Rocket

Rocket
England
http://www.rocket-car.co.uk/

Price: 61,000€



It weighs 450 kg and can reach 100km / h in just 4,7 seconds .
The engine produces a maximum power 143 hp at 10500 rpm and a maximum torque of 140,3Nm at  8,500hp.
Power to Weight 363 bhp/ton


Rocket manufactured by Light Car Company in Essex pursues this objective. The vehicle, designed by Gordon Murray, was conceived before the official start of the development of McLaren F1. Its silhouette, similar to that of a pure with engine mounted in the middle, reminiscent of the F1 cars of the late 50s, at which, paradoxically, they began to distance themselves in the design of the new sports cars.

The design concept of Gordon Murray is always based on a low center of gravity and light weight, and the Rocket is a clear example of this, with a weight of less than 400 kg in standard form. By using a steel helmet own racing cars of the past, has a fiberglass hood. The design looks of car, but it's not because they can sit two passengers, one in front of another, as on a bike. Of course, when you have a passenger in the back seat, no luggage space.

The motor corresponds to one of four horizontally motorcycle aligned with the transmission cylinder. It comes in most models, the Yamaha FJ1200 and the transmission is return, has a sequential gearbox. It was the car with the fastest acceleration in the world at the time,. It had a very agile handling and could stop at incredibly short distances which, combined with the ability to revolutionize up to 10 500 rpm, posed a daunting driving. However, its commercial success was very limited, given its high price

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