine must be one of those siamesed bike engine affairs...?
@ £125k I think I'd be more inclined to treat myself to an Aston DB9, Lotus 211, hand built made to measure Ti framed cycle and a nice holiday
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franky
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 10:46 AM |
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£125k plus VAT!!
Massively overpriced IMO.
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FFTS
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 11:06 AM |
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GO ON!!! somebody say it!!1
"My Pinto would kill that"
Chris.
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scootz
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 11:07 AM |
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I would be wanting mats AND flaps at that price!
Very though!
As for being 'overpriced'... well Grandad always said that you get what you pay for! As this trounces some much more expensive (and as
equally unpractical) machinery, then perhaps it's VFM after all... ???
It's Evolution Baby!
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Nash
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 11:07 AM |
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I think its stunning and I bet its bonkers to drive.
The price is collossal but I kind of see why.
Only 25 available and they will all sell. Not in many peoples league financially but I bet if money was not a consideration any oone of us would have
one!
.......Neil
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
Southern Kit Car Club
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StevieB
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 11:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
the heads look very Bike dont you think
The article states it's a Hartley V8, which is basically two Hayabusa top ends made into a v8. very nice (but a little pricey...)
Linky
They also do a Hayabusa conversion to mate a busa engine to a car gearbox (type 9 et al). This kind of defeats the object IMHO
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02GF74
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 01:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by FFTS
GO ON!!! somebody say it!!1
"My Pinto would kill that"
... if dropped on top of it.
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 01:23 PM |
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Looks as wank as the old one 
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Mr G
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 02:03 PM |
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£125k plus vat @ the new 20% will make it £150k 
I think some of the comments in this thread are relevant
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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bi22le
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 04:16 PM |
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Yeah that has got bike engine V8 all over it.
I would go for a Holshot racing V8 instead.
http://www.holeshot-racing.co.uk/index.php?page=holeshot-hartley-v8
£26K just for an engine. That will get you a 3000cc V8 twin turbo that revs upto 10K+. Oh and is a 1000bhp, beat that in a se7en mr £125K Atom man!!!
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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mrwibble
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 04:26 PM |
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is it surprising the "locost builders" resoundingly denigrate a 125K skeletal road car. is it because its too similar to a locost for
comfort? would we be crapping all over a ferrari penned by paininthefezza, for the same money?
some gits with more money than tony blair will no doubt show up at track days expecting to be worshiped like john prescott at the all you can eat
chinese championships... but thats life?
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scootz
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| posted on 8/9/10 at 04:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Yeah that has got bike engine V8 all over it.
I would go for a Holshot racing V8 instead.
http://www.holeshot-racing.co.uk/index.php?page=holeshot-hartley-v8
The Holeshot V8 is the same engine!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Tralfaz
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 12:24 AM |
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I wonder if Dennis at http://dpcars.net/ got a consulting fee.....
T
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