The Elise is soon to face competition from an unlikely part of the world – Brazil. Like the little Lotus, the Lobini H1 is clothed in a glassfibre bodyshell, but instead of an aluminium tub it uses a tubular-steel spaceframe. Power is from a mid-mounted turbocharged 1.8-litre four-cylinder VW engine producing 180bhp and claimed to propel the H1 from rest to 60mph in 5.8sec.
Aiming to provide more comfort and convenience than the Elise, the H1 will offer such goodies as power steering, cruise control, parking sensors, xenon headlights and tyre pressure sensors. As a consequence it weighs 1030kg. However, ex-Lotus and Ascari chassis designer Dave Minter has been involved, so it should handle well.
On sale in the UK from the spring, the stumbling block could be the price, which will start at around £35,000.
Bulgaria’s supercar industry is, well, non-existant, but I2B Concept is hoping to get the party started with this, the mid-engined, all-wheel-drive Wildcat. Aimed at the upper end of the trackday market, the Wildcat is projected to weigh less than 1200kg, use a 460bhp version of the Audi RS4's V8 and cost around £100,000.
I2B hopes to have a full-size clay model to show by the end of March 2007, with which it hopes to raise capital to construct a running prototype late in 2008.
I2B’s first project was a Le Mans prototype concept called the Raven, (pictured) powered by a 500bhp V10. A scale model made it as far as the wind tunnel before funds evaporated.
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