Hulme CanAm is a limited edition in just 20 units. The marque come from New Zealand and promises huge success.
The supercar is built in honour of New Zealand racing legend and F1 World Champion, Denny Hulme. Hulme CanAm Supercar is in 200+mph category and it will compete against the fastest automobiles in the world.
The Hulme Supercars manufacturer is based in Auckland. This is the only production road car to bear the name of a F1 World Champion.
CanAm is an ultra high-performance, mid-engined roadster. It is built for both road and track use, but mostly for racing. It can be secured by the deposit of of £10 000 which, as Jock Freemantle, Hulme Managing Director, explains, is fully-refundable if the option is not converted to an order. (more…)
Rule changes for the World Championship of Makes eliminated the stunning Porsche 917 during the early 1970s allowing the factory to develop the car for the open-top Canadian-American (CanAm) Championship in North America. Teams from McLaren, Lola and Chaparral were attracted to the 200 mile Sprint races of the formula and the rule book permitted almost anything, including free engine displacement and the use of turbochargers. Porsche used its new-found skills with forced induction to attach two exhaust-driven turbochargers to the flat-twelve engine of the 917. The result had a displacement of 5.4 litres and produced at least 1,100 bhp, making it one of the most powerful racing cars ever built.