wow, a Corvette powered Enzo

Looks like an Enzo.

Looks like an Enzo from the side. A little like a Koenigsegg from the rear… and the logo looks like Lamborghini

well over $200,000?,
£170,000 ≈ $309,000 (USD)

#1, lol!!!

That comment was RIGHT on the money! lol!

This story and th Porsche GT1 story and The Veyron story were all in Yesterdays Autocar and Auto Express magazines

I’m quite shocked, to be honest. I find it hard to believe British arrogance would allow a “Fat American’s” engine to power one of their “refined” sports cars.

I see A LOT of Mclaren F1 in those details…

where are the people saying that this should be powered by a porsche 3.6l water cooled v-6? Everyone knows that corvette’s are horrible…. /sarc

actually, now that I look a lot closer…. that IS a McLaren F1!!!!

Why that engine the company is killing the car before it has started

Scott: You’re right, but it seems U.S. never has to pay as much as the Brits for cars.

It’s not the engine is the problem with the corvette it’s the rest of the car. The Northstar is a great engine too

S2000 front end, Aero X greenhouse, Enzo rear end, Vette engine… interesting.

#7, I’m assuming you meant a Porche 3.6 flat-6

What are you guys takling abuot, the Europeans are tipping there hats to the new Z06. It’s a great car. LIke #12 said, it’s the refinement that’s not up to par with European standards.

Enzo from the side, Acura NSX conept from the fron, Carrera GT interior, Lamborghini-esque badge, Corvette engine. Is there anything unique besides the name?

hey should call it the “Arash Copycat”

arash is a persian name.. the engine is american, design is a mixture of some non-british cars..
can’t really see what part of the car is british

Mo AKia the Europeans like the engine not the car which they think is ****e

right. the Corvette doesnt ever win any races. And variations of it aren’t used all over the world in many kinds of racing with great success.
Best decision by a Brit car maker in years.

Wow…a fake Enzo…made from a Vette! All for the low, low price of $200,000! Can anyone tell me the reason you just wouldn’t buy an F430 coupe?

Jon.

The Ultima is a british sports car powered with american engines. The orginial cobras are the best example of british sports car american engine.

a lamborghini logo.. a corvette powered mid engine? $200,000? wtf..

3 people will buy this dont get so worked up about it

rear lights look like vets, side looks like enzo, also kind of reminds me of F430 ;p hmmm why the make new name up though? they already made a new name up, Askari why not just stay with that and make a new model… meh

if they add i after arash, it will really sound japanesey

It’ll be some Pakistani textile millionaire thinks he can run a car business

Wow. Looks really…unimaginative.

Should call it Crash and give the first one to Stefan Eriksson for testing…

think its cool using an engine that kills feraris and putting it carbon fiber good idea i think but could be mor eorignal with the deisgn

If it finally comes to market, go to the dealership, look around then start scratching your ass violently. When queried, simply respond “I think I have a rash…”

#7 – As Jeremy Clarkson once said… “American muscle in the safekeeping of British hands.”

=p

As for the looks… I think it’s a pretty damn beautiful car. THAT’S what a supercar SHOULD look like…

Besides, the LS7 is an amazing engine. Sure, it might not be as “refined” as a Ferrari or Porsche engine… [at least, that's the argument I'm hearing], but its sheer power is undeniable.

#29 – I second that.. lol

Otherwise, F’UGLY… Just something for teenage boys to wack off over..

The new F430 is nicer..

Its 505 hp not 550. Stop making stuff up lln

#32, Jeremy Clarkson didn’t say that, Richard Hammond did.

Rather have put the Mercedse AMG 6.2 ltr engine into it. More torque and horsepower and then have a little prestige with the engine brand. They could have even used the M5 engine.

anonymous when that amg and m5 engine can kill a ferrari then they might consider it, and they most likely chose the engine because it is very good but americans dont tend to get much out if it, watch british engineers fidle with it a little and get extra 50+ hp or so, and for people that say its ugly, thats how a super car should look like, you have to have a little laugh and love the weird styling, its not an ordinary ricer u drive, sorry. good example is the Pagani.

Wow, these guys have no immagination, they seem to have copied just about every heavy-hitter supercar in the world. I think this won’t make production if it looks like this, nobody would buy it just because of the fact that its a pure copycat’s car. And also, from a professional standpoint, I think the reason these guys used a chevy LS7 engine is because they are CHEAP and that means a whole lot more money in the pocket of the company that wants to sell this car. Everyone knows that the electronics break like hell in any Mercedes, but the engines are very reliable and just make more power for their weight than any american engine. I think this car is just an imagination of some arabic big farmer, it ain’t goin’ nowhere.

I think it is a good decision to go with the Z06 motor. Pushrod engines are GM’s speciality. They are actually lighter and more compact than equal displacement DOHC engines. Lots of torque, and very proven.

Also, they sound amazing.

GM makes some crappy shiat, but they do some things very well. Big pushrod V8s, air conditioning, and automatic transmissions. Ferrari is using their MagnaRide shock absorbers in the new 599 Fiorano.

I still will NEVER buy a complete car from them.

Yes because theres new and original ideas in all areas of car design today.

…OH WAIT!

Idiots. This looks like a good car with the same amount of performance as most of the top supercars.

Here we go, Mr. Farboud is at it again. His stillborn supercar project hasn’t made a nice takeoff and now this….He should first turn his attention to improving his Farboud GTS- the build quality and refine the styling details to make it more appealing to buyers. I think the pushrod motor is considered because it is relatively cheap to acquire because GM builds it by the boatloads. Pushrods are nice for American cars but not to Euro-exotics. Here you are boasting hi-tech everything but the old engine. I think the better choice would be an upgraded Northstar V-8.

The Corvette engine will be cheap that;s why he’s using it

I would call it less expensive rather than cheap. I would prefer the Vette motor over the Northstar. I’ll bet if you drove both back to back, you would like the huge torquey pushrod over the Northstar. I know I would. The ZO6 is a race motor for the street.

Me dont want no pushrods in a stinking high end motor

I’m more concerned about how this is tied to the farboud gts. This “arash af10″ has a separate badge, and with the recent development of farboud sports cars with chris marsh and the redesign of the gts to transverse ford v6 yielding comments from arash about “how he wanted to build a race car for the road, and all the public wants is something pretty” or something to that effect. A similar carbon over steel structure with LS7 power (as compared to a turboed-to-hell v6) with even wilder looks might alienate the audience that demanded the perverting of his his goal into merely a noble-competitor

You retards better read up on the ‘push rod’ motor you are ripping on.
It’s not low tech like you are characterizing. It is fast, very strong ultra reliable and quite capable of running with the best of any manufacturers V8’s out there regardless of how many overhead cams they might have.

47 — got damn right! 7000 RPM, 7.0 ltr, 505 reliable hp. Remember when Roger Penske found a loophole in the rules that allowed for pushrod engines in the Indy 500? He walked away with a victory. Torque won that race. It was almost funny.

Those things work, and GM does this thing well. Jay Leno stuffs the GM crate motors in all his crazy cars.

one word: “expensive”

How many supercars are running 427 small blocks???

500 hp from a 7.0liter V-8, very low horsepower per liter. If that Ls7 had DOHC multivalve heads, it would produce 800hp with no problem at all. Lets just stick the pushrods where they belong- to muscle cars because they are suitable for the car’s character. As for the Indy bragging rights,yeah right, he did took advantage of the additional torque of the additional displacement of the pushrods. Let him try using the same v-8s with similar capacities between an ohv and dohc then we’ll talk. If ohvs are the way they why in the world most open wheel racing series rely on the DOHC engine set-up? It is because the world has moved on and GM didn’t. That is the real cause of GM’s troubles nowadays.

That pushrod makes a great street motor, no?? I never said equal displacement DOHC vs OHV was the same. Because the engines are smaller and lighter, you can get more dispalcement in the same size package with an pushrod. They both have their advantages and disadvantages.

Ever drive a C6 Vette? I think you would be satisfied with the motor. GM actually decided that the pushrod design was the better powerplant for the halo sports car. They have a great DOHC motor with the Northstar, they could have modified one of those for Vette duty. I think the pushrod motor is lighter and has a lower center of gravity. Compare a Caddy XLR to a C6. Same chassis, different engine design.

That would be a good test for Car and Driver or Road & Track to do.

But the DOHC engines usually breathes better at high rpm and produces substantially more power. There is a reason on why the Corvette never sold in great numbers outside the North American market- because the Corvette is only tailored by GM to suit its home market. If the Corvette is to prove that it can go toe to toe with the established sports car makers not just pure speed but with applied tangible technology that people will appreciate. Gm needs to improve the build quality especially that interior more suitable for the Malibu, install a bored out Northstar V-8 to battle with AMG’s recent big displacement naturally aspirated V-8 and call it the new ZR1 Corvette.

I agree 100%. GM will always find a way to screw it up. I like the idea of trying to compete with the new 6.3’s from AMG. What motors they are!

funny how these pointless debates always boil down to “SOHC vs DOHC” or “USA vs Quality”… look ur missing the hilarious point of this story. This guy Arash inherited some untold billions or whatever, i think his family was big pharma or something. Anyways ferrari turned him down when he tried to buy an enzo, so in the style of many of you small minded LLN’s readers, he’s holding a grudge. Building a rip off Enzo, and then powering it by a GM engine is EFFING hilarious… thats just funny, and if you or i were billionares and got snubbed by ferrari, id be disappointed in you if you didnt do the same thing. Also rubs in the fact that the C5-r and C6-r’s RAPED the 575… Arash gets bonus points from me all the way around.

Yeah that is funny. But you will get better ass with a 575 than you will with a C5 or C6 or even a 911 Turbo. Chicks dig real Ferraris.

///”two chicks at the same time. “

i wish i was so insecure that i needed a car to pick up chicks… then brag about “two chicks at the same time” on the internet, is two a lot or something? anyways….

It is because at the end of the day although other cars can be faster than a Ferrari, they cannot touch it on its marque mystique and desirability. Given a choice of a Ferrari 575M or a Corvette Z06. Plus modern Ferraris do not have roof panels that come flying off when you drive fast. You yourself know what car you will eventually drive home. Arash is stupid with a billionaire ego. If he really wanted an Enzo, he could have been more patient because acquiring an Enzo is not an impossible dream. At the end of the day, several buyers chosen by Ferrari intends to buy an Enzo and selling it at a higher price.

In pakistan they wouldnt dare make a car as good looking as that. my first car was a sanjeed 6000, it had a 0.5 litre engine and a top speed of 27mph.

and had an amazing 4 horsepower.

im funny so im waiting 4 sum1 2 rite something back but it must be 2 me.

come on please, do it 4 pakistan.

amed come off of the computer and eat your chicken tika masala.

im not hungry il have a chipati later.

this car is ace

U R GAY

COOL