Noble M400 (0-60:3.2 sec)

[quickfingerz]

I am buying one. (anyone have $90,000? I can come up with the rest)

watch video:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FullTests/articleId=120703

[thewilson]

Wow Is what I say if you got the cash do it! That sounds amazing


But the M400 is not perfect. There are still a few too many zip ties in the engine bay for us to say it's exactly as refined as most production cars. Just recently 1g Racing bought the rights to the design and will begin badging the car as its own on July 15, and the company plans to increase the niceness quotient.

[xdforme22]

Imagine that turbo setup on a v6 mustang. What a sleeper that could be.

[KeWLKaT]

niceeeeeeee

[quickfingerz]

The car has the advantage of being mid-engine (less powertrain loss). The toyota MR2 w/ the same engine as the corolla 0-60:6.0 sec

[SuperGLS]

I thought they went away from the Sonata lights, but I guess not. That's the reason I'd own one.

[KeWLKaT]

It's got manual windows, lol.

[slvrsleeper]

Quite impressive when you consider what an underachiever the SVT Contour was with a N/A version of the same engine. If only Ford had the vision, cojones,and cash to do that car as a F/I. I don't think a Mustang of any sort can be classified as a "sleeper" Now a Ford Fusion with the Noble powertrain in it THAT would be a F#$%ing sleeper!

[ba_feitl]

1 for me please ...

[quickfingerz]

None of that works. This car does in because of a 2500 lb curb weight. It's really a better execution of Lotus' "speed through light weight".

It'll be the new trend in automobiles.

LIGHT WEIGHT = FASTER & BETTER GAS MILEAGE

BTW, This Noble M400 gets great gas mileage

[BobMs_wht2k2]

We had one running at WW III. He ran a best 1/4 mile at 13.48. He was also slow. . . really slow . . . in hte auto-x portion. I wish he'd have let me drive it for him.

[slvrsleeper]

BTW, This Noble M400 gets great gas mileage
:rolleyes: It gets great gas mileage during the eight tenths of second you can keep your right foot off the floor any way. Somehow I doubt anyone in the real world is going to do internet research on "fuel economy" and say " Gee-whiz that Noble m400 sure doe's sip the ol' fossil fuels, how ecologicaly responsible!" I hear what you're saying though and I wish it were actually the case. If you look at the last twenty years of automobiles you'll find that weights have started creeping UP rather than down. Lighter materials cost more, which is why only the real "halo" cars Corvette Z06, Lotus Exige, any Ferrari except the 612 Scaglietti, Porsche Carrera Gt, use them in large quantity. The real trend in cars is to make them quieter, which carries the side affect of greater weight and less feedback for the driver.