Ascari's supercar range expands

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Low-volume British supercar builder Ascari is developing a new, more powerful flagship road car in addition to its handsome KZ1.

Badged A10, the new car is a roadgoing version of Ascari’s Spanish GT Race Car, which its makers hope will top 220mph thanks to a combination of a 600bhp 5.0-litre V8 engine and a kerbweight of just 1280kg.

Prototypes are currently being tested on roads and at Ascari’s private race track in advance of the carbonfibre-bodied A10’s launch next summer. Just 50 cars will be built at the firm’s Banbury plant, priced at around £350,000. Options are likely to include a sequential gearbox in place of the standard six-speed manual.

Source = Autocar

 

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Wow, looks great. Loving the color combo.

 

[PanterroR]

Just for those that don't know - this car has E39 M5's engine under the hood... Tuned (of course) to those 600hp...

 

[Giannis]

it's amazing what those M-engines can do!

 

[dOmInIX]

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[Yperion]

Ascari is my favorite low volume British sports car maker. That car is gorgeous.

 

[Centurion]

I think I'm the odd one out here but the car posted above is ulgy.

 

[Yperion]

I think I'm the odd one out here but the car posted above is ulgy.

Yes you are the only one.

 

[Centurion]

The design of the car simply doesn't do anything for me. It looks like those cars in computer games with made up cars.

 

[Yperion]

Perhaps if it had a Mercedes engine you would like it better.

 

[MikeJ]

I'm with Luw. That thing is hideous, which is too bad since for what I understand it's not a bad car.

 

[Yperion]

Come on Mike. Hideous is a strong word. Surely it's not the most attractive design in the world but it's not bad.

 

[bum-man]

If you ask me this is the state all Ascari's should be in.

 

[7saen]

Same here.. the design is very simple. nothing spectacuar or even interesting. I've seen much better looking cars in video games.

 

[Yperion]

If you ask me this is the state all Ascari's should be in.

That's one Ascari Luw is gonna love. Trust me.

 

[Centurion]

That's one Ascari Luw is gonna love. Trust me.

That's how they all should look . their cars are indeed hideous and to be honest I would rather have a Z4 3.0 or a Boxter S instead of this super cars wannabe.

 

[Yperion]

That's how they all should look . their cars are indeed hideous and to be honest I would rather have a Z4 3.0 or a Boxter S instead of this super cars wannabe.

You are right but you forgot to mention Cayman also.

 

[MikeJ]

Come on Mike. Hideous is a strong word. Surely it's not the most attractive design in the world but it's not bad.

The old Ascari was "not bad". What they've done here is given it the teenage modder treatment - replaced the lights, added some racing stripes, bodykit etc. Not my type of thing. (They could have done worse than what is seen here, I'll give you that.)