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This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on May 10th, 2019 in the Automotive News category.
It doesn't.BMW AG should not endorse this.
It doesn't.
I reckon that the majority of cars that end up becoming these will be shells that are rotten to the core. Or "barn finds".
No, the monocoque is the starting point, so they need at least that.Or just a piece of paper with the vin on it.
In this case, they're restoring - and preserving - the monocoque and keeping the interior reasonably honest (just with racing seats and a cage, but that's not that far out of whack). There's some "in-period" details too, with racing wheels of the era, and the body kit isn't totally unreasonable for a 1970s Group 5 racer like the Zakspeed Capri, Nissan R30 and BMW 3.0CSL.It kinda gets into what a restomod really is. Because 800hp in this car doesn't seem like it has the "resto" part. It's more of just a mod. I get that it's very expensive and will be done with high quality materials and to deliver a well honed finished product. But 800hp is a complete change. I feel like a restomod should really be about delivering the potential, and the rose-colored memory, rather than a completely bonkers new wild crazy thing.
Is it restmod or restomod?There’s not much we like more than a good restmod.
In this case, they're restoring - and preserving - the monocoque and keeping the interior reasonably honest (just with racing seats and a cage, but that's not that far out of whack). There's some "in-period" details too, with racing wheels of the era, and the body kit isn't totally unreasonable for a 1970s Group 5 racer like the Zakspeed Capri, Nissan R30 and BMW 3.0CSL.
But it has modern racing suspension, gearbox, brakes and technology. And a stupid-ass 5.8/5.9-litre V10.
I feel like a restomod should really be about delivering the potential
I think that so long as there's an old car in there somewhere being restored, and modern bits to make it feel newer, it's a restomod.So what do you think? Does the V10 disqualify it? It's reasonable to put it out as something that is claimed to be a restomod. But I'm kinda interested in where the line for that ends.
... and then a 500hp engine from Williams, using F1 tech.
And this is why i'm so glad GT Sport doesn't have a customisation feature of wings and bodykits, otherwise the discovery section would be full of hideous crap like this.
Edit: Either way, it seems like a lot for just 10cc. The things we do for love.
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Sorry.
I mean...it's a V10....then I remembered how to math...
Didn't they make a boatload of these cars? This suggests something like 860,000 02 series cars were made. Is it really an issue to hack 300 of them up?
For me it's not so much that they cut up a car as it is the end result. Admittedly the 02-series seems to not be afflicted by the asshattery of later model owners, but they've still never appealed to me.Didn't they make a boatload of these cars? This suggests something like 860,000 02 series cars were made. Is it really an issue to hack 300 of them up?
I mean, Singer's DLS is no less ridiculous than this - it's a 964 underneath carbon-fibre everything, with modern brakes, suspension, gearbox, tyres (which are pushed out under bulbous arches)... and then a 500hp engine from Williams, using F1 tech.
And this is why i'm so glad GT Sport doesn't have a customisation feature of wings and bodykits, otherwise the discovery section would be full of hideous crap like this.