New Saleen Supercar: S5S Raptor

[whiteballz]

Originally Posted by Quiggs

Generic. Uninspired. Meh.

I duno man, its not any less generic than alot of things.. including golfs.

I'd hit this over a Ferrari anyday of the week, But I think I'd have trouble going past a superlegera or LP560 gallardo for it though.

[JorisP]

Typical American press release. No mentioning of the cc anywhere... <rolleyes>

[Zytek_Fan]

I definitely see some Tesla Roadster and Lamborghini Gallardo in there.
Nothing bad, just noteworthy.

[Ferrer]

It's a good looking car.

Originally Posted by -What-

If the Ford GT is any indication? Dude, I understand where you're coming from, but you don't have to reach outside of the company to find "indications" of performance. The Saleen S7 was a BEAST.

If I'm not mistaken Saleen actually built the GT for Ford.

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by JorisP

Typical American press release. No mentioning of the cc anywhere... <rolleyes>

All the info can be found here: Saleen S5S Raptor - Ultimatecarpage.com - Images, Specifications and Information

[Giankrlo99]

315? thats a big tire for a coupe!

[roosterjuicer]

im not too crazy about it, but its a big step up from the s7...that thing was butt-ugly.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by F1_Master

Mr. Saleen has no involvement with the company anymore.

This is pretty amazing, but will Saleen actually let the magazines play with this car? With the S7, I don't think there were any publications where the S7 was being compared to any other supercars. The closest thing seemed to be a R&T issue that was about American Supercars which consisted of the S7 TT & the Mosler.

How does he have no involvement with the company? He's the one who started it.

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by NSXType-R

How does he have no involvement with the company? He's the one who started it.

He sold his stake. He launched a different company called SMS Limited last week.

[Quiggs]

Originally Posted by whiteballz

I duno man, its not any less generic than alot of things.. including golfs.

I'd hit this over a Ferrari anyday of the week, But I think I'd have trouble going past a superlegera or LP560 gallardo for it though.

Base Rabbit $15,000
Base Saleen $185,000

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen

He sold his stake. He launched a different company called SMS Limited last week.

Oh. I didn't know that.

[VtecMini]

Looks like the bastard child of a Gallardo and an NSX to me. Still, not a bad result. It could certainly have uglier parents!

Assuming the cost will follow the pattern that all American cars follow (1$ = ~£1), It'll be very, very expensive next to the competition. I'm hoping it'll be more like the actual exchange rate, though, and come in under £100k.

[-What-]

Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen

He sold his stake. He launched a different company called SMS Limited last week.

That's weird. So is this new S5S Raptor vehicle an SMS product or a "Saleen" product? I read his SMS website and he states that his goal for SMS is to produce exclusive vehicles; supercars and exotics...if he truely sold his stake in Saleen than it would seem like he plans to compete against his old company...seems counter-productive...and why not remain with Saleen if he knew the S5S was coming?

Confusing, but I've never heard of Saleen selling his stake in the company. It would make more sense that he is stepping down from "Saleen" which involves modifying Mustangs, and has moved onto "SMS" which would involve supercars only...like the S5S Raptor and S7. His website for SMS (which isn't finished yet) shows plenty of pictures of the S7, so that would make sense.

[NicFromLA]

It's certainly not bad looking, but I prefer my mid-engine supercars Italian thank you very much.

[Badsight]

cars are "styled" in the wind tunnel

when different groups of people try tackling the same problem , its no surprise that the "solutions" found end up being similer

there isnt 100 different "optimum" designs . and designers are trying to get their individual package pared down to the optimum

thus humans make very similer looking cars in this modern era