Ascari KZ1

[Ant]

A very peculiar car. I uses parts from a few different manufacturers, but it's fast, and quite exclusive as well. Not bad for a "frankencar".

Engine: S62 BMW M5 V8
Displacement: 4,941 cc
Power: 500 bhp @ 7,000 rpm
Torque: 405.7 lb·ft @ 4,500 rpm
Acceleration 0-60 mph: 3.9 seconds
Top speed: 200 mph (321.9 kph)

[Roswell]

How can a French car ever be described as 'super'? Shocking!

Emmm nah.

[Ant]

Originally Posted by Roswell

How can a French car ever be described as 'super'? Shocking!

Actually, it's British...

[Gilbertr14]

British, and ended up on the top of the Topgear Lap times for a while.

[Roswell]

What's the French one then?

[rancido64]

it's as cool as a freezer buried in a glacier

[BigFoot]

Bit too kit-car for my taste but definitely a cool car, given it'll outrun most cars out there.

[SPPalfa]

Looks good and will be as rare as rocking horse doo doo

[GTA Jim]

Like it

[symon]

Super cool, despite having a german engine and Peugeot headlights.

[73GTVJim]

Uncool.

It a "bitsa" car for me. Not exactly a posh kit car but not a proper small volume exotic. The looks are a mish-mash derivative affair and it doesn't have a very balanced appearance. It had a bit of a turgid off-on gestation period too so it even looked slightly dated when it was eventually launched.

Being quick and "exclusive" don't cut it any cool credentials in my book.

It's cool for the noise alone

[dpat]

no, not for me - too many different bits and pieces

[howell811]

Bit kit'ish but cool !

Originally Posted by Roswell

What's the French one then?

Veyron?

[bacon]

Originally Posted by Roswell

What's the French one then?

Is it the Venturi's your thinking of ?

[73GTVJim]

Originally Posted by Roswell

What's the French one then?

You are probably thinking of the Venturi Atlantique perhaps? Late 90's.

[73GTVJim]

Sorry Bacon beat me to it. I had the window to post open for nearly an hour after being distracted by work. How very dare they!

[v6junky]

I think they were going for a McLaren F1 type of beasty and ended up with a kit car. Packs a punch, looks like it means business and the Ascari circuit is about 150kms from me where you can get to see one first hand. A smidge over room temperature cool for me...

[UglyGerman]

A very expensive kit car.
Just because it's rare, expensive and fast'ish it won't be cool.
Cool is it not.
A kit car like the Lotus Super7 and it's derivatives is cool, because it's cheap, intelligent and stripped down to the bare roots just there to have fun and - most importantly - cheap as chips. Build it in your own shed, if you like.
The Ascari is built in a shed, but not your own, deffo not cheap as chips and that is not cool. Sorry. Uncool in my view...

[kebabtank]

They make these in my home town. Banbury.

[Darkrider]

Very nice, shame it's a Bavarian Manure Wagon engine...

[Dibby]

Cool, saw it at Goodwood and it's a lovely looking machine. Looks a lot better in black, not keen on any car in road-spray grey

[symon]

Those who think it is just a expensive kit car need reminding that that is the sort of car us brits do best.

Remember the Maclaren F1? This is a similar concept.

TVR's were also a similar concept and they were some of maddest baddest cars on the road.