British Sports Cars : The Caparo T1
April 22nd, 2012 admin
The Caparo T1 It’s the first project of a new automotive engineering company founded by two engineers who worked on the McLaren F1. With a weight of just 465 kg it has more than 1000 hp/ton.
The Caparo T1 is a British mid engine, rear drive, two-seater car from Caparo Vehicle Technologies, design director Ben Scott-Geddes and Graham Halstead engineering director, engineers, built the set earlier in the development of the McLaren F1 involved. The T1 was inspired by Formula One design, and should be relatively affordable street legal race car. The T1 was planned for production in mid-2007 at a price of GB £ 235,000 (approximately U.S. $ 480,000 or € 328,000, c.2007), with about 25 cars per year worldwide.
The T1 has a dry weight of 470 kilograms (1000 pounds), a total length of 4066 mm (160.1 in), a total width of 1990 millimeters (78 inches), a total of 1076 millimeters (42.4 inches) and a wheelbase of 2,900 millimeters (110 mm). It has a tank capacity of 70 liters (18 U.S. gal).
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