Bristol back with BMW-powered supercar
Following TVR's lead, ancient Brit car-maker will make BMW-powered 70th celebratory modelBritish luxury car-maker Bristol has announced it will once again make cars.
Called the Bristol Project Pinnacle, its all-new supercar is being created to celebrate the London-based car firm’s 70th anniversary.
On sale this summer, the new car will cost up to $1.8m and be powered by a BMW engine.
Described by Bristol as being "a modern take on the best of British luxury craftsmanship", the Pinnacle has been "engineered to excite” and will be the first new Bristol to be built since production ceased in 2004.
The tie-up with Bristol and BMW harks all the way back to the 1930s. BMW engines powered some of its early cars including the 400 that even paid homage to the German car-maker by featuring a BMW-inspired double kidney grille.
Following the Pinnacle’s launch, Bristol will begin developing a luxury hybrid GT that’s said will hit 320km/h but return average fuel consumption of just 2.8L/100km.
The British car-maker has confirmed it is also working with a UK-based technology company Frazer-Nash Research, which takes its name with the former famous car-maker.
The last Bristol made was the million dollar 755kW/1405Nm Fighter T. Powered by a twin-turbocharged and intercooled 8.0-litre V10 engine, the Fighter T was limited to 360km/h after engineers worried about how its tyres would cope at its alleged 423km/h unresticted top speed.
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