I recently blogged about the innovative Prodrive motorsport technology company that was involved in the reacquisition of Aston Martin. Prodrive have their fingers in a lot of pies and are cutting edge in every way. They not only make modified sports cars in to extreme racing vehicles, they also make satellite technology and are soon to venture in to combined heat and power systems for houses utilising Sterling engines.
However, cars are their bread and butter and in an effort to demonstrate their prowess in all things automotive, at the behest of their owner David Richards, they designed and developed their own car - the P2. As you will see from the photo, it looks incredible but the fun lies beneath the gunmetal silver paintwork.
The technology packed in to its 2-seater frame includes anti-lag turbo that gives instant oomph, selectable active rear diff that virtually sticks it to the road, a 2 litre engine that takes it from 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds and active torque dynamics that has sensors dispersed across the car, monitoring everything. Mind you, it was designed by Peter Stevens, the man who designed the McLaren F1, probably the greatest car ever made....
The best tv show in the world, Top Gear, tested the car and it yielded astonishing results relative to it's size, projected cost, and engine size and even made Jeremy Clarkson vomit due to that lateral g forces he felt because the active diff was so good at keeping the car going round in a circle.
Sadly Prodrive have no plans to produce the car, so we can only dream about owning one...
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