Hulme CanAm supercar available to order
Order books open for ultra-low volume Kiwi supercar. Under 20 grand secures your spot...It's been a long, drawn-out process, but the New Zealand-designed and built Hulme CanAm supercar is now finally available to order.
Just 20 examples of the Kiwi supercar will be built and sold globally, and prospective buyers can stake their claim by placing a deposit of £10,000 ($17,300), which is fully refundable if the option is not converted to an order.
Deposits will be held in a trust account pending a private viewing and driving experience of the car at or before the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed for those who have purchased an option to order.
"Following that, if anyone does not wish to proceed, the terms on which the deposit is paid will provide a guarantee that their total deposit will be returned immediately," said Hulme boss Jock Freemantle.
The 20 customer cars will be coach-built and equipped to customer order, with delivery commencing in the second half of 2011 and into 2012, the 20th anniversary of former F1 champ Denny Hulme's death.
The price of the open-topped road rocket has been set at $510,000 plus local taxes, and for this money buyers get a sportster that allegedly packs the flavour of a Formula racing car in a street-legal package.
Having determined the specification of their car, Hulme customers receive two Air New Zealand Business Premier return tickets to Auckland, with one-week luxury accommodation, for their final fitting in the car and further road and circuit driving, before the car is shipped to their chosen destination.
All production cars will be numbered, with a guaranteed certificate of authenticity, and a 1/8 scale exact replica, finished in the same livery and specification, plus a full photographed dossier of the car's build.
To honour Denny's CanAm Championship wins in McLaren CanAm cars powered by Chevrolet V8s, the Hulme CanAm is powered by a 7.0-litre (427cu.in) Chevrolet LS7 V8 developing 442kW and 600Nm, fed through a close-ratio, six-speed manual gearbox (paddles or sequential shift will be available as options).
The mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive roadster has a carbonfibre composite chassis and body and weighs under 1000kg. This combination promises a sub-3.5sec sprint to 100km/h sprint, and top speed in excess of 320km/h.
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