Wednesday 2nd February 2011

Mach 7 Falcon: Viper Tuner Creates Supercar

All-American supercar gets Viper know-how, Corvette engine

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If you were disappointed by the absence of genuinely exciting metal at the recent Detroit motor show, then this might cheer you up.

It's called the Falcon, and it was presented by Michigan-based Mach7 Motorsports with such little fanfare that it escaped the eagle eyes of our roving reporters on the show floor.

But it's certainly worth a mention. Beneath the carbon fibre bodywork lies a hydroformed aluminium chassis, with a mid-mounted LS3 General Motors V8 providing 500bhp of power. If that's not enough, there's always the option of dropping in the supercharged LS9 motor, which cranks out 638bhp.

As the Falcon is still very much in the prototype stage, there are no official performance figures yet, but Mach 7 reckons it'll turn similar times to the now-defunct Dodge Viper (the company is best known as a tuner of Vipers).

That should mean a 0-60mph sprint in around 3.5secs, the run to 100mph dealt with in less than 8 seconds and a top speed around 200mph.

 

[Stew2000]

I'm intrigued..

[Burnham]

Well, I guess they have to do something else now to make ends meet, and it looks pretty good.

Old school rear though.

[Ex Boy Racer]

a viper engine... in the back... wow!

[Stevie Mojo]

Old school in a good way.

Very nice.

[Stevie Mojo]

Ex Boy Racer said:

a viper engine... in the back... wow!

No mate, LS engine which you'd find in a Corvette.

[tinyh98]

Anyone else seeing a 288GTO in this?

[chickensoup]

Has the face of a "new dawn" lotus, and the name of a Ford Ute.

[Stevie Mojo]

tinyh98 said:

Anyone else seeing a 288GTO in this?

Deffo.

[kambites]

tinyh98 said:

Anyone else seeing a 288GTO in this?

That's what I was thinking; it looks very 80s Ferrari in shape.

[goffahsez]

Anyone else thinking, if the are known for tuning and re-tweaking vipers, why havent they gone the extra mike to produce something more powerful and jaw dropping than the viper?

Or is it just me?

Mean front, not sure about the back.

[epom]

tinyh98 said:

Anyone else seeing a 288GTO in this?

that can only help...

[Pixel Pusher]

No doubt a lot of work has gone into this, but those PR shots just seem to make it look like a poor kit car. Just had a quick look at their website at the "custom" section and as you can see, at some angles in a different colour, there is a slighlty different beast there.....

[anonymous-user]

Just how many "no brand" supercars does the world really need right now??


Problem is, that suddenly, design and rendering s/w has become affordable, and anyone who is anyone thinks, hey lets do a supercar !

[tomv1to]

It looks like an Americanised Ferrari. Not that thats a bad thing.

Can't wait to hear more about this.

[MotorsportTom]

In black it looks completely evil!


i like it

[george h]

tomv1to said:

It looks like an Americanised Ferrari. Not that thats a bad thing.

Can't wait to hear more about this.

How can an Americanised Ferrari be a good thing?

[Graham]

tomv1to said:

It looks like an Americanised Ferrari. Not that thats a bad thing.

Can't wait to hear more about this.

Id have to agree there from the a pillar back it looks 512bb inspired

[900T-R]

Is there a US equivalent to SniffPetrol's 'New British Supercar' press release template yet?

[Jont999]

if a 288 GTO made sweet, sweet love to a GT-R

[geoffracing]

tinyh98 said:

Anyone else seeing a 288GTO in this?

INSTANTLY!