avelle gta

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spartan_andy

Original Poster:

645 posts

254 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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I like this. Nearly as much as the K1 attack however I think this might be more within my price range but I still have to save my pennies.

www.avelle-cars.com/gallery.html

Ex-Biker

1,315 posts

254 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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I like!

Looks practical too.

960kg seems a bit heavy?

There seem to be a few new kits pitched around the £12-16k price range at the mo.

Don't think the website looks that professional though.

fuoriserie

4,560 posts

276 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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Yep, not a very professional website.

The cars styling is interesting in some pictures, but then wonder what happened to the front and rear..............

I believe the package with the V6 mondeo engine should really make the car a good one, but a little pricy in my opinion

fuoriserie

4,560 posts

276 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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Now I recall that BIO-DESIGN was big in the early 90's, but in 2004 is a little too late!!

I wonder if it was someone else's abandoed project rehashed???

grahambell

2,718 posts

282 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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fuoriserie said:

I wonder if it was someone else's abandoed project rehashed???


Don't know about that Italo, but certain aspects such as the 'bonnet' scoop and concave roofline remind me of the Talon GTA that debuted at Stoneleigh a few years ago and then promptly sank without trace.

Pretty sure that was also produced by someone in the Rugby area, so this might be a development of that car.

Agree with you about some aspects of the styling. Back end looks strange.

Think 960kg not too bad with Duratec, which is fairly heavy. Lighter than Noble M10 was.

napiston

105 posts

243 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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Well, its not exactly the same, but it bears a striking resemblence to the Mullen M-11 from the US:





website: www.mullenmotorco.com/photos.htm

Another car that looks ok from some angles, but overall, something is just wrong.

fuoriserie

4,560 posts

276 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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Napiston

You nailed it!! that 's the car !!

We now know where it comes from, but the've done a few modifications for the European version, most notably the REAR!!!!!

Can't figure out which is better of the two versions!!
but the proportions of this car are..................... AWFUL!!!! what happened??

The chassis is really nice though.................could use it ............

grahambell

2,718 posts

282 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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Have managed to dig out leaflet on Talon GTA. Here's the dimensions: length 420cm, width 200cm, height 120cm, wheelbase 234cm track 166cm.

Apart from the wheelbase, they're exactly the same as the Avelle. Poxy little black and white photocopied pic also bears strong resemblance to both Avelle and Mullen.

Do now remember Talon's designer saying he'd originaly designed car for someone else and they'd fallen out so he'd done a modified version to produce himself.

Maybe all three cars have common origin.

XM5ER

5,094 posts

255 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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Oh my word! That looks like a kiddies doodle of a maxed up MR2.

RazMan

394 posts

243 months

Sunday 22nd August 2004
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It reminds me of one of those weird perspective caricatures you see at all the shows

ferg

15,242 posts

264 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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I'm not one to make ill-considered comment, but having seen the photos in 'Which Kit?' this month I have to say that beauty-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder notwithstanding this is the ugliest car I have seen on the kit-car scene probably including anything Vindicator have ever done.

Four years in development???

cymtriks.....be warned.

docevi1

10,430 posts

255 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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RazMan said:
It reminds me of one of those weird perspective caricatures you see at all the shows


I was thinking, and about to post, exactly the same thing. All it needs now is some weird camber and massively oversized wheels.

I think the term "Ugly" could be used with suitable adjectives in front of the word.

vojx

271 posts

249 months

Tuesday 24th August 2004
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oh dear, i quite like it

ferg

15,242 posts

264 months

Tuesday 24th August 2004
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vojx said:
oh dear, i quite like it


ferg said:
beauty-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder notwithstanding

Ex-Biker

1,315 posts

254 months

Tuesday 24th August 2004
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vojx said:
oh dear, i quite like it


I'm just keeping quiet.