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  • Aspid Cars Relase First Images of GT-21 Invictus

    Aspid-GT-21-Invictus-thumbThe first images of the Aspid GT-21 Invictus are out after a long wait. What is the Aspid GT-21 Incivtus? A car reminiscent of the decade old Plymouth Prowler made by the Spanish-based company Aspid Cars and designed by IFR Automotive. The idea might not be ground breaking but the technology used in the making of it, is akin to that on the Ariel Atom V8. It’s not the company’s first car but in fact it is based on their first car which is called the Aspid Super Sport – a lighter, more rudimentary yer powerful and focused car.

    The GT-21 is 4.447mm long, 1,883mm wide and 1,226mm high. The curb weight stands at 990 kg which is around 500 more than the Atom but for that you get a completely enclosed cabin and body. In other words a sense of completeness which generates a certain degree of usability. The other difference will be the drive train. While it will have a mad BMW V8 engine in it that puts out 450 hp, an electric motor will also be fitted so it becomes a hybrid. The details on that are not clear yet though. Either way, we are promised a remarkable performance that accounts for the zero to sixty two mph acceleration which is done in less than three seconds. The top speed will be more than 187 mph and some substantial g forces are also to be experienced.

    That’s amazing when you think about the layout and the type of the car: a 2+2 hard-top seater with rear-wheel drive. Yes, it has a sporty paddle-shifting gearbox but it also has a luggage compartment. It’s practice, real and logical. Exclusive too – only 250 will be made and even those won’t be alike. The company is offering a super-flexible programme for each one so that more than 100 options will be available to eventual customers.

    Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    IFR Automotive Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    IFR Automotive Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    IFR Automotive Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    IFR Automotive Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    IFR Automotive Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    IFR Automotive Aspid GT-21 Invictus
    IFR Automotive Aspid GT-21 Invictus

    Source: IFR Automotive

  • IFR Aspid approved for Britcar racing championship

    The new IFR Aspid sports car has received approval to compete in the Britcar endurance racing car series.  The high performance road car, which already meets FIA security specifications, was sanctioned for the championship at a meeting between IFR founder Ignacio Fernández and Britcar founder James Tucker held at the Autosport International racing car show.

    “I’m delighted that teams will now have the opportunity to race the Aspid in this championship series,” says Fernández.  “The car was designed from the outset to meet FIA as well as EU regulations, so is unique in being a genuine ready-to-race high performance road car.  No additional preparation is required to go racing, so teams will find it extremely affordable.”

    “We welcome this all new player to the grid,” added Tucker.  “We created our endurance race car championship in 2002 with a new set of rules to attract a wide diversity of entries and the Aspid brings an exciting new addition to the series that will add to the racing and overtaking spectacle.”

    Tucker has confirmed that teams can enter the 270bhp naturally aspirated Aspid sport model in keeping with the series’ power-to-weight ratio regulation.  Due to the car’s extreme lightweight design, the 400bhp supercharged supersport model was considered at this stage to give too much of a performance advantage for Britcar racing, but will be considered for a possible new class of higher power-to-weight ratio race cars in the future.

    Racing car driver, Rob Hedley, has already expressed an interest in putting together the first team to race the new car and is lining up potential sponsors.

    Britcar founder James Tucker, race driver Rob Hedley and IFR founder Ignacio Fernandez, pictured with IFR Aspid at the Autosport International racing car show.

    “I knew I wanted to race it when I first heard about the car,” said Hedley.  “The Aspid is a brilliant piece of automotive engineering, developed from first principles, and should prove highly competitive.  It’s also immensely strong and offers a robust, reliable and cost-effective racing opportunity.”

    The car attracted a high level of interest at the Autosport and PistonHeads show, when it was shown for only the second time in the UK, following its debut at the British International Motor show last July.  Racecar enthusiasts and motor industry professionals had a rare opportunity to see it close-up and examine its exciting new technology and design features.  Ignacio Fernández, who put together the team of automotive engineers that created the car, was on hand to explain how the Aspid manages to outperform even a World Rally Championship car as well as most supercars … and at a fraction of the price.

    The award-winning Cataluña based company he founded five years ago, IFR Automotive, was established to help develop innovative green technologies based on new lightweight automotive designs increasingly required for the mainstream car market.